Recent Health and Wellness Headlines: - Parkinson's sufferers exercise brain, body - Idaho Statesman

Here's a round up of some recent news stories on nutrition, health, wellness, exercise and all the rest. There's a lot out there! -

Parkinson's sufferers exercise brain, body - Idaho Statesman
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho Another Wednesday, and another day the Fosters are alone among the endless shelves of porcelain in the basement of Wiggett's Antique Marketplace. AdaMay is at her fluttery best, the tiny 76-year-old a windstorm of dusting

Group Recommends Easier Test To Diagnose Diabetes - Post Chronicle
A simple blood test that indicates average blood sugar levels over the past several weeks is the best way to diagnose diabetes, and doctors can abandon older, clumsier tests, diabetes experts said on Friday. The A1C test, which does not require

Scott's column: Obese poor children need better nutrition - Midwest Voices
It s a sad reflection of poverty that many low-income children go without meals, at least part of the month. Yet, the number of overweight children has risen dramatically since 1980. The two phenomena are in seeming contradiction of each other. We

Dr. Sanford Siegal Talks Dr. Siegal s Cookie Diet - Softpedia
Not long ago, we were telling you that, in her approach to weight loss, television personality and socialite extraodinaire Kim Kardashian had found a very strong ally in Dr. Siegal s Cookie Diet . She was not the only one to discover this special

Orexigen Obesity Drug Produces Modest Weight Loss, Lowers - Xconomy
Orexigen Therapeutics, the San Diego-based obesity drug developer, underwhelmed investors back in January with its incremental ability to help patients lose weight . But now the company is presenting more detailed results from a clinical trial that

Barksdale bombers deploy to far-away places - Shreveport Times
A force of the long-range jets has arrived at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to begin a four-month deployment as part of a regular rotation, and at least one of the giant Boeing airplanes from the base's 2nd Bomb Wing flew to Alaska in recent days

Firefighter Training - Columbia Daily Tribune
St. Charles County firefighter Beau Lewis carries a dummy made from a fire hose up a ladder during a simulated trench collapse and rescue exercise at the 77th annual Summer Fire School and Midwest Wildfire Training Academy yesterday at Station No. 5

San Leandro studio makes yoga accessible to everyone - San Francisco Examiner
Trying times call for balance. A flailing economy and job market has thousands of Bay Area residents stressed-out and anxious. One Alameda man actually shot his family and then himself. Sources close to the family reported that the reason was

One exercise for the whole body - Gay.com
If you're looking to make your workouts more effective within a limited time frame, you need to perform exercises that work more than one muscle group. Better yet, do a total-body exercise. This will get your breathing and heart rate going faster

Brooksville neighbors fight residential drug rehab run by Church of - St. Petersburg Times
BROOKSVILLE Teena Fager used to enjoy her back yard, but that was before the new neighbors moved in behind her. What really put her off was the night earlier this year when she heard yelling coming from the property along her back lot line. "It