Drums Alive provides a rhythmic playground around which participants develop co-ordination, co-operation, fine motor skills, cardiovascular health and even mental agility. (National Post)
Brigitte Ethier sashays around her students at a rec centre in
Ottawa, moving with the ease of a belly dancer, and smiling like a
child absorbed in play. As she offers encouragement and technique
suggestions, she spins a hula-hoop above her head, the black rubber
cradled between her index finger and thumb.
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A ban effective the first day of school in 2011 on the sale of junk food in schools is intended to target the rise in childhood obesity. (Getty Images)
WINDSOR, Ont. -- Starting the first day of school in 2011 students
will face a total ban on the sale of candy, chocolate, pop, fries and
energy drinks on school property, the province has announced.
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Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez performs at the Wal-Mart Annual Shareholders Meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas June 1, 2007. (Reuters)
People with fat in their thighs and backsides may
live longer because the fat traps harmful fatty particles and actively
secretes helpful compounds, according to a report published on Tuesday.
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A patient receives chemotherapy treatment in a file photo. (Getty Images)
VANCOUVER -- Multiple sclerosis is a frustrating black box. Something
is going on in that box that leads to lesions in the brain and damage
to the myelin insulating layer on nerve cells. What that means to
patients such as Gabrielle Veto is muscle pain, loss of strength,
constant fatigue, occasional paralysis and the spectre of life in a
wheelchair always lurking beyond the next attack.
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Abalone and Venetian Carnevale Necklace Craft Kits were recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada. Health Canada oversaw the targeted testing of 67 suspicious pieces of kids' jewelry and identified 39 with illegal levels of lead.
OTTAWA -- Half of the children's jewelry items tested at the
government's product safety laboratory last year were made of almost
pure lead.
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