Flaws in the way that dietary supplements are monitored and reported are causing potentially life-threatening delays in how long dangerous products linger on store shelves.
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Researchers have found that a computer is much better than people are at telling the difference between real and faked pain, a discovery that may lead to methods to detect children’s pain and to treat depression.
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It’s never too late to learn how to swim, a crucial skill, as more than 70 percent of the drowning victims in the United States each year are adults.
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Running: Schaeffer-Duffy family marathons with a message
"I've gotten the motivation to start training more regularly," said Davis, who in the improved weather has gotten off the treadmills and been able to put in some mileage around the fields at Hartford, while not being able to run on the roads alone …
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Line forms for AESD's newest STEM school
Some of the schools operate almost completely paperless and contain a wing of unique classrooms that include cozy seating, laptop and Wi-Fi zones, colorful carpeting and treadmills. Gus Franklin Jr. will have its own sort of iPrep room called EDGE …
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Lucky 13 offers unique look at getting healthy
It doesn't necessarily look like a place to workout from the outside, but once you walk through the door, Lucky 13 Fitness has all of the essentials including free weights, a weight bench, treadmills, an exercise bike and TRX bands. It's also equipped …
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Dr. Coleman upset scientific dogma by discovering that genes — not willpower, eating habits or other behaviors — could cause obesity in some people.
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Sales of commercially prepared baby food have been steadily falling since 2005 as parents take a do-it-yourself approach.
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ANG civil engineers train for combat ops at Silver Flag
During the course of the week leading up to the exercise, the civil engineers received intensive classroom and hands-on equipment training in each of their respective career fields from some of the Air Force's top subject matter experts from the 823rd …
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Elementary students get kid-sized workout machines
KINDERGARTNERS FROM left, Brogan Wasurick on the junior exercise bike, Alexis Brey on the moon walker and Aiden Schanilec on the junior elliptical, workout to music in the cardio room with miniature exercise equipment at O.H. Shultz Elementary …
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Peloton gets .5M to help people not sweat missing spin class
Peloton is a cutting edge home exercise equipment company. The studio and the classes we produce provide the content for the bikes we have designed. I used to be in the boutique indoor cycling business. I am now in the business of providing top-notch …
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A reader asks: At the gym, instead of traditional stretching, I see tons of people rolling around on foam rollers. What does the research say about the benefits?
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