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Humor, Hints, & Habits

HUMOR: Are You a Sellout?

EXERCISE HUMOR :-)

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60.
She's 97 now & we don't know where she is!

I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound.
Apparently you have to show up.

I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.

I don't exercise at all. If God meant us to touch our toes, he would have put them further up our body.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

I don't jog. It makes the ice jump right out of my glass.

I'm not aging, I just need re-potting.

Lord, if I can't be skinny, let all my friends be fat.

By the time you find greener pastures, you can't climb the fence!

Every time I get the urge to exercise, I lie down till the feeling passes.

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Health Hints and Habits

SMOKING RAISES RISK OF EYE DISORDER
Smoking and high blood pressure have been linked to a form of macular degeneration, damage to an area at the back of the eye that permits central, detailed vision, according to a study in the journal Ophthalmology. Those factors affect the "wet" form of macular degeneration, which is characterized by the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the retina, which leak blood or fluid and cause a rapid and severe loss of central vision. Although this type occurs in only 10 percent of people with macular degeneration, it is responsible for 90 percent of the vision loss associated with this condition. The study, which began in 1992 and is ongoing, involves more than 4,500 people at 11 centers around the country. The investigators are also looking into an apparent association between the use of antacids or thyroid hormone and macular degeneration.

WALKING CUTS WOMEN'S STROKE RISK

EMOTIONAL ABUSE TAKES ITS TOLL

CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FOR SACCHARIN

GINSENG MAY BENEFIT DIABETICS

GINKGO PROTECTS MICE AGAINST STROKE

YOUR BEDDING MAY BE MAKING YOU SICK

SMOKING LINKED TO PERIODONTAL DISEASE

VITAMIN E AND MENTAL DECLINE

STAY ACTIVE, STAVE OFF ALZHEIMERS

SOY MILK CONVEYS LESS CALCIUM

TOO EMBARRASSED? WEBSITE TO RESCUE

SLEEP APNEA RAISES RISK FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE