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Two groups of people did resistance-training workouts for the better part of a year. Researchers gave some people at-the-gym programs; others were given simple low-tech exercises they could do using household objects (like soup cans), elastic bands for resistance, and their own body weight (think push-ups). By the end of the study, the scientists saw that a gym membership didnt guarantee success: People in both groups lost about the same amount of weight. And the number of people with abnormally high blood sugar (called impaired glucose tolerance) dropped significantly in both groups.

Red light forces cancer cells to suck up chemotherapy drugs

CELLS absorb chemotherapy drugs more readily if they are zapped with red light. The finding could help produce more effective cancer treatments.

What kind of bean do you pile high on your tacos and burritos? For better cholesterol, try the mighty pinto bean.
In a study, people who consumed half a cup of pinto beans every day lowered their total cholesterol by a whopping 8 percent in just 12 weeks.

According to a new study by a team from Oxford University’s department of psychiatry, playing that classic block-stacking game after a traumatic event can significantly reduce the occurrence of flashbacks — the intrusive and unwanted recurring memories that are symptomatic of post-traumatic stress disorder.

How Republicans and Their Big Business Allies Duped Tens of Millions of Evangelicals into Voting for a Corporate Agenda

Frank Schaeffer writes:
The bible-thumping white underclass have given a big boost to the corporate bottom line.
Tens of millions of American voters got duped badly in the 2010 election. The bible-thumping white underclass thought they hit back at what they regarded as the nefarious forces trying to take our country away.
They were bought, paid for, sold, traded and manipulated by the most powerful in the US election: a Billionaire Lynch Mob led by Rupert Murdoch, Karl Rove, the Koch brothers, and hundreds of millions in organize corporate cash. They peddled a fear agenda: fear of immigrants, fear of government control of our lives, fear that their country would become irrevocably changed.
Here’s how it happened:

Add these 10 foods to your grocery cart and you’ll get three terrific benefits:
1. Liquids to flush out the body while pouring in the nutrients.
2. Fiber to keep your GI tract fit.
3. Foods that energize cleansing enzymes in your liver, the body’s built-in detox center.

A new study shows that the Puritans’ value system may remain lodged deep in our psyches, shaping our emotions, judgments and behaviors.

Next time you cozy up with a hot mug of something special, consider tossing in a spice that’s bursting with antioxidants: cloves.

Thomas Ramey Watson is an affiliate faculty member of Regis University's College of Professional Studies. He has served as an Episcopal chaplain (lay), trained as a psychotherapist, done postdoctoral work at Cambridge University, and was named a Research Fellow at Yale University.
In addition to his scholarly writings, he is a published author of poetry and fiction.