Diseases and Conditions

Fitness Helps Arthritis Sufferers, Expert Reports (PRWeb)

16 May 2008

46 million people have a doctor-diagnosed case of arthritis in America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report one of the leading causes of arthritis is obesity. Aaron Dawkins, owner of two Fitness Together franchises located in the Denver Metro area reports how better fitness can aid the aches and pains commonly associated with arthritis. (PRWeb May 16, 2008) Read the ...

Price-hit Burkina Faso tries new type Asian-African rice (AFP via Yahoo! News)

16 May 2008

Stricken by rising food prices, rice growers in Burkina Faso are pinning their hopes on state subsidies to grow a new rice which can resist harsh climate, drought and disease.

Bears And Hibernation: New Insights Into Metabolism In Extreme Conditions (Science Daily)

16 May 2008

Due to their ability to produce a potent inhibitor of protein degradation, hibernating bears do not lose muscle mass after long periods of hibernation. The team researched for the first time the physiological reasons for an effect that is well known to the scientific community -- the fact that hibernating bears do not lose muscle tissue, only fat. The team studied the physiological response of ...