#256 does exercise contribute to arthritis?

Personally exercise is important to me. It’s never crossed my mind  that exercise can have adverse effect on the body. I am glad that HealthBeat of the Harvard Medical School shared this interesting article supported with findings over a period of time.
Does exercise contribute to arthritis? Research says no
If you’re putting off getting into a [...]

#252 exercise, exercise, exercise

I discover whatever regular regime of exercises (jogging, walking, swimming…) helps:

increase my heart rate to maintaining a strong and healthy heart
strengthen my body muscles, preventing aches and pains; over-exercising hurt though
loosen bowels — less constipation
make me breathe deeply to strengthen my lungs; I find I breathe in shallow manner as I grow older, sometimes causing poor sleep [...]

#242 swine flu

Ouch! Swine flu (H1N1 influenza A) floating in air.
The first case of humans transmitting viruses to pigs?
Will there be a slaughter of pigs around the world?
Travellers returning from Mexico are quarantined in different countries as prevention and precaution measures. I’m reminded of the SARS that happened in 2003, almost around the same time.
This time around, it began on [...]

#232

This global economic and financial crises foil those who want to retire.
Perhaps the recession is positive phenomenon though harsh and tough this might be.
There was the anxiety that there might not be enough hands to feed the mouths of the elderly baby boomers should this generation retire from the workforce.
Idling with nothing to [...]

#197 amazing children saved mothers’ lives

Amazing what a child understands and does in times of emergency!
In England, James Cooke reports
A three-year-old boy came to his mother’s rescue by dialling 999 after she had an epileptic fit.
Jack Thomson called the emergency services from his mum’s mobile phone. When the line went dead he found another phone and dialled again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7627938.stm.
Another,
Jakob Seviour [...]

#195 dream fulfilled @ 16

Yip Pin Xiu, swimmer
Congratulations to Singapore’s first gold medalist swimmer, Yip Pin Xiu, 16 years old suffering muscular dystrophy and is a student at the Bendemeer Secondary School [unfortunately I couldn't find the newsbit I read yesterday to verify some information at the time of writing] at Beijing Paralympic 2008.
Muscular dystrophy is a rare inherited muscle [...]

#194 clutter

Can you consistently find what you need within a few seconds?

If you work with others, can they quickly find what they need when you’re not around the office or workplace?

Is your ‘in’ box constantly overflowing?

What is clutter?

compulsive hoarding
disorganized heaps of photographs or recipes; old magazines; outdated articles
things or spaces that are untidy and disorganized
too many [...]

#191 disabled perform

When I look at these performers, I’m humbled and I couldn’t tell or see any difference from us, the abled.
It appears their performances and their dispositions are so like us, that often times we just forget who they are when we become irritated and unappreciative.
At the same time, they put many to shame for their verve [...]

#181 olympic champions

The secret to these champions at the Olympic Games is sheer dedication, persistence and diligence (hard work), tears and disappointments together with the faithful support of one’s loved ones like mother or father.
It’s not the intake of special foods or drugs which the world record breakers in Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt! Their diet is as [...]

#168 talent

James Arthur Baldwin, American author and critic, once said,

Beyond talent lie all the usual words:
discipline, love, luck –
but, most of all, endurance.

I’d been keeping tabs and watching the Olympics when I can.
Congratulations to ALL the Olympians…not only those who clinch the medals.
Naturally there are many surprises. Take for instance the Australian 4X200m freestyle relay swimming team smashed [...]