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		<title>Ancient remains put teeth into Barker hypothesis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ancient human teeth are telling secrets that may relate to modern-day health: Some stressful events that occurred early in development are linked to shorter life spans.
&#8220;Prehistoric remains are providing strong, physical evidence that people who acquired tooth enamel defects while in the womb or early childhood tended to die earlier, even if they survived to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/health/ancient-remains-put-teeth-into-barker-hypothesis/</link>
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		<title>Grandpa&#8217;s broken hip may mean weaker bones for his grandsons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &#38; Metabolism, shows that hip fractures in grandfathers are linked to low bone density and reduced bone size in their grandsons.
&#8220;This is the first time this risk factor for low bone mass has been demonstrated across two generations,&#8221; says associate professor Mattias Lorentzon, who led the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/health/grandpas-broken-hip-may-mean-weaker-bones-for-his-grandsons/</link>
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		<title>Shoes may have changed how we run</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wearing cushioned running shoes may have changed the way in which many of us run, new research suggests.
Using slow-motion footage, scientists have discovered that experienced barefoot runners land very differently from runners who wear shoes.
The researchers showed that runners who have trained barefoot tend to strike the ground with their forefoot or mid-foot, rather than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/gym/keepfit/shoes-may-have-changed-how-we-run/</link>
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		<title>Mayo Clinic and IBM advance early detection of brain aneurysms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new Mayo Clinic project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy. The new method uses analytics technology developed by the Mayo and IBM collaboration, Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Center and has proven a 95 percent accuracy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/health/mayo-clinic-and-ibm-advance-early-detection-of-brain-aneurysms/</link>
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		<title>Female athletes injured more than male athletes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cause: Many athlete training programs based on research using male athletes
Female athletes experience dramatically higher rates of specific musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions compared to male athletes, according to exercise physiologist Vicki Harber in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta.
According to her paper, depending on the sport, there can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/sport/female-athletes-injured-more-than-male-athletes/</link>
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		<title>For Most Outfielders, Luck Has Nothing to Do with Catching Flies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Brown University] — Faced with a fly ball soaring deep into center field during the 1954 World Series, New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays turned his back on the ball, ran straight to the center field fence and caught the ball over his shoulder.
Brown University researchers have concluded that prediction has little to do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/sport/for-most-outfielders-luck-has-nothing-to-do-with-catching-flies/</link>
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		<title>First evidence that blueberry juice improves memory in older adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists are reporting the first evidence from human research that blueberries — one of the richest sources of healthful antioxidants and other so-called phytochemicals — improve memory. They said the study establishes a basis for comprehensive human clinical trials to determine whether blueberries really deserve their growing reputation as a memory enhancer. A report on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/health/first-evidence-that-blueberry-juice-improves-memory-in-older-adults/</link>
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		<title>Blood test for schizophrenia could be ready this year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A blood test for diagnosing schizophrenia — the most serious form of mental illness — could be available this year, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical &#38; Engineering News, ACS&#8217; weekly newsmagazine. The disorder, with symptoms that can include hallucinations and delusional thoughts, affects more than two million people in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/health/blood-test-for-schizophrenia-could-be-ready-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Pregnant women who are overweight put their infants at risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, there has been a large increase in the prevalence of overweight and obese women of childbearing age, with approximately 51% of non-pregnant women ages 20 to 39 being classified as overweight or obese.
A new article published in the journal Nursing for Women&#8217;s Health finds that obesity in pregnant women is associated with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ourgym.co.uk/health/pregnant-women-who-are-overweight-put-their-infants-at-risk/</link>
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		<title>Going to the gym shouldn&#8217;t be a workout for your eardrums</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listening to an iPod while working out feels like second nature to many people, but University of Alberta researcher Bill Hodgetts says we need to consider the volume levels in our earphones while working up a sweat.
Hodgetts, assistant professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, says his [...]]]></description>
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