He's almost blind, but he's got vision
McClatchy Newspapers
3/2/2009, by Cameron Bird
The Orange County Register (MCT) - He heard nothing but the voices of paramedics. "I got his arm, I got his shoulder," they said. "Grab his legs."
He saw nothing at all.
Moments earlier, something came crashing through Ali Reshamwalla's windshield. The blast knocked him unconscious and sent him ...
Pope John Paul II: 'Beloved Young Athletes'
Catholic Online
2/27/2009
Sports are not merely the exercise of muscles, but the school of moral values and of training in courage, in perseverance, and in overcoming laziness and carelessness. ROME (Catholic Online) - On November 24, 1984, upon their return from Los Angeles where they had participated in the the L.A. ...
Homily of John Paul II on Sports
Catholic Online
2/27/2009
Every Christian is called to become a strong athlete of Christ, that is, a faithful and courageous witness to his Gospel. (Pope John Paul II) ROME (Catholic Online) - The following homily entitled "Jubilee of Sports People" was preached by the late Servant of God John Paul II on October 29, 2000 ...
Despite flu shot, some may battle lesser strain
McClatchy Newspapers
2/25/2009, by Barbara Anderson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - If the flu bug has landed in your home or office, doctors say, it will hang around for awhile. People who got a flu shot this year may escape the fever, sore throat, headache and body aches that are bringing people to doctors' offices.
The vaccine offers a good ...
Ask Dr. Denton: Free and Sweet, Truvia, Sweet Leaf? What is this new natural sweetener?
Catholic Online
2/25/2009, by Denton D. Weiss, MD FACS
Move over aspartame and other similar products. Here comes a newer natural sweetener. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Catholic Online) - The main sweetener in each of these products is an extract from the leaves of the stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni). The sweet products of the plant are glycosides named ...
Feel-good fitness: Inventive routines, music, dance make the right workout for hard times
McClatchy Newspapers
2/23/2009, by Erin Chan Ding
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - A series of staccato sounds bounces up from the hardwood floors of a studio in Life Time Fitness in Novi, Mich. Dap-diggi-dap-diggi-dap. The banging resounds around the room like the percussion section of a marching band. Dap-diggi-dap-diggi-dap. Men and women in their ...
Couples with shared lifestyles may also share heart attacks
McClatchy Newspapers
2/20/2009, by Jan Jarvis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Jim and Priscilla Russell of Grand Prairie, Texas, just might be taking togetherness a little too far. While he was in the emergency room being treated for a heart attack, she was outside having one of her own.
The couple, who have been married 27 years, reunited in ...
Get smart about science: Sorting through the studies about caffeine and other choices
McClatchy Newspapers
2/20/2009, by Trine Tsouderos
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Coffee, elixir of the gods. Studies say drinking it can lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and mouth cancer. It can prevent cavities. It can make you happier. It can kill a headache. It can make asthmatics breathe a little ...
A growing problem: A number of children need hormone injections to reach normal height
McClatchy Newspapers
2/20/2009, by Linda Shrieves
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) - Madeline Truman Dang stands a few centimeters shy of 5 feet tall. Although she longs to be taller, the 12-year-old knows that she's lucky to be as tall as she is _ doctors once warned her parents that Madeline might not grow more than 4 feet tall.
But, thanks to eight ...
Endometriosis a painful, puzzling reproductive disease
McClatchy Newspapers
2/20/2009, by Jessica Yadegaran
Contra Costa Times (MCT) - Brie-Anne Paterson has suffered from chronic pelvic pain for more than half her life. She was the girl in gym class curled up on the locker room floor, crying and clutching her abdomen. "I would just die the week of my period," says Paterson, who lives in Tracy, Calif. ...
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