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Hines faces fitness race ahead of Six Nations
STUART Grimes could be the major beneficiary of the latest injury blow to strike the Scotland squad if Frank Hadden is forced to reassess his second row options for the Calcutta Cup match on 3 February. Nathan Hines had an operation to insert a metal plate in his foot yesterday after suffering a broken bone in Perpignan's win over Castres at the weekend. He has been told recovery is usually between six and eight weeks and the latter would take him into mid-February, ruling the big lock out of the first two rounds of the RBS Six Nations against England and Wales. .
Shoveling safely Give injuries the slip this winter
Snow shoveling caused more than 20,000 emergency room visits last year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. It can be great exercise if you're in shape, the American Heart Association says, but for the sedentary or medically vulnerable, shoveling can trigger heart attacks. It's also a common cause of back injuries.
"Aside from slipping on a banana peel, is there any more traditional metaphor for hurting your back than shoveling show?" said Andrew Cannon, director of sports medicine at Northeast Rehabilitation in Salem, N.H.
In response to these risks, particularly the risk of back injury, entrepreneurs are experimenting with all sorts of shovel designs that attempt to make shoveling safer. You can now buy shovels with bent shafts, a second hand grip or a scoop-shaped blade for pushing snow rather than lifting.
Singaporeans have only basic awareness of heart health matters ...
SINGAPORE : A recent survey by the Singapore Heart Foundation has shown that informed Singaporeans only have a basic awareness of cardio vascular disease. When it comes to matters of the heart, Singaporeans do not seem to take it too seriously, at least, according to the Heart Foundation's survey of more than 2,500 Singaporeans. About three-quarters have checked their blood pressure in the last 12 months. And even fewer - only two-thirds - have had their cholesterol level checked. 73 percent thought that lifestyle changes, such as exercise and good diet, are enough to lower their risks. But the Heart Foundation disagrees. Ho Sun Yee, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Heart Foundation, said, "Heart disease risk factor(s) (are) multi-factorial. It's more than just lifestyle. It's more than just eating right and being physically active.
Through dancing, they trip the fantastic - lighter
Lania Dowers instructs Dan Hallesy at Arthur Murray Studios in Orlando, Florida, November 10, 2006. (Julie Fletcher/Orlando Sentinel/MCT) At the lowest point in his life, Dan Hallesy turned to dancing. His wife had died of cancer, and in the year afterward, Hallesy lay around the house, grieving. His weight ballooned to 289, his blood pressure and cholesterol levels were terrible, and his feet and ankles hurt so badly that he had to roll out of bed and pull himself up with a chair. Then one day, while pumping gas near his house, Hallesy noticed a sign for Arthur Murray Dance Studio - and signed up for classes. In 18 months, Hallesy has lost 60 pounds, whittled his waistline from 52 inches to 43, and dropped his seven daily medications to three.
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