CrossFit Gyms a popular new fitness craze KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:52 PM PST PORTLAND -- When first-timers walk into a CrossFit gym, the question many have asked is, "Is this it?" The garage-style gyms appear minimalistic; usually a large, open-space room with pull-up bars, Olympic rings and an assortment of bar and kettle bell weights. But what the gyms lack in fancy machines, clients say the make up in results. "It's really a full-body workout," said Darren Darsey ... | Bill would allow school employees to share sick leave with co-workers in need St. Petersburg Times Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:42 PM PST By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, February 29, 2012 BAYONET POINT â" Three years ago, Bayonet Point Middle School teacher Connie Duffy was ailing and out of sick leave. She kept coming to work, even as Stage 4 cancer pummeled her body, because she couldn't afford to go without a paycheck. "There are a lot of people who would have shared their (sick leave) time with Connie, if ... | Body Duet The Irish Times Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:28 PM PST Project Arts Centre, Dublin | Cancer drugs could halt Ebola virus: Researchers Straits Times Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:14 PM PST WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some cancer drugs used to treat patients with leukemia may also help stop the Ebola virus and give the body time to control the infection before it turns deadly, United States researchers said on Wednesday. | Autopsy of body found in sound shows no signs of violence Northwest Florida Daily News Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:35 PM PST FORT WALTON BEACH - An autopsy on the body of an unidentified woman found floating in the Santa Rosa Sound Friday afternoon did not show any apparent signs of violence or traumatic injury, police said.A final cause and manner of death had not been made Wednesday, according to a press release from... | Teenager Fatally Stabbed in Milledgeville 41 NBC Macon Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:07 PM PST Milledgeville Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that happened Wednesday night on Vinson Highway. 19-year-old Laura Baswell, of Eatonton, was declared dead just after midnight. That's according to Baldwin County Coroner John Gonzalez. Baswell's body was sent to the GBI crime lab in Atlanta this morning, and the preliminary report shows she died from a single stab wound to the chest ... | Fighting Infections: Old Drug Reveals New Tricks UCSF News Office Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00 PM PST A drug once taken by people with HIV/AIDS, but long ago shelved after newer, modern antiretroviral therapies became available, has now shed light on how the human body uses its natural immunity to fight the virus â" work that could help uncover new targets for drugs. | | |
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