Relax Already: Supported Butterfly
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After a long day of work or a challenging workout, it’s nice to take a few quiet minutes to yourself, to do nothing but relax. Some people chill with a bath , a hot cup of tea , or a glass of wine , but I like to do a calming stretch . This is one of my favorites because not only does it relieve...
Appropriate Attire for a Walk Through the Park After a Nuclear Meltdown
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Radiation Shield Technologies , a Coral Gables, Florida firm, just announced that it received a US patent for the firm’s Demron™ safety fabric. The company claims that the material makes better NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) suits, since the metallic fabric is more flexible and lighter...
Dealing With Moobs: Male Breast Reduction Surgery?
Unfortunately when people gain weight, they can’t choose where the extra pounds go. While a woman may be psyched to add some fullness to her chest, for a guy it creates an often embarrassing phenomenon - man boobs . Some, like my friend Giggle , affectionately refer to them as moobs , but they...
New Bone Cement to Prevent Dangerous Battle Injury Infections
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Osteomyelitis (OM) is a dangerous bacterial bone infection that often occurs in patients with open fractures. So it is not surprising that injured American soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq have been getting OM, with an end result sometimes being a limb amputation. Now researchers from the Center...
Gear Review: Moving Comfort Spin Shorts
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Having a chamois (seat padding inside bike shorts) for spin class is a must, but classes are generally an hour or less, making them considerably shorter than half-day rides out on the road. This means you don’t need all the bulk on your bum. The Spin Short ($55) by Moving Comfort softens my seat...
Britney Spears Shows Off Her Abs
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Filed under: Celebrities and Entertainment Britney Spears is getting ready for her upcoming tour which kicks off on March 3rd. I don’t know about the choreography and everything else that goes into getting ready for a tour, but Brit’s abs sure look ready to go . As far as fitness goes, Britney...
5 Things About Chewing Your Food
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Even if you’re not someone who has to be reminded not to swallow her ravioli whole, many of us simply do not chew our food enough. Feeling ravenous is often the culprit for being a chewing slacker, but there are many reasons why it’s important to increase the number of times you chomp. It...
System to Study Muscle Cells in Motion
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Because muscle sells can stretch themselves many times their own length, scientists have been looking for a platform with which to study them under motion. Now a collaboration of researchers from Purdue and Stanford universities has developed stretchable electrode arrays to do the job. MIT Tech Review...
Which Part of Your Body Is Least Flexible?
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Since I teach yoga, people are always asking me which poses they can do to stretch the least-flexible parts of their bodies. Swimmers complain of tight shoulders, runners continuously have tight hamstrings, and people who sit all day experience have tight hips. Stretching your muscles every day , throughout...
Jessica Simpson Can Teach Us a Thing or Two
Jessica Simpson is latest celebrity to be scrutinized for gaining weight , and while the singer has confidence in her own curves, the public criticism probably doesn’t feel so great. Regardless of any weight fluctuation, hopefully she’s fueling her body with healthy food and fitting exercise...
Frozen Pizza Breakdown
I’ll admit that when I need a quick meal, a frozen pizza sure comes in handy. It’s easy, the kids love it, and many are made with wholesome ingredients, so they’re not as bad for you as ordering a pie from your local pizzeria. If you ever wanted to know how all the frozen pizzas at...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]