Wednesday, 8. September 2010
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What’s the fastest a human can run the 100-meter sprint?
What’s the longest a human can hold his breath?
What are the limits of human performance?
Welcome to The Perfection Point. Until 1954, common wisdom and scientific knowledge considered a sub-four-minute mile an impossible feat for a human. But then Roger Bannister broke that mark, followed quickly by a host of other athletes. Today the world record stands at 3 minutes, 43 seconds, yet even t… More >>
The Perfection Point: Sport Science Predicts the Fastest Man, the Highest Jump, and the Limits of Athletic Performance
Friday, 30. July 2010
Curves of Jefferson Township and Chris Curran, Founder and President of GOAL ABILITY are joining in a Curves health initiative to offer the community small …
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Saturday, 17. July 2010
For 68-year-old race car driver LeRoy Scharkey, age has no speed limits
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — He’s raced neck-and-neck for years withguys his age as the dirt flew at tracks in Fountain City, Wis., inKasson, Rochester and Spring Valley, Minn. That, however, was inthe 1960s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
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Monday, 10. May 2010
Allowing families to keep adult children on their health plans or put them back on their health plans until their 26th birthday will be especially helpful …
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Sunday, 25. April 2010
Hearing on Limits for Vendors Gets Creative Response
A proposal to limit the number of artists and art vendors who operate in Manhattan’s parks met with loud protest from them.
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Friday, 2. April 2010
Healthy diet has limits fighting cancer, studies conclude
Veggies and non-fat desserts help women far less than doctors hoped if they help at all, say three major studies trying to link low-fat, high-fibre diets with reduced cancer risk, heart disease and stroke.
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Monday, 29. March 2010
Colorado lawmakers back age limits for medical-pot users
Two state senators vowed Sunday to restore age restrictions on young medical marijuana patients to a bill regulating the relationship between doctors and their pot-seeking patients.
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Saturday, 20. March 2010
Perception of effort, not muscle fatigue, limits endurance performance
(PhysOrg.com) — The physiological theory that underpins all endurance training and coaching for the last 100 years has just been disproved.
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Wednesday, 10. March 2010
Giovanna Rossi Pressley, director of the Governor's Women's Health Council, said it "takes a critical step toward making New Mexico's health insurance …
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Friday, 26. February 2010
In the group receiving remote conditioning a blood pressure cuff was placed on the upper arm and inflated to 200 mmHg for 5 minutes to stop blood supply to …
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