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New Thinking on Which Exercises Build Bone

It used to be thought that any exercise at all would be good for you, and build bone. But now, it turns out only a few very specific types of exercises actually increase the density of our bones.
Nov 13, 2009 by  Joan Firstenberg in Health - 1 comment

So Exercise Doesn't Lead to Weight Loss?

Maybe you've noticed lately that even when you do a lot of exercise, you aren't necessarily losing any weight. Not, of course, unless you also change your eating habits.
Nov 8, 2009 by  Joan Firstenberg in Health - 3 comments

Beyonce Interested In Appearing In Video Game

The famed singer is no longer content with possibly having the greatest video of all time, and is also interested having her own exercise video game.
Oct 8, 2009 by  Wayne Santos in Entertainment

12 Southern African Nations Exercise New Standby Force

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its satisfaction with the regional grouping’s first military standby force exercise, codenamed Exercise Golfinho.
Oct 4, 2009 by  Christopher Szabo in World - 2 comments

Opinion: Ape with a twist suggests chimps evolved from early humans

Wind up your theologians, this is going to be an interesting exercise in anthro-apologia for everyone. Research on a hominid called Ardipithecus suggests that evolution has been at work, with chimps as descendants from proto human forms of hominids.
Oct 1, 2009 by  Paul Wallis in Science - 22 comments

Bee hives dumped at voter registration station in Zanzibar

Various unethical practices including dumping of bee hives, cutting electricity wires, throwing of rotten eggs have been reported at various stations in the ongoing voter registration exercise in Pemba - Zanzibar.
Sep 23, 2009 by  Damas Mwita in Politics - 1 comment

Weightlifting helps seniors build muscle

Beginning at middle age people lose about one per cent of muscle mass per year. This results in a loss of strength, an increase in injures from falling and the possibility of broken bones. But weightlifting can help restore muscle mass.
Sep 15, 2009 by  Cynthia Trowbridge in Health - 9 comments

Canada to stage mock Afghan attack in Washington

Civilians and leaders will be killed in Washington by the Taliban but don't worry it is just a mock exercise by the Canadian forces and embassy.
Sep 6, 2009 by  Andrew Moran in World

New Research Yields Latest Age-Defying Drug

Recently, evolutionary biologists were left scratching their heads when a single chemical was deemed responsible for increasing the lifespan of several species of laboratory specimens.
Aug 18, 2009 by  Cristina Quiñones in Science - 5 comments

Study: High-fat consumption can make you stupid and lazy

A new study on rats revealed threatening short-term effects of eating a high-fat diet. After 10 days of continuous consumption of fats and cholesterol the rats experienced short-term memory loss and made exercise difficult for them.
Aug 12, 2009 by  John Louie S. Ramos in Health

Japanese Women Celebrate Maternity With Nude Photos

A new trend is bulging in Japan; namely that of pregnant women having nude pictures taken of themselves to celebrate and memorialize their experience. Read all about this bare and beautiful exercise, which costs about $350 US.
Aug 7, 2009 by  M Dee Dubroff in Lifestyle - 7 comments

U.S. Destroyer Holds Joint Exercise With South African Navy Special

An advanced U.S. Navy warship, the USS Arleigh Burke, has begun a series of joint manoeuvres with the South African Navy off the South African coastline. The Arleigh Burke heads up the U.S. military’s Africa Partnership Station program.
Jul 17, 2009 by  Christopher Szabo in World - 2 comments

British kids use pets to fool researchers doing exercise study

Children in east London taking part in an exercise study by Mile End Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine decided to let their pets do their walking. The clever children attached their pedometers to their dogs collars.
Jul 10, 2009 by  KJ Mullins in Health - 1 comment

English Housewife The First for Live Sculpture Project

Thousands of people will transform the concept of art imitating life to new dimensions. A housewife will be the first to stand on top of a plinth in Trafalgar Square for one hour as part of a live sculpture exercise. Read on, if you can stand it.
Jul 5, 2009 by  M Dee Dubroff in Lifestyle - 4 comments

Opinion: Sarah Palin Goes To Kosovo

Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin travels to Kosovo to visit Alaska National Guard troops on deployment. Stops on the way to observe Alaska's largest military training exercise of the year.
Jun 27, 2009 by  Gary Jackson in Politics - 2 comments

Philippines Readies First National Automated Elections

The Philippines is getting ready for its first national automated elctions scheduled for May 10, 2010. The Commission on Elections has completed the bidding for the procurement of more than 80,000 counting machines for use in the electoral exercise.
Jun 5, 2009 by  Leo Reyes in Politics

Israel air force started preparing itself for all-out war

Israeli air force has completed a large-scale exercise simulating a war on various fronts with enemies including Iran. The simulation included fighter jets, cargo planes and missile defense systems.
May 22, 2009 by  Subhabrata Das in Politics - 2 comments

Overeating to Blame For Obesity Epidemic

It's the calories we eat that makes us fat, not the exercise people often shirk. Researchers say American children have grown on average nine pounds heavier over the past three decades.
May 8, 2009 by  Joan Firstenberg in Health - 2 comments

Tensions Run High Between Georgia and Russia During NATO Exercise

Tensions are high following a mutiny in the mountainous Caucasian nation of Georgia. Elements of the Mukhrovani tank battalion mutinied this week near the capital, Tbilisi, in circumstances that remain unclear.
May 7, 2009 by  Christopher Szabo in World - 2 comments

Brain Training and Exercise Provide Lasting Effects on Memory

New research reveals that training the brain and physical exercise can have lasting effects on recall. If this is true, it will be a boon to many seniors worried about losing short term memory and getting such diseases as Alzheimers.
May 4, 2009 by  Carol Forsloff in Health - 5 comments
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