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  • Dancing may reduce risk of dying from heart disease

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    By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Moderate intensity dancing, like moderate intensity walking, is tied to a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. “It is not surprising that moderate-intensity physical activity is protective against cardiovascular disease mortality,” said lead author Dafna Merom of the University of Western Sydney in…

  • Obama Is Aging Like A Boss, According To His New Medical Report

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    Being the basketball fan he is, Barack Obama no doubt celebrated the recent news from his physician.Over the past two years, the 54-year-old president not only lost 5 pounds but — somewhat bizarrely — grew half an inch, according to a medical report released Tuesday by the White House.He is now listed as 175 pounds and 6 feet, 1.5…

  • Under attack, Indonesian LGBT groups set up safehouses, live in fear

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    By Alisa Tang BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – LGBT activists, facing a barrage of homophobia and hate speech by Indonesian authorities, are setting up hotlines and safehouses, while “unfriending” people on social media and deleting website directories that could expose them to violence. Indonesia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights groups have been active…