THE fitness status of 30-year-old former Springbok flyhalf Andre Pretorius is unclear, after his name was omitted from the Lions squad list handed to Super 14 tournament organisers for registration last Friday.
The naming of the squad is purely a formality so that match programmes and tournament media guides can be published. Players can be added and subtracted as the season progresses. A player can be registered at any time.
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Alex Rodriguez has bolstered his legal team, adding Jay Reisinger, who has represented a number of high-profile baseball players who have been confronted about performance-enhancing drugs.

ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2008)
— A quarter of drug trials submitted in support of new drug applications to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) remain unpublished five years after the fact, says new research published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.
Among those trials published, unexplained discrepancies between the FDA submissions and their corresponding publications—the addition or deletion of outcomes, changes in the Read the rest of this entry »

ok I have to say this and it about time that society admitted it. Not many people like playing sport – the answer… well you get belittled and made to feel like crap. If you mix that into teenagehood there is your answer. If you want kids to exercise, get them into physical exercises that doesn't pit them against eachother and create metal issues for them later on making (fat adults).
Its about time you realised that the traditional sports Read the rest of this entry »

The veterans hospital in Seattle has halted all new enrollments in research involving human subjects after a federal audit found that patient safeguards weren’t properly documented.
The decision — which applies to about 600 studies being conducted at the veterans hospital and the University of Washington — could delay the work of some researchers by weeks or longer, in some cases forcing them to turn to minor but still research-related Read the rest of this entry »

Lawmakers called for tighter monitoring of imported drugs and medicine Thursday, expressing worries over the possible hazardous effects of fake drugs on consumers.
During a parliamentary inspection of the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA), the legislators urged the agency to strengthen measures to ensure the safety of imported Chinese drugs.
Rep. Yoon Seok-yong of the governing Grand National Party (GNP) said there have been many recent Read the rest of this entry »

Aside from diet and exercise, some prescription diet pills are recommended by doctors in order to treat obesity. However, your doctor will conduct several tests before he will prescribe a diet pill for you.
One of the factors that your doctor will have to consider is your BMI or your Body Mass Index. Basically, if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, and sleep apnea, your doctor will recommend diet pills for you if your body Read the rest of this entry »

“What Does Your Doctor Look Like Naked? Your Guide to
Optimum Health” by J. Warren Willey II (Tate Publishing & Enterprises, $29.99)
Umm … that’s a question I’ve never contemplated … but I imagine it’s “lean and lightly muscled” – unlike the scary image on this book’s cover.
THE SCOOP The “naked” question is a come-on: Willey, an
osteopath, offers a traditional diet plan (lean meats! vegetables! rice!), along with stranger stuff:
A “free Read the rest of this entry »

A woman claims she awoke from sedation to find a hospital employee fondling her Thursday night at Weiss Memorial Hospital.
The woman, believed to be in her 50s, told police she was assaulted by an employee of Weiss Memorial Hospital about 6:45 p.m., police said. The woman claims the assault happened while she was an emergency room patient.
A Town Hall District officer said the woman was sedated, and when she awoke, a male employee was fondling Read the rest of this entry »

You could win Oprah, Bob Greene’s ‘Best Life Diet Cookbook,’ plus four other diet books
on her talk show this week, she asked fitness guru Bob Greene to help. Greene recommends Oprah and viewers eat good-for-you recipes based on his new cookbook “The Best Life Diet Cookbook.”
A key to successful weight loss, of course, is a sensible approach to eating that teaches you how to balance all foods.
So, to help you eat in line with “Best Life” and Read the rest of this entry »