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Fire funds pulled before Los Angeles blaze
LOS ANGELES - Months before a wildfire burned 280 square miles at the edge of Los Angeles, a little-known group was awarded a $178,000 grant to clear flammable brush and tree limbs to protect a mountain neighborhood in the Angeles National Forest.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-09-20
Walking, biking to work linked with better fitness
CHICAGO - Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, according to a study of more than 2,000 middle-aged city dwellers.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-07-14
Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk
CHICAGO - The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer. The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden with red meat like hamburger and processed meats like hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-23
China's fitness industry growing from strength to strength
BEIJING (AFP) - China's fitness industry has become in little more than a decade a multi-billion-dollar extravaganza of high-tech equipment and pulsating workout rooms backed by lifestyle magazines, health products and celebrity endorsements.
Nations:China U.S. People:Yao Ming Jackie Chan Source:(AFP)
2009-01-15
5 Tips: How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution
Whatever you resolve to do differently in 2009, vow also to develop a strategy to make it happen. Otherwise, expect failure. So says John O'Neill, director of Addiction Services for The Menninger Clinic in Houston.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 New Year's Day
2008-12-31
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