Posts Tagged ‘exercise’
Insurance fo the shoulders
This exercise strengthens the shoulder joints and helps protect them from overextension when throwing, reaching or pulling. 1. Warm up 5 minutes by jogging in place; move shoulders, arms, neck and back through their full range of motion 2.Sit on bench or stool with feet flat, back straight and abdominal muscles tight. 3.Hold dumbbell in…
Read MoreThe ‘brain fitness’ programme market is booming, but does it work?
Chester Santos has been training his brain for seven years. At 32, he’s not worried about losing his memory. He’s taking advantage of a growing market in “brain fitness” spurred by ageing baby boomers. Teenagers cramming for tests and people worried about “senior moments” can now turn to an explosion of brain-assisting video games such…
Read MoreProgramme uses acupuncture to treat addiction – Needle that addiction
Needle that addiction Programme uses acupuncture to treat addiction As New Age music fills the room, 19 men and women settle into four rows of plastic chairs. They swab their ears with alcohol towelettes and sit quietly. Slowly, another man and a woman move among the rows. With quiet precision, they insert five sharp needles…
Read MoreComing to terms with size and self
For more than six decades, Michael Berman has lived as a fat person. At 5 feet 9 inches, he has weighed as much as 207.5kg. He has been known to eat three racks of ribs at one sitting, or a 40-ounce steak, or a whole box of saltines. In 1986, after dropping a few pounds,…
Read MoreStopped having periods.
Whos’s at risk? What causes abnormal vaginal bleeding and who is at risk? Abnormal vaginal bleeding may occur between the normal menstrual bleeds (intermenstrual bleeding)or it may take the form of unusually heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia). In postmenopausal women, it may develop after a number of years without any vaginal bleeding. It’s inportant to understand…
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