My Turn: Bustin' more than a move
Los Angeles Times Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:54 PM PDT
Dance Central for Xbox 360 proves quite the workout for a mom pushing 60 who's still a 16-year-old dancer at heart. "They shoot horses, don't they?" I was panting heavily. My daughters looked bewildered. Obviously, my reference to the 1969 movie â€" wherein Jane Fonda nearly dances herself to death during a marathon â€" utterly escaped them. |
Study: Health gap between vegetarians and meat eaters
Lake Tahoe News Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:48 PM PDT
By David Newbury, Scotsman Vegetarians are about a third less likely to suffer from heart disease, diabetes or a stroke than meat eaters, according to new medical research. Those who shun meat and fish stand a better chance of not developing the high blood pressure and soaring levels of “bad†cholesterol that leads to heart and [...] |
Alabama runs with heavy heart at Drake Relays
ESPN Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:20 PM PDT
This was supposed to be a weekend of celebration for the Alabama track and field program at the Drake Relays, with Tide men's coach Harvey Glance and women's coach Sandy Fowler getting inducted into the meet's Hall of Fame. |
Illness stops Azhar's return to assembly
New Straits Times Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:19 PM PDT
GEORGE TOWN: Penag opposition leader Datuk Azhar Ibrahim, who was to return to the state legislative assembly yesterday after serving out his suspension, missed the opening ceremony because of heart problems. |
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame honours 6
CBC.ca Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:54 PM PDT
A doctor whose research led to the first antiviral drug to treat hepatitis B and a cardiologist who contributed to Canada's first heart transplant are among the newest members of the country's medical hall of fame. |
Change Of Heart Could Equal Millions For San Diego
KPBS San Diego Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:52 PM PDT
SAN DIEGO â€" San Diego has decided it will apply after all for federal funds to help cover the health-care costs of retirees who are still too young for Medicare. A total of $5 billion is up for grabs nationwide. |
Sacred Heart finishes cleaning bacteria from water supply
KREM.com Spokane Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:45 PM PDT
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Crews finished cleaning water tanks at Sacred Heart Medical Center Friday. Recent tests showed a bacteria in the hospital's water supply that can cause Legionnaires’ disease. The disease is a form of pneumonia, which can be fatal. An independent firm is scheduled to add chlorine to the water on Monday. Once that is done, Sacred Heart plans to re-test the water. Right now ... |
John Simm’s shocking stage fright
Shropshire Star Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:41 PM PDT
John Simm has confessed his stage fright was so bad when he starred in Hamlet, he feared he was going to have a heart attack. |
Martin Willen, singer, dies
Baltimore Sun Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:38 PM PDT
Retired jewelry salesman sang in the Beth Am choir for years and made World War II news at the Goebbels' castle Martin Willen, a retired jewelry salesman who made news during World War II when he sang Jewish liturgical music in a captured castle owned by the Nazi propaganda chief, died of heart disease April 22 at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital. He was 96 and lived in Pikesville. |
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