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...England Journal of Medicine, the study is the largest and longest of its kind to date. University of Pennsylvania researchers recruited 141 breast-cancer patients with a diagnosis of stable lymphedema. Half of them participated in a biweekly 90-min. weight-lifting program, which involved the slow, progressive addition of weight machines and free weights, up to as much weight as patients could comfortably lift; the other half of the patients did not lift weights at all. (See how to prevent illness...
...causes of health problems in the elderly. Each year, more than 300,000 Americans over age 65 suffer hip fractures, mostly due to falls, and 15% to 20% die within a year of their injury because of complications from infection or blood clots. While current drug treatments for osteoporosis slow down the destruction of existing bone, the new data suggest that denosumab may be more effective in promoting bone density. In addition, the studies show that denosumab did not cause the serious side effects - including cancer and the disintegration of bone in the jaw - that are associated with bisphosphonate drugs...
Soon enough, I became a regular customer. I’ve had a few drivers who see the sidewalk as an extension of the street and some who find the speed limit impossibly slow, but I’ve yet to meet the lewd thief I was so sternly warned about. Though I’m sure he exists, over two months I’ve met many more Yoweris, young and earnest men from up country, just trying to make a living in the city, and perhaps cutting a few corners in the process...
...born outside the U.S., revived by the likes of CNN's Lou Dobbs. Sharkbite Summer (Aug. 4) looks back eight years to when a few high-profile shark attacks sent the media into their own feeding frenzy. The summer of 2001, postrecount and pre-9/11, was notoriously slow on news. (Hence, it was also the season of the Chandra Levy media circus.) So when an 8-year-old boy was mauled by a bull shark in Florida, a hungry press attacked...
...There’s a difference between blaming slow progress on a legitimate lack of resources and excusing yourself for being “unable” to perform a task that requires little more than brainpower, simply because you’re African. If the fact that people come from this continent precludes them from being able to work efficiently and independently—following deadlines, organizing lists, and thinking through problems instead of allowing them to sort themselves out, for example—then who will do that sort of necessary work for the African people? The evangelical...