Posted February 26th, 2010 by ChaseCrum73
Hey, there,
Top of the morning to you.
Did you catch any of the Olympic Figure skating these past few weeks?
Jim and I are avid figure skating fans.
I love the grace and beauty combined with athleticism.
Our top figure skaters embody Physical Intelligence. Their Flexibility, Grace, Strength, and Bearing (perfect posture) are exquisite as they travel 35 MPH [...]
Posted February 15th, 2010 by ChaseCrum73
Phys Ed: How Exercising Keeps Your Cells Young
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Recently, scientists in Germany gathered several groups of men and women to look at their cells’ life spans. Some of them were young and sedentary, others middle-aged and sedentary. Two other groups were, to put it mildly, active. The first of these consisted of professional runners [...]
Posted November 27th, 2009 by Alan Davidson
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Audiences who came of age in the Iron Curtain era still find it astonishing to contemplate a career like Diana Vishneva’s. Ms. Vishneva is the prima ballerina of the Maryinsky (Kirov) Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia, and appears on its foreign tours, dancing not just its old ballets but also its newly acquired [...]
Posted November 15th, 2009 by Alan Davidson
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
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Several weeks ago, The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that should give pause to anyone who plans to live a long and independent life. The study looked at the incidence of hip fractures among older Americans and the mortality rates associated with them. Although the number [...]
Posted November 5th, 2009 by Alan Davidson
By JANE E. BRODY
I don’t often write about alternative remedies for serious medical conditions. Most have little more than anecdotal support, and few have been found effective in well-designed clinical trials. Such trials randomly assign patients to one of two or more treatments and, wherever possible, assess the results without telling either the patients or [...]
