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• Swimming pools: an asthma risk?
  Taking a dip in a pool is a great way to beat the summer heat, but for some of us the pool contains a toxic cocktail.
  Health: The Pulse 28 January 2010
• Weight training: the elixir of youth
  Scientists have discovered that weight training is an anti-ageing treatment - it can rejuvenate old and damaged muscle tissue.
  Health: Minutes Broadband 08 December 2009
• Heart checks for athletes
  Should a person thinking of taking up competitive sport have their heart checked first? Experts are divided.
  Health: Minutes Broadband 24 November 2009
• Move it or lose your retirement dreams
  Staying active into your 70s, 80s and even 90s, is not only possible but vital to optimising quality of life, a growing body of evidence shows.
  Health: The Pulse 29 October 2009
• Exercise for diabetes
  What's best for people with type 2 diabetes: aerobic or resistance exercise?
  Health: Minutes Broadband 13 October 2009
• Lose weight for the long term
  People who lose weight and keep it off are rare. What are they doing right?
  Healthy Living Broadband 30 June 2009

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