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More Muscles Mean Lower Alzheimer's Risk

Older people with stronger muscles are at reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

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Shape Up Chiropractic Hosts Grand Opening Celebration

Chiropractic and Wellness Company Opens New Location in Newport Beach, Calif.

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George Sodini Named As LA Fitness Shooter

The gunman in Wednesday night's deadly shooting at the LA Fitness in Collier Township, Pennsylvania has been identified as George Sodini of Scott Township, PA. It appears as if George Sodini plotted the deadly LA Fitness attack in an online diary.

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LA Fitness Shooting Leaves 5 Dead In PA

A gunman walked into a Collier Township, Pennsylvania, LA Fitness health club Thursday night, leaving five people dead, including the shooter, as well as 15 wounded. This tragic shooting in the LA Fitness center terrorized the entire town.

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Start Pacing Yourself; Today is National Running Day

There's a day for everything, and running is no exception. Wednesday, for those of you joggers, marathoners or just plain walkers, is National Running Day.

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Cancer Treatment Doesn't Affect Heart Fitness

The cardiovascular fitness level of cancer survivors is not affected by many standard cancer therapies, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Cancer. That is the finding of a new observational study to be presented today at the American College of Sports Medicine in Seattle.

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Physical fitness improves spatial memory

When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better. Now researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically fit tend to have bigger hippocampi and better spatial memory than those who are less fit.

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Weight Watchers vs. fitness centers

In the first study of its kind, using sophisticated methods to measure body composition, the nationally known commercial weight loss program, Weight Watchers, was compared to gym membership programs to find out which method wins in the game of good health.

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Nintendo Apologizes After Wii Fit 'Fat' Comment

Eating disorders among teens are on the rise, and as such, you don't need to make them think they are obese unnecessarily, do you? Criticism has arisen, and Nintendo has been forced to apologize, after its Wii Fit game called a ten-year-old "fat."

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Wii Fit Launches in U.S. In One Store; Full Launch On 5/21

On Monday Nintendo officially launched the Wii Fit. Much like the premier of some movies, however, it's only being launched at one location: the Nintendo World store in New York City. Other retailers will start selling the Fit on Wednesday.

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Wii Fit: Gaming Your Way to Fitness

Video games, such as Wii Fit, designed to provide a workout are becoming big business.

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Take care of your heart because it takes care of you

Atherosclerosis is what our parents and grandparents used to call hardening of the arteries. The bad news about atherosclerosis: It leads to tens of thousands of deaths every year in the U.S. The good news: You can prevent it.

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