Recent Health and Wellness Headlines: - Exercise Helps Overweight Youngsters Learn

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! -

Exercise Helps Overweight Youngsters Learn
Forbes - FRIDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) — Three months of daily, vigorous exercise can improve overweight kids' thinking, U.S. researchers report. Physical activity can also lower their diabetes risk, reduce their body fat, and strengthen their bones, says

Israel moves site of military exercise to avoid border tension with
San Diego Union-Tribune - JERUSALEM Israel has decided to move an upcoming military exercise off the disputed Golan Heights to avoid further heightening tensions with neighboring Syria, defense officials said. The border has been jittery since Sept. 6, the date of a

A walk a day keeps the cold away
Times of India - NEW YORK: It's no surprise that regular exercise, particularly brisk walking, can lower your risk of heart disease and diabetes, but did you know it may reduce the risk of catching common cold too? Yes, researchers in the US have carried out a study

Man dies in Clare traffic collision
Boston Globe - Garda and the Road Safety Authority made fresh calls ahead of the weekend on all road users to exercise caution on the roads over the bank holiday weekend, which is one of the busiest times on our roads. Motorists are asked to drive at a

California fires on retreat as experts warn of air hazard
Times of India - For sensitive groups, we are trying to keep them inside, telling them to try to avoid prolonged exercise activities. If you can do it inside it will be better. Run the air conditioner rather than keep open windows," she said. "There are pockets

Carneal, voice of Twins, dead at 83
Baltimore Sun - It would be worth $15 million if the Padres exercise an option for $5.5 million in 2011. Athletics // Travis Buck, a 23-year-old outfielder, made the Opening Day roster and likely will start in right field for his major league debut against the

A War on Every Screen
New York Times - But to describe even a movie as angry and confrontational as Redacted as an exercise in finger-wagging or sloganeering is to miss the point. What is notable about this new crop of war movies is not their earnestness or their didacticism

A bad air day beats cabin fever
Los Angeles Times - Southern California is bad enough to make one sick, many residents Saturday opted to chance it — deciding another day of cabin fever was worse. "I realize the risk, but a morning like this is one of the few times I can come out and get some exercise

Knicks exercise options on contracts of Lee, Robinson, Balkman
CBS Sportsline - NEW YORK (AP) -Forward David Lee, guard Nate Robinson, forward Renaldo Balkman and guard Mardy Collins had options exercised on their contracts by the New York Knicks. The team announced Saturday that it has exercised the fourth-year options for Lee

Wade focuses on redemption
Miami Herald - Four weeks of trying to ignore the aches and stiffness in his left knee just to give the Heat a less-than-fair shot to repeat as NBA champions was a wasted exercise in pride and loyalty. Or was it? "From the outside looking in, I can understand where

Killer Commute: Five Ways to Make Your Work Commute Stress Free
FOX News - Another damaging factor is a lack of exercise. "People who commute by car tend to walk less than people who commute by trains," McLaughlin said. "People are sitting longer and not exercising a lot during the day because they are spending so much time