Archive for September, 2008

RealRyder — Mountain Bike Without Leaving domestic

I’m big into road biking for exercise and for getting from place to place, but I plus love mountain biking considering the steep hills and windy trails produce riding more exciting and challenging. I realize that not everyone has access to safe places to ride, so stationary bikes are a great option….

Diet Tip: Rinse With Fluoride to Avoid Snacking

We all love to snack, but sometimes noshing on food in amoung meals adds up to tons of unnecessary calories. So I’ve discovered that little tip that not only prevents me from raiding the fridge, but it plus helps hinder cavities. I brush my teeth and thereupon rinse with fluoride. After rinsing, you…

DASCOR 3D Feasibility Study

Study objectives for the DASCOR® 3D Feasibility Study
This study is designed to to assess the safety and efficacy of the DASCOR® Disc Arthroplasty Device in subjects with degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine.

Design of the DASCOR® 3D Feasibility Study
A non-randomized, prospectiv…

Stuck in a Cast? MyoSpare Wants to Exercise Your Unused Muscles


Anyone who’s ever wore a cast after breaking an arm or leg knows that muscles not used for a month or so become rather pathetic looking, and lack much of their original strength. An Israeli company called StimuHeal Inc. is working on embedding electrical stimulators inside casts to exercis…

Fit Tip: Work One Sided

As a Pilates instructor, my job was always to help citizens move more symmetrically so that fit tip is a little counterintuitive to me, but I love it besides.
Once a month, deconstruct your weight routine and work one side of your body at a moment. Instead of doing your standing bicep curls or over…

Reminder: Guess-A-Nobel Contest Is Going Strong

We are still accepting nominations to our Guess-A-Nobel Contest. Just leave a comment who you think will win that year’s Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics or Chemistry, for your chance to win an iPod nano.

Original post by Michael

Does It or Doesn’t It Boost Your Metabolism?

Who out there doesn’t want to boost her metabolism and burn calories more efficiently? Take that quiz to see whether you know what foods can help rev yours up.

Source
input.form-submit{color:#000;}Question 11 of 6Does eating breakfast boost your metabolism?

Yes

No

Original post by FitS…

Health Care Reform Needed As Part Of ‘New New Deal’ To Address U.S. Economic Problems, Opinion Piece States

The U.S. needs a “new New Deal: a systematic approach to the financial and economic problems of the U.S.” that includes health care reform, Katrina vanden Huevel, editor of The Nation, and author Eric Schlosser write in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.Among other proposals, the U.S.Original p…

Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval Of TAXUS(R) Express2™ Atom™ Stent System, First Drug-Eluting Stent For Small Vessels

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its TAXUS® Express2™ Atom™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System. The TAXUS Express Atom Stent is a highly deliverable drug-eluting stent (DES) specifi…

Boston Ending Canadian Drug Importation Program After Few City Workers Enroll

A Boston program through which city workers can buy low-cost Canadian prescription drugs will get its final shipment of drugs in December, after the Canadian drug supplier terminated its involvement considering of a lack of participants, the Boston Globe reports.Original post by Women’s Health / G…

DeGeneres Joins Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Thursday With Phone Messages

Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday helped kick off a breast cancer awareness campaign led by vitamin maker One A Day that allows women to desire a phone report of DeGeneres sent to someone they know reminding that person to take steps to check for breast cancer, the AP/Minneapol…

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