Two die in conservation area
The Herald News Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:28 PM PDT
WILMINGTON â€" A man who apparently drowned Friday while launching a boat became the second person to die in the Des Plaines Conservation area this week.Norman L. Barker, 64, of Joliet, was pulled from the Kankakee River near the boat launch around 11:45 a.m. the Will County Coroner’s office reported. An autopsy performed Friday afternoon showed Barker drowned, but noted his body also showed ... |
SLIDESHOW: Alamo City Rollergirls take the hard knocks
KENS 5 San Antonio Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:07 PM PDT
 "We don't crochet, we hit each other…and hard," Billie Midol writes on the Alamo City Rollergirls website. When stepping into their world during a speed skating class at CarVEL Skateland on Goliad I didn't realize it would be a life lesson. Dynamo diva Hollow Point takes the lead. She's not big, but she packs a mighty wallop in her pink-outfitted energizer body. "I've always been a rough person ... |
Austin's source for local news
Austin Daily Herald Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:06 PM PDT
Acupuncture is a component of the health care system of China that can be traced back at least 2,500 years. The general theory of acupuncture is based on the premise that there are patterns of energy flow (Qi) through the body that are essential for health. |
Ben Lomond couple will bring sensory exaltation pod to Burning Man
Santa Cruz Sentinel Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:58 PM PDT
BEN LOMOND - At the Ben Lomond mountain home of Jai Hudes and his wife Shanti, Gina Bigelow sat with the couple on the patio and told them about her experience using their sensory deprivation tank - a futuristic-looking pod in their house that, when inside of it, she said induces relaxation, heals the body, opens the mind and entirely silences the outside world. |
Technological Body Art
BellaOnline Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:29 PM PDT
The acceptance and popularity of both tattoos and piercings has had an interesting effect on the world of medicine and technology. While present-day body art tends to just be for show, the future of body modifications may be a lot more functional. |
The squalid, lonely death of Ivan Kanev
Independent Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:04 PM PDT
The final breath rattled through Ivan Kanev's sallow, spent torso. For months he had injected eye drops called tropicamide â€" used medically to dilate pupils â€" directly into the femoral artery of his groin. The drug is known as "seven-monther" â€" the amount of time it takes to kill. His body was found by his father in his Moscow apartment. The 25-year-old had died alone. |
Gym in a box faceoff
9 News Denver Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:01 PM PDT
KUSA - If your gym membership is costing too much, there may be a less-expensive way to go. Two exercise products promise a total body workout without having to leave the house. |
Police investigate Burrows Avenue assault
CJOB News First Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:38 PM PDT
Winnipeg police are investigating an assault in the 100 block of Burrows Avenue. Early this morning, police located a 22-year-old man suffering from upper body injuries. He was taken to hospital in critical condition, but has since been upgraded to guarded, but stable condition. |
Does a high BMI mean that you are unhealthy?
Dayton Daily News Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:30 PM PDT
T.C. Gaines knows she’s not at her medically “ideal weight.â€But the nurse at Montgomery County’s Stillwater Center says she’s not fretting that her weight is above what the body mass index considers the normal range. |
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