8 Ways to Lose Weight on Pennies a Day
There’s a weird inverse relationship between our wallets and our bellies. The smaller one gets, the larger the other seems to grow.
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How to Burn More Calories Through Running
“Your body has to work harder to get over it,” says R. Amadeus Mason, M.D., assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Emory Healthcare and a physician for Georgia Tech’s track and field team. “It adds resistance and fires muscles you’re unaccustomed to using.
Kenya mulls granting refuge to chimps from Ebola-hit Liberia
By Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan officials said on Friday they were considering conservationists’ appeals to give two baby chimpanzees, rescued from possible traffickers in ebola-hit Liberia, sanctuary in a Kenyan reserve but public health fears were holding up transfer. Conservationists believe the animals had been victims of trafficking that sent baby chimps from West and Central Africa to Chinese zoos and private estates in the Middle East, where
What You Must Know About the Chemicals in Your Sunscreen
Some sunscreens may be doing more harm to your body than good.
Breakthrough in quest for Ebola vaccine
An Ebola test vaccine provided blanket protection in a field trial in Guinea, researchers said, possibly heralding “the beginning of the end” for the devastating West African outbreak that has killed thousands. The serum was 100 percent effective after a week in more than 7,600 people inoculated, according to results published in The Lancet medical journal and hailed as “extremely promising” by World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan. The
Virginia pursuing school policing reforms following Center probe
Virginia pursuing changes in wake of Center probe
Rio pledges cleaner waters for Olympics next year
By Karolos Grohmann KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Efforts to improve the water quality for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics are ongoing, Games organizers said on Saturday, adding the welfare of the athletes was a top priority after reports of severe pollution off the shores of the Brazilian metropolis. Privately commissioned tests of the water quality, where rowers, sailors and open water swimmers will be competing, revealed this week a
India court concludes hearing Maggi noodles case
An Indian court has concluded hearing a case filed by Nestle India challenging a local regulator’s report that Maggi instant noodles contained excess lead, a lawyer for the company said. The Bombay High Court will give a judgment at a later date, Rajesh Batra said in a statement late on Friday. Nestle has been at the center of India’s worst food scare in a decade after a regulator in the
UN Ebola mission winds down, WHO takes reins in West Africa
LONDON (AP) — The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response is officially winding down Friday, handing its leadership role and senior staff to the Geneva-based World Health Organization as efforts to contain the deadly virus continue.
Western companies look hard at China as growth slows
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) – The Chinese slowdown is forcing many Western companies to take a hard look at their businesses there, leading many to reduce investments, costs and product lines and to tackle increasing bad debts. Double digit growth rates during the first decade of the millennium lured scores of Western companies to invest heavily in China. A recent equities market rout has dashed hopes China will, in