BONDURANT, IA — Severe weather hit central Iowa Thursday afternoon, injuring 17 people and there are reports of significant damage from tornadoes that touched down in the area and took residents by surprise. The city of Bondurant, a suburb of Des Moines, advised residents to stay in their homes after a tornado touched down in…
Read moreXXXTentacion Murder Suspect Found At Sister's GA Home: Report
EASTMAN, GA — One of the men accused in the brazen daytime shooting death of underground rapper XXXTentacion in South Florida has been caught in rural Georgia and booked into jail, according to a report. The Telegraph reported that Robert Allen, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was found near Eastman, Georgia. He was reportedly taken into…
Read moreTarget Ran Into Crowd Moments Before New Orleans Shooting: Report
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Authorities are searching for two gunmen who appeared to “fire indiscriminately” at a crowd in New Orleans, killing three and wounding least seven others. It happened Saturday night outside a daiquiri shop. City Police Chief Michael Harrison said two people “clothed with what we believed to be hoods” approached the crowd…
Read moreAll PA State Prisons Locked Down Due To Mysterious Illnesses: DOC
All of Pennsylvania’s state prisons have been locked down indefinitely on Wednesday afternoon due to a sudden and mysterious rash of illnesses among employees, officials announced. At least 30 prison staff members have been taken ill due to “unknown substances” in recent weeks, the Department of Corrections said. In a statement announcing the lock down,…
Read moreHoliday Training
We’re about mid-way through the holiday season and high school and collegiate athletes everywhere are making choices that will have a profound impact on their competitive season. Many of these athletes have trained all Fall to develop the physical qualities necessary to compete. And then the holiday break comes. For some, the holiday break is…
Read moreA Week in the Life of Track & Field Heaven
In my small and humble career, I have had a few moments that have impressed me as a coach. Well, last week it was my distinct pleasure to have been a part of the apprentice coach’s program in Phoenix with Dan Pfaff’s training group Altis. The program’s intent to educate, expose and improve coaches through…
Read moreThe Benefit of Mouth Guard in Contact Sport
Studies report that 13-39% of dental injuries are sports-related. Sports participation has increased over time, and as a consequence of this growing development in contact sports, the occurrence of injuries has also increased. Dental injuries are usually effortlessly avoided with the use of mouth guards. Specialists have continued to encourage the use of mouth guards…
Read moreLa pollution met le coeur des seniors en danger !
La pollution atmosphérique peut être responsable d’unexcès de risque d’hospitalisation pour causescardiovasculaires, notamment chez les personnes de 65 ans et plus.Cette étude de l’Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS) est unedes premières qui se penche sur les liens entre la pollutionde l’air et les hospitalisations, à partir de donnéesrecueillies en routine dans les hôpitaux (PMSI).Quels sont…
Read moreLe parfum de Marie-Antoinette ressuscité
Un parfumeur et une historienne ont planché sur les essences utilisées par Marie-Antoinette pour reconstituer son parfum, mis en vente depuis le 15 décembre par le Château de Versailles. Le parfumeur a utilisé des listes d’ingrédients retrouvées par une historienne qui écricait un livre sur le parfumeur de la reine guillotinée. Le résultat est un…
Read moreFibromyalgie : des symptômes au diagnostic
Douleurs articulaires, fatigue, troubles du sommeil… La fibromyalgie est quasi-inconnue en Europe. Pourtant aux Etats-Unis, elle représente près d’un cas sur dix d’invalidité. Des symptômes au diagnostic, découvrez l’essentiel sur cette maladie controversée. C’est un psychiatre canadien, le Pr. Moldofsky qui a fait émerger en 1975 cette maladie, en identifiant des plaintes équivalentes par privation…
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