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  • Statins May Reduce Exercise Benefits For Obese Adults

    diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of medical disorders including excess body fat and/or high levels of blood pressure, blood sugar and/or cholesterol. However, University of Missouri researchers found that simvastatin, a generic type of statin previously sold under the brand name "Zocor," hindered the positive effects of exercise for obese and overweight ...

  • Organic food companies gain Washington clout

    U.S. sales of organic foods reached $35 billion last year, and the ...

  • Mequon Outpost Natural Foods set to open by summer 2014

    A new Outpost Natural Foods supermarket planned for Mequon is scheduled to open by summer 2014, after the Common Council this week approved city financing assistance for the project. Demolition work to prepare the development site, at the northeast corner of Mequon Road (Highway 167) and Wauwatosa Road (Highway 181), is to begin in June, said Kim Tollefson, city community development director. ...

  • Study Says Cell Phones Lower Blood Pressure Yoga Brings It Down

    New research has identified a number of triggers that raise and lower blood pressure, such as talking on cell phones and doing yoga, respectively. High blood pressure, also known ...

  • Actor Justin Bartha and fitness trainer Lia Smith get engaged

    Hollywood actor Justin Bartha is engaged to fitness trainer Lia Smith, multiple sources confirmed to UsMagazine.com Friday. The two reportedly met during a Pilates session at Equinox gym in Los Angeles where Smith is an instructor. They went public with their relationship in January and the 34-year-old star of "The Hangover" movies proposed to Smith this month while on vacation at ...

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday [DVD]

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday [DVD]

Credit should be given where credit is due: The filmmakers behind Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday tried. They really tried. Doing something original or different with the ninth installment of the Friday the 13th slasher franchise, which was largely derivative to begin with, was a significant task. That the end result is convoluted, lacking in logical coherence, and somet ... ...

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  • S. Korea wants U.S. to stop using name Sea of Japan

    South Korea has lodged a formal complaint with the U.S. Defense Department about the U.S. designation of the "East Sea" as the "Sea of Japan." The provocation was a news release from the 7th Fleet about the carrier U.S.S. Nimitz participating in a joint exercise earlier this week, the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported Thursday. The release was rewritten to ...

  • 1 sailor killed others hurt in Fort Knox training exercise

    Louisville, Ky. -- Officials say one U.S. Navy sailor was killed and several others were hurt in a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Fort Knox spokesman Ryan Brus said Friday morning that the accident happened Wednesday night and involved members of a Naval branch at the post in central Kentucky. Brus had no other details and referred calls to U.S. Navy Lt. David Lloyd. Lloyd did not ...

  • Organic food co-op says itll rebuild after fire

    Organic Valley, the nation's largest organic food cooperative, found itself burned out of its headquarters this week, but officials say hundreds of employees could resume work Monday. The La Farge, Wis.-based co-op lost much of the building including its main executive offices and human resources department to a fire on Tuesday. The company, which employs more than 400 people, on Thursday ...

  • Boxing kangaroo bops a jogging Australian MP

    SYDNEY // An Australian politician was left hopping after he was attacked by a kangaroo while on a morning jog in Canberra. "Mugged by a kangaroo!," declared Shane Rattenbury, Australian Capital Territory municipal services minister, on Twitter. Mr Rattenbury was left with deep scratches and bruising on his leg after the encounter with the bounding marsupial on Thursday morning. ...

  • Exercise Lowers Risk Of Lung And Colorectal Cancer Among Middle Aged Men

    New research conducted by researchers at the University of Vermont reveals that middle-aged men who engage in a lot of cardiovascular exercise are at a reduced risk of suffering from lung and colorectal cancer. In addition, those who exercise are less likely to die from prostate cancer (although their risk of contracting the disease remained the same). According to the lead author of the study, ...

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