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Q.
Can you get an infection from a toilet seat? — Freda K
A.
That’s about as likely as your winning a $5 million lottery … without buying a ticket. Most dried secretions lose their ability to infect you. To gain access to your body, the bacteria or viruses usually have to get into one of your holes (mouth, anus, urethra). The bad boys cannot jump from the toilet, so you’re safe. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re anxious to get started on your best fitness year yet, then sign up for a local race! Getting in shape, losing weight, or increasing your fitness level will be some of the many New Years resolutions this year. If you want to beat the odds and reach your goal then start off the year with a road race.
These races are runner and walker friendly. So if you are just beginning you won’t be intimidated by super human runners. Just get out there, Read the rest of this entry »
Who cares. He’s human after all. Has he failed a Drugs test? NO. OK – let the Police look at it and make their minds up. Anything else is just window dressing.
James, London,
Just so you all know, this is not only a big deal because of his sponsorships, etcetera.
Weed is on the prohibited substances list put out by the world anti-doping agency for high-level athletes.
The value of exercise and keeping our bodies fit cannot be underestimated, especially as we grow older.
AS my batch of schoolmates turn 55 this year, the number having health problems continue to rise. Just like the rest of Malaysians, most hardly exercise, though many do play golf regularly.
However, because I am not a golfer, I do not really know how much exercise each game entails. Many intimate their concerns to me. And since we are all guys, Read the rest of this entry »
HOUSTON
— For years it’s been known as the hospital of last resort for the uninsured and indigent in Texas.
Whether they drove hundreds of miles on their own or were shuttled in vans and buses by their local governments, they have come to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston from 160 of the state’s 254 counties.
“People from all across the state knew they could go there and get charity care,” said Karen Love, president Read the rest of this entry »
Monday, October 06, 2008
Birmingham, AL (Sports Network) – Sprint Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin was released from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital Monday morning after being held overnight for observation.
While holding the lead midway through Sunday’s Amp Energy 500 at the Talladega
Superspeedway, Hamlin blew a right-front tire and smacked the wall hard. He
was awake and alert after the accident but was transported Read the rest of this entry »
The largest study of U.S. children ever performed – aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 – will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. And Utah will follow next spring.
The ambitious National Children’s Study aims to learn how the environment, genetics and other factors affect youngsters’ health, especially development of such conditions as autism, asthma, learning disabilities, diabetes and Read the rest of this entry »
Know anyone over 40 who’s a smoker, overweight and hasn’t exercised in years? She doesn’t think heart disease is a risk because, after all she’s a woman and there’s no heart disease in her family. At least not that she knows. But based on these characteristics she has a 9.4% greater chance of developing heart disease than a lean, non-smoking woman her age, regardless of family history.
According to the American Heart Association, 55% of white Read the rest of this entry »
Sales of soybean milk and soymilk makers have soared after the scandal over tainted dairy milk (milk is now safe, health officials state). Supermarkets feature soymilk of all kinds – nonfat, light and regular, many fortified with calcium, minerals and vitamins. Some are flavored chocolate and vanilla.
Doctors warn, however, that soymilk should not be given to infants as it’s too difficult to digest.
That said, there’s a lot to be said for nutritious Read the rest of this entry »
Rio Ferdinand has given his backing to the Football Association’s plans for
tougher drug testing in football.
The proposals, which would bring football into line with other sports, would
require players to notify authorities of their whereabouts for one hour each
day and would involved drug testing at their homes.
Gordon Taylor, the Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive,
voiced his opposition to the plans this week but Ferdinand, Read the rest of this entry »