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- FIREHOUSE FITNESS
On your shoulders
The move: Elastic resistance of shoulder external rotation with the elbow at shoulder height. Works on: Shoulder-blade stabilization, rotator cuff strengthening.
- New pain-killer, Fasprin, helps prevent blood clots
Fasprin, a new form of low-dose aspirin, is being promoted for its heart-health benefits. Studies show aspirin helps prevent blood clots that can cause heart attacks and strokes.
- Health Calendar
- HEALTH Q&A
Why are more folks getting shingles at younger ages?
I'm 48 and recently had shingles. My doctor says she's seeing more cases of shingles in younger adults. Many of my friends either had shingles or had a close friend or relative in their age group (40s to early 50s) who had it.
- Wellnews: All the news that's fit
- NEWS & NOTES
Men likelier to be told to replace a knee
Women are less likely than men to get a recommendation for knee replacement, a Canadian study reports, even when they have the same symptoms.
- FACT VS. FICTION
Hospitals' data on treatment dips on weekends
The claim: Many public services are less reliable on weekends. But does that apply to medicine as well?
- HEALTH BUZZ
Lessons learned and weight dropped
“Joining the Thin Club: Tips for Toning Your Mind After You've Trimmed Your Body” by Judith Lederman and Larina Kase (July 2007): Lederman, who lost 80 pounds, and Kase, a clinical psychologist, dish out tips, including how to create new goals, deal with food cravings and shop for a new wardrobe.
- SD Stat: Alzheimer's
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Ranking in leading cause of death in San Diego County (No. 1 is heart disease, 2 is cancer, 3 cerebrovascular disease)
- To lose weight, remember that you are what you drink
That tall glass of sweet iced tea (not to mention soda, fruit punch, specialty coffee and sports drink) sure does taste good going down.
- MORNING SURF
Gifford takes spot on 'Today'
Kathie Lee Gifford will soon be back on TV's early shift. The former co-star of the syndicated “Live” talk show will join NBC's “Today” Monday.
- Builder likes talking trash, how he is helping planet with 'earthships'
You have to be a little crazy to tilt at windmills – or sometimes, just to build them. Meet Michael Reynolds, who has been raising hell and building what he calls earthships in the Taos, N.M., desert for more than three decades.
- DEAR ABBY
Just when you think it can't get any worse, this guy comes along
To say I am upset is an understatement. I have a terrible problem. My wife of 22 years, “Verna,” was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison. Verna, you see, always programmed our VCR. As a result, I have no idea how to record my favorite sporting events.
- TELL ME ABOUT IT CAROLYN HAX
Let her be: Wife prefers to sleep in
An ongoing issue with my husband. He wakes me up quite, er, affectionately every morning – not looking for sex but just kind of all over me. I hate it. I don't think it's him; I'm just am not ready for that sort of attention first thing.
- HEALTHY PROFESSOR
Ring around egg yolk can be avoided
Why does a greenish-black ring sometimes form around the yolk of hard-boiled eggs?Answer: Preparing hard-cooked eggs may not be rocket science, but producing an aesthetically pleasing egg is a matter of science.
- DVD REVIEW
No Oscar, but 'The Kite Runner' is still golden
I know this is going to shock you:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences screwed up again.
- THEATER REVIEW
'Miss Julie' makeover gives this classic a visceral boost
When a classic is adapted – particularly when it's plucked from its original setting and dropped into the modern age – the aim is often to make it more accessible.
- Prize-packed gala was grand for Jewish Community Center
They didn't have one big grand prize. They had 16. The party that benefited the programs and services of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, borrowed its format from the television game show “Deal or No Deal.”
- Curtains for SAG-AFTRA alliance
LOS ANGELES – The bitter weekend divorce between two actors unions in upcoming contract talks with Hollywood producers mirrors a scene from a daytime soap opera – the genre where the whole spat started.
- Horoscope
- For the record
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