Comeback kid: Curry eager for Heat-Knicks
AP via Yahoo! Sports Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:01 PM PST
Over the past month, Eddy Curry has toned his body and toned down the rhetoric. When he signed with the Miami Heat, Curry made no secret that games against one opponent were already circled on his calendar. That opponent was none other than the New York Knicks. The Knicks paid him about $30 million to basically not play over an three-year stint where his ballooning weight and series of personal... |
Man’s body found near Stone lake
The Michigan City News-Dispatch Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:45 PM PST
LA PORTE â€" A fully clothed man was found dead Wednesday in weeds beside the shore of Stone Lake here. |
Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition Casting Call
WMDT Salisbury Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:20 PM PST
Do you have at least 50% of your body weight to lose?Are you ready to change your life?Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition is now casting men and women across America that are ready to lose weight and |
Are you obese? Might depend on whether your doctor is, too
Los Angeles Times Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:05 PM PST
Turns out obesity is in the eye of the beholder. Whether you're diagnosed as obese is supposed to depend on your own body-mass index -- but a new study shows that it can also depend on your doctor's. |
Interview: Health reform’s comparative effectiveness chief
Washington Post Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:03 PM PST
In late 2011, a doctor named Joe Selby was charged with a very big task: Figure out which health care treatments are most effective. Selby is the first executive director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute , an independent body created by the health reform law that has a $3 billion budget for comparative effectiveness research. Last week, PCORI published its inaugural agenda ... |
Your sedentary life is getting old
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:03 PM PST
One of the best anti-aging activities you can do for your body is exercise. For years, it has been widely accepted that we start getting slower, weaker and more fragile with age. |
Plea to bolster global diseases fund
The Advocate Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST
PEAK health groups have urged Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd to boost Australia's support for the Global Fund, the top international financing body for combating HIV, malaria and tuberculosis. |
Steve-O from 'Jackass' -- Sued Over Karaoke Disaster
TMZ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:49 PM PST
"Jackass" star Steve-O has just been sued over a karaoke performance gone horribly wrong -- in which a woman allegedly slipped and fell, breaking practically every bone in her lower body.The woman behind the lawsuit is named Susanne Ohman -- who… TMZ Steve-O from 'Jackass' -- Sued Over Karaoke Disaster |
Morgellons Disease Creates Fake Pictures in Patients' Minds
Gather Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:39 PM PST
There is an illness where patients feel as if bugs are crawling all over their body, they end up with painful lesions, and seem to have colorful fibers showing just under their skin. Sounds creepy! . . . |
Fear dementia? Your diet, weight more important than genes, experts say
PhysOrg Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST
Anyone who has a close relative with Alzheimer's shares the same worry: Am I next? However, a growing body of research indicates that our lifestyles - particularly what we eat and whether we're obese - play a greater role than our genes in determining our brain health as we age. |
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