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• Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising

  

  Posted 3:01 AM 5/16/2012

  March 16, 2012 -- The CDC today released its annual state of the union's health, and there's good news and bad. We're living longer. But we're also gaining more weight. Teen pregnancies are at a record low. But fewer people can afford necessary prescription (More)
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• Concussions: Girls Have Longer Recovery Time

  

  Posted 8:17 PM 5/11/2012

  May 11, 2012 -- Girls take longer to recover from sports-related concussions than boys do, according to new research.

  High school athletes, both boys and girls, also have longer recovery times than do college athletes, says researcher Tracey Covassin, PhD, associate professor of kinesiology and a certified athletic trainer at (More)
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• No Safe Way to Text and Drive for Teens

  

  Posted 3:02 AM 4/29/2012

  April 29, 2012 -- Texting or even the thought of texting on a cell phone while driving may be distracting enough to cause a car crash for teens.

  Two new studies suggest that teen drivers who text with their cell phone in any position or even think about texting are more likely to be involved in an (More)
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• High Reps With Low Weights Builds Muscle, Too

  

  Posted 4:39 PM 4/27/2012

  April 27, 2012 -- Want to build up your muscles in time for beach season? High reps with low weights may be the way to go, a new study suggests.

  "There is nothing magical about heavy weights beyond the fact that they make you work hard," says researcher Nicholas Burd, PhD, of Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.

  In a series of experiments, Burd and colleagues tweaked some resistance-exercise variables to see which had the greatest (More)
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• Most Peaceful, Least Peaceful U.S. States

  

  Posted 8:49 PM 4/25/2012

  April 25, 2012 -- For the 11th year in a row, Maine is the most peaceful state in America, according to the 2012 United States Peace Index report.

  The report, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace in Washington, D.C., also named Louisiana as the country's least peaceful state. It has held this position for the last 20 years.

  To create this annual coast-to-coast ranking, researchers looked at five key measurements.

  Each state's peace (More)
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