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The iPod is clearly the ultimate exercise accessory. Not only does it play music, but it also plays podcasts, videos and audio books. So if Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” won’t get your heart rate up while jogging, certainly most any audio book by master of horror Stephen King will.
A study from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, as reported in fitness magazine
, has confirmed that those who listened to music while going hard on an exercise bike Read the rest of this entry »
October 16, 2008 17:29 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 (Bernama) — Fitness clubs which offer more than 12-month subscription memberships must obtain prior approval from the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM).
In a statement today, SSM said this type of membership was deemed to be an “interest” under Section 84(1) of the Companies Act 1965.
The member has an interest in the form of an “investment contract” with the respective fitness club by virtue Read the rest of this entry »
Washington (dbTechno) – Just last week, an expert panel urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to think again in regards to their conclusion on the overall safety of bisphenol A (BPA).
BPA is commonly used in many plastic products such as baby bottles, infant formula packages, food containers, water bottles, etc.
The FDA insists that at their current exposure levels, they are perfectly safe for both kids as well as adults.
The expert Read the rest of this entry »
of “The Zone” fame says if you’re fat, it’s not your fault!
“We understand now that it’s because you’ve got the wrong genes at the wrong spot at the wrong time,” the Swampscott homey reports.
Sears, who wrote the diet bible that won over celebs
Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lorraine Bracco
, has a new book out called “Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad.”
He opines that Read the rest of this entry »
“We’ve been waiting and waiting, and clients keep calling wanting to know how they can sign up,” said Stephanie Altman, policy director at Health & Disability Advocates, a public-interest group based in Chicago. “We have to tell them—there’s nothing there.”
All Kids is a first-in-the-nation program that offers health insurance to every Illinois child up to age 18. Kids at lower income levels get subsidized coverage.
The problem arises when Read the rest of this entry »
— A University of Colorado freshman was arrested Friday night after CU police found drugs, weapons and burglary tools in his room for the second time.
CU police Cmdr. Brad Wiesley said 18-year-old Ryan Gilway turned himself into police after officers received a tip from the New West Inn in Boulder that an “incredible amount of suspicious traffic was coming in and out of his room.”
Officers obtained a search warrant, Wiesley said, and recovered Read the rest of this entry »
SANTIAGO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Chile’s Health Minister Maria Soledad Barria
resigned Tuesday over a scandal in which a hospital in northern Chile had failed
to notify 25 people who had tested positive for HIV.
Presidential spokesman Francisco Vidal said Tuesday that President Michelle
Bachelet, currently on an official visit to Costa Rica, had accepted Barria’s
resignation and designated her deputy, Jeanette Vega, to replace her.
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“At a hearing in June, the FDA Associate Commissioner for Foods was unable to report exactly how much money the FDA actually needs to be more effective. His omission means he was either politically constrained or does not have a plan. I fail to see how FDA can go from being an ‘agency in crisis,’ to a modern, capable preventive body without clearly stating its needs. If the agency continues its silence, in the upcoming appropriation, Congress should Read the rest of this entry »