Swine Influenza Daily Update: 24 December 2009, Wales


Written on December 30, 2023 - 10:11 am | by admin

A daily update on swine flu issued by the National Public Health Service for Wales. Spread and extent of the outbreak (information as at 5pm on 23 December) The NPHS influenza surveillance scheme, which records reports of diagnoses of flu from more than 300 GP practices across Wales, shows that the rate of influenza consultation is decreasing. Further detail can be found on the NPHS website: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=457&pid=38241

The report from 22 December estimates there were 22.0 cases of a flu-like illness diagnosed by GPs out of every 100,000 people in Wales - this is the equivalent of 660 people in Wales contacting their GPs in the last seven days with flu like symptoms. Continue training!

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Pilates News Roundup 2009


Written on December 29, 2023 - 4:39 am | by admin

Before we leave 2009 and resolutely march into 2010, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look over our shoulders at some of the Pilates news from the past year. I’ve put together a short list of the headlines that stand out for me.

  • Peak Pilates Sale to Spin Fitness - When Peak Pilates announced its sale to a bigger, and not specifically Pilates, company I had a lot of questions about what the sale meant for Peak Pilates, and what that kind of move might imply for the Pilates industry in general.

Continue training!

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Online Health Guide :The Truth About The American Lifestyle


Written on December 27, 2023 - 4:27 am | by admin

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The Truth About the American Lifestyle

Citizens of our great and prosperous nation are proud to be living the “American Lifestyle” right? Well let’s take a closer look and examine the truth about this desired lifestyle.

Lifestyle defined: A person’s pattern of living as expressed by their interests, motivations, activities, desired experiences, and beliefs.

Americans have a commonly known divorce rate that is reaching nearly 60%, yet there is no class in our school system that prepares us for marriage. Family Continue training!

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Researchers Find Cells Move In Mysterious Ways


Written on December 27, 2023 - 1:29 am | by admin

Our cells are more like us than we may think. They’re sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether and where to move. Such caution serves us well but has vexed engineers who seek to create synthetic tissue, heart valves, implants and other devices that the human body will accept.

To overcome that obstacle, scientists have sought to learn more about how cells explore what’s around them. Continue training!

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