Breast awareness group paints breasts for cause
SouthFlorida.com Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:28 AM PDT
Fort Lauderdale photographer and art gallery owner Michael Colanero started a paint breast cancer awareness effort, teaming up with body paint artists Keegan Hitchcock and Luci Ungerbuehler to create the images, and many more. The models are all breast cancer survivors, he said, whose bodies are painted. Colanero photographs them, adding artistic touches to the photos afterward for the Breast ... |
Police investigation launched after woman found dead in house
Cambridge Evening News Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:09 AM PDT
A man is to be questioned by police about the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found at an address in St Ives. Police investigators are today going through the house at Gainsborough Drive where the body of the 54-year-old woman remains. |
Social stressors around the transition into adulthood sow seeds of disease in middle age
News-Medical-Net Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:57 AM PDT
Being hard up socially and financially during adolescence and early adulthood takes its toll on the body, and leads to physiological wear and tear in middle aged men and women, irrespective of how tough things have been in the interim. According to Dr. Per E. Gustafsson from Umeå University in Sweden and colleagues, experience of social and material stressors around the time of transition into ... |
Kings' Doughty returning Saturday?
Scoop du Jour Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:51 AM PDT
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty has been on injured reserve since Oct. 16 with an upper-body injury. It's now looking like he'll be back in action Saturday night when the Kings take on the Phoenix Coyotes , according to L.A. Kings Insider. Doughty took part in his second full practice Thursday but didn't play in the team's game against the Dallas Stars . "He's not cleared to play ... |
Python's Bulging Heart Offers Clues For Human Heart Disease Treatment
Medical News Today Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:17 AM PDT
The Burmese python is a remarkable creature: it doesn't eat for a year with few ill effects, and then swallows prey like deer with a body mass that approaches 100% of its own. When it does this, its heart swells by as much as 40% over the ensuing 72 hours. Now scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstream of pythons ... |
Higher testosterone levels may reduce loss of lean muscle mass in older men
News-Medical-Net Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:27 AM PDT
A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that higher levels of testosterone were associated with reduced loss of lean muscle mass in older men, especially in those who were losing weight. In these men, higher testosterone levels were also associated with less loss of lower body strength. |
Working Out with Pumpkins
East Aurora Advertiser Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:21 AM PDT
Pumpkins are healthy. They have zero cholesterol. They are low in sodium. They contain beta carotene which lowers the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer. And at Body & Soul Fitness Revolution in East Aurora, they will be part of a special metabolic workout. |
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