Chet Peeples was looking for a fresh start when he arrived in the Bay Area in the early 2000s. He was in his 40s and had racked up a string of felony convictions in his hometown of Memphis, including “attempted robbery, theft armed robbery, aggravated burglary, theft over $10,000 and auto theft,” he told me. …
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NFL players are aging nearly a decade faster than the general population and suffer from arthritis and high blood pressure as early as their 20s, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School. The study, published on Thursday, was spurred by reports from retired players of aging faster and clinicians “saying these players looked …
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ROCHESTER — Barb Grant was hesitant to leave pediatric nursing after 25 years, but the long hours and vacations away from her family were piling up. However, one segment of her patients brought her to the second half of her nearly 50-year career in medicine. The young cancer patients she treated had always been a …
New Zealand’s biggest fun race, Round the Bays 2023 is scheduled for Sunday March 5, and to get you ready Things launches the RTB Fitness Club. It’s an 8-week workout program designed to get you fit and excited about exercising with a like-minded community, whether you’re tackling the event in person in Auckland or virtually. …
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We live in the age of the Biohack Bro – when Silicon Valley scions would rather spend their billions on extending their own lives than improving the community at large. In an effort to reverse biological age, people embrace extreme fasts, brutal workouts, and incredibly boring diets. But there is one habit proven to reduce …
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Woman flexes her ripped physique and wows TikTok viewers with bodybuilding gains With 2023 fast approaching, some of us have probably been exercising as part of our New Year’s resolution. But sticking to rigorous exercise regimens can be difficult. If you’re one of those who finds it notoriously hard to drag yourself to the gym, …
fatima hassan “The reason we brought the case is because we saw the ‘Lazarus’ drugs. We’ve seen them work for people in the United States. We saw them working for people in Europe,” Hassan said. “We have seen what Brazilian and Thai activists are doing to try to put in place mandatory measures for their …
Skipping meals can shorten lifespan, study findsArx0nt – Getty Images A study has found that skipping meals may be linked to premature death. Researchers have found that skipping breakfast is linked to an “increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease”. A dietitian discusses the results and limitations of the study. We’ve heard for years that …
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Inexpensive prenatal intervention benefits mothers’ mental health up to eight years later, according to a new study from UC San Francisco. In the study, one of the first to look at results so far into the future, pregnant women who took part in a group wellness course that met weekly for eight weeks were half …
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OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other opinion content offer viewpoints on issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom reporters. Mayor of Midway Grayson Vandegrift I feel freer now to share something I’ve been hiding from the public for nearly 30 years. I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, a mental health …
