FITNESS FABLES: Raft of health benefits flow from water exercise
Swimming is good or your body, heart and mind, and offers pleasure of great outdoors, writes Marika SborosCramping your style? No sweat
Homegrown CrampNot is the world’s first commercially available natural neuromuscular supplement for exercise-associated muscle cramps, writes Graham Wood
Detection of diabetes is made easier
Merck’s Diabetes Online Risk Assessment programme aims at one of Africa’s leading silent killers, writes Priscilla Malinga
Plain packaging for sugar may prove unhealthy
New research shows plain packing can lead to an increase in consumption, writes Gerald Bourne
Hip surgery takes big strides
Hip replacement procedures are becoming quicker and easier, writes Sue Grant-Marshall
Bittersweet victory for US smokers of lights
US judge awards smokers of ‘light’ cigarettes $25 each for economic not health deception
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