4. Why Hearty Women Outlive Men? The age-old riddle of why many women live longer than men has been solved. It's their pumping power, British researchers have found. On average, women live five years longer than men and women over the age of 60 are n

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All right. From riding bareback to rating backfat, a Japanese study found that overweight people over the age of 40 like me live six to seven years longer than skinnier, more / annoying counterparts like Bill. Tohoku University, which, if memory serv

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AZUZ: Running a marathon is tough no matter where you do it. For instance, take the International Space Station. That`s where British astronaut Tim Peake is right now. This is video of him training on earth. He was getting ready to run this weekend`s

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A significant cause of disability in older Americans is, simply, falling. If youre a senior citizen and you worry about falling, maybe you should go light on the drinks. It turns out that only two drinkswithin the legal driving limitcan make it more

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26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

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I go to a health club two or three times a week to stay in shape and stay fit. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I run several miles on a treadmill and then cool down by walking around the indoor track. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I lift weights and discuss

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You will change the world 你们将能改变世界 Let that sink in 记住这一点 You will change the world 你们将能改变世界 I want you to take the craziest dream you've ever had 我要你们勇敢去做最疯狂的梦 that dream that you'r

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What's one of the best ways to get refreshed? Exercise. I find, that I am a different person after I've exercised. What I mean by this is that I feel very positive, focused, and inspired when I have pushed myself physically. Mind you, it isn't just g

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The gut of the tobacco hawk moth caterpillar used in the study moves forward independently of, and ahead of, the surrounding body and wall and legs. By turning a powerful x-ray machine on a caterpillar, scientistists have discovered a novel way of mo

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A: Is there a swimming pool in this hotel? B: We don't have a full-sized swimming pool, but we do have individual swim stations. A: What exactly does that mean? B: Basically, a swim station is like a treadmill, except instead of running, you swim. A:

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Michael Phillips is overweight. He wants to lose a lot of weight because he is not happy with how he looks. He is also very unhealthy. His last doctor's appointment was scary. He was told he was at risk of heart disease. Mr. Phillips knows that his d

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By Paul Sisco Washington 01 November 2007 The World Health Organization reports in its latest study 300 million adults around the world are considered obese, and that it is a problem not only in the industrialized nations but elsewhere as well. At th

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This morning on Take It Off Today, staying in shape on the road. Just because you are staying at a hotel does not mean your exercise routine has to suffer although too often it probably does. Women's Health's contributing editor Lisa Drayer says the

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The water's blue, the waves are lapping. Geez, it's hot. Do I have enough sunscreen on? Why did I wear this bathing suit? How long have we been here? I wonder what's happening at the office. Have they finished that project? Where is that cellphone? W

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This is AP news minute. 1. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday. The meeting comes amid sharp accusations surrounding the chemical weapons attack in Syria last week. 2. Fans of a Germ

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(四)月

This is AP News Minute. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday. The meeting comes amid sharp accusations surrounding the chemical weapons attack in Syria last week. Fans of a German foo

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It goes up by 15 percent, 对于所有事物都是如此 and you have a 15 percent savings 你还能节省 on the infrastructure. 15%的基础设施经费 This, no doubt, is the reason 这无疑就是 why a million people a week are gathering in citi

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If you want to boost your childs results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise. Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brainier. But a team in America has used scans to show that

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