News tagged with tired legs


Strike a yoga pose to strike down stress

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When hyperventilating sometimes seems the only option to stress, Petri Brill has a healthier suggestion: yoga.





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First potential pathogenic mutation for restless legs syndrome found

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found what they believe is the first mutated gene linked to restless legs syndrome, a common neurologic disorder.


Scientists identify gene that makes water striders glide across water

Scientists identify gene that makes water striders glide across water

Biology / Evolution

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water striders, the familiar semi-aquatic bugs gliding across the lake at the cottage, have a novel body form that allows them to walk on water. This was not always the case. Achieving the ...


Race is strong predictor for restless legs syndrome

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research shows that Caucasian women may suffer from restless legs syndrome (RLS), a sleep disorder characterized by the strong urge to move the legs, up to four times more than African-American women. The study, presented ...


Smithsonian scientists find the frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens

Scientists find frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States. Scientists ...


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New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance ...


Spider pill to seek out diseases

Spider pill to seek out diseases

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A remotely controlled 'spider pill' with eight moving legs and a miniature camera may become the next tool of choice in diagnosing cancers of the stomach and colon.


Women with asthma feel worse

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women with asthma are more anxious, find it harder to sleep and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, but nevertheless tend to be better at following their treatment, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska ...


Disturbed sleep linked to poorer daytime function in older women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

One of the first large-scale studies to examine the association of sleep behaviors, neuromuscular performance and daytime function in a community dwelling of older women finds that poorer sleep is associated with worse physical ...


Technical advances help erase stigma of prosthetics

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A Scottish magazine once ran a headline above an article on former Paralympics track star Aimee Mullins that read, "Can You See Anything Wrong With This Woman? No? Her Either."


Seniors find success working with personal trainer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Craving a little attention? Need to spruce up that new year's resolution? Before you freshen up your excuses, check out Don and Dorothy Ritz. Then consider getting a personal trainer.



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