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...soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan often carry much more than 50 lbs. of equipment, including telephones, computers, night-vision goggles and, begrudgingly, the batteries to run them. The batteries alone can weigh as much...
...tempted by the promises of antiaging medicine, I would advise you to use it selectively. Always assess the potential for harm of any intervention. Then try to evaluate the evidence for any claimed benefits. Weigh potential benefits against possible risks, including exorbitant costs. Get second opinions from doctors who are not part of the antiaging enterprise. If you do decide to follow a special treatment regimen, set a time limit for judging whether it does you any good--say, three to six months. Then determine if it was worth the cost...
Watch your weight. Morbid obesity, sometimes defined as being more than 100 lbs. above your "normal" weight, is incompatible with healthy aging because it increases the risk of a number of age-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis. Ordinary obesity--weighing at least 20% more than you should--correlates with milder forms of these diseases as well as with increased incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer and cancer of the uterus, colon, kidney and esophagus. But what is normal, and how much should you weigh...
...moved the weigh-ins to Wal-Mart parking lots under a huge tent, where the sponsors were waiting with all kinds of kid-friendly entertainment. It was a sensation, so much so that the championship event had to move to a bigger venue. On the water, Jacobs outfitted each boat like a NASCAR racer, to the point where the outfit became unofficially known as BASSCAR...
...English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand, one member of the “Gang of Five.” “I would assume in a week or two there will be a document which will be more publicly circulated and people will start to weigh...