SPOTLIGHT: Man gives up stomach to avoid cancer
Washington Examiner Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:31 AM PDT
MICHAEL BOREN (Peoria) Journal Star EDWARDS, Ill. At 6 feet 4 inches tall and 250 pounds, Malcolm Linstead was built like a brick wall: Strong. Tall. Able to overcome just about anything. But by the time stomach cancer decimated his body, he was too weak to get out of the car to greet his son, Camden, at the airport. Not even a big smile could hide his new skeleton-like appearance. "I wasn't ... |
How Chocolate Can Help Your Workout
New York Times Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:44 AM PDT
Auspicious new science suggests that chocolate can have a surprisingly large effect on the body's response to exercise, although not in the ways that many of us might expect, and certainly not at the dosages most might hope for. |
Body Detox and Weight Loss Center Now Accepting New Clients
PRWeb Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:43 AM PDT
Body Detox and Weight Loss Center has a great program that thousands of clients have completed to manage their weight, auto immune illnesses and gain more energy. (PRWeb August 03, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/8/prweb8688193.htm |
Bonding time for couples
The Standard Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:24 AM PDT
Renew your bond with your beloved at V Integrated Wellness at The Andaman in Langkawi, Malaysia. The five-day Soul Connection package takes couples on a road to renewed intimacy, which includes Yin & Yang Body Polish for two, Sensory Couples and Kahuna Wave massages, guided nature walks and a bathing ceremony with free champagne and exotic fruit skewers. |
Convicted murderer charged in 1976 slaying of Wheaton woman
Chicago Sun-Times Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:12 AM PDT
When investigators found the young woman lying on her bed in a Wheaton boarding house â€" her body bound and punctured with 33 stab wounds â€" they said they had an “enormous†quantity of physical evidence.But it would take another 35 years and something microscopic â€" DNA evidence â€" to finally lead to an arrest in the killing of 28-year-old Darlene Gloria Stack in the early morning hours of Aug. 18 ... |
Man smoking inwheelchair dies
Chicago Sun-Times Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:12 AM PDT
A man in a wheelchair died Tuesday after his clothes caught fire while smoking a cigarette outside a Rogers Park nursing home, police said.Lawrence Lewis, 62, lit a cigarette and burned his clothes around 8:50 a.m. at a patio in the 7200 block of North Sheridan, officials said.Lewis, who suffered burns to 20 percent of his body, was initially taken in critical condition to St. Francis Hospital ... |
Chua's brave fightback
Malay Mail via Yahoo! Malaysia News Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:10 AM PDT
KUALA LUMPUR: Blessed with good looks, a muscular body and a glamorous career as a model when he was 24, Leonard Chua was the envy of his peers |
Conference to focus on connection between fluid balance and hypertension
News-Medical-Net Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:56 PM PDT
Each day we consume liquids in order to keep hydrated and maintain our body's fluid balance. But just as a water balloon can get overtaxed by too much liquid, the human body is negatively affected when it retains fluids because it is unable to eliminate them properly. One of the key variables influencing how much fluid we hold in our bodies is ordinary table salt. |
Private healthcare group lobbied competition body for NHS inquiry
Guardian Unlimited Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:55 PM PDT
Emails released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal network helped draft letter calling for investigation The close links between a private sector lobby group and an NHS regulator in the runup to the launch of a groundbreaking inquiry into competition in the health service have emerged in a series of documents passed to the Guardian. Emails released under the Freedom of Information Act ... |
| |
|