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Ruby Carter-Pikes, 64-year-old great grandmother, fitness champion at FitSciences

Ruby Carter-Pikes, also known as “Miss Ruby”, is a great grandmother with a six pack that even a college athlete would be jealous of and a cabinet of bikini competition trophies to prove it

…ildren and seeing how precious life could be when she lost family to cholesterol complications and diabetes, she upped the ante and fitness became not just a priority but her life. Though a post dated 2008 claims she ran a gym in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Ruby’s Fitness Gym proved an elusive establishment, untraceable on the web. What is certain however, is that this great-grandmother’…

Measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine

A new study review says that measuring blood pressure in both arms should be routine because the difference between left and right arm could indicate underlying health problems

…it is the difference between arms that counts, the study suggests. Dr. Christopher Clark and colleagues, from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Exeter, UK, reviewed 28 previous study papers looking at this area. Most people in the study had an elevated blood pressure risk and about one-third had a normal level of risk. A new study review says that measuring blo…

PSA test should not be a routine in preventing prostate cancer, says US Preventive Services Task Force.

PSA test should not be a routine in preventing prostate cancer, says US Preventive Services Task Force

…often to treat cancers that never would have harmed them — up to 0.5% die within a month due to complications from surgery and an additional 1% to 7% have serious problems but survive. Between 20% and 30% of men who have surgery and radiation wind up with erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence and other adverse effects, studies have shown. And about 40% of men who take pills to suppress hormon…

Jessica Simpson spotted leaving the gym in her effort to shift post-pregnancy pounds

Jessica Simpson showed off her entire body for the first time since giving birth last month and she definitely looked slimmer

Jessica Simpson was spotted leaving the gym again yesterday and her sessions are clearly paying off. As she approached her car, Jessica Simpson, 31, showed off her entire body for the first time since giving birth last month and she definitely looked slimmer. The singer has quietly been working up a sweat, sticking religiously to her workout regime in a bid to shift her post-pregnancy pounds. Wea…

Trooper Kellie Helleson caught on tape giving Angel and Ashley Dobbs body cavity search during routine traffic stop and using the same gloves on both

Trooper Kellie Helleson is seen in the footage aggressively searching the private parts of Angel Dobbs and her niece Ashley Dobbs in front of passing cars

Two Texas women are suing after state troopers subjected them to a humiliating and invasive “roadside body cavity search” that was caught on video. Trooper Kellie Helleson is seen in the footage aggressively searching the private parts of Angel Dobbs, 38, and her niece, Ashley Dobbs, 24, in front of passing cars. The women, who claim trooper Kellie Helleson used the same rubber glove…

Kris Humphries furious on Kim Kardashian’s yoga session with a naked male instructor

…it out and are now headed for divorce. In a sneak peek of things to come in the season, a very emotional Kim Kardashian is seen breaking down into floods of tears as she tells her sister Kourtney: “At 30 years old I thought I would be married with kids, but I’m not. I’ve failed at that. Do you not think I feel bad that I’ve failed at that?” Tonight’s season premiere opened…

The Best Way to Become a Body Builder

People who are serious about their body building are often subjected to intense stereotypes.   This stereotype tells us that body builders are individuals who purposefully grow their muscles to obscene sizes, rub oil all over themselves and then put on showcases in which they demonstrate their ability to lift hundreds and hundreds of pounds at once. Unfortunately the stereotype is not entire…

Forty reasons your diet isn’t working

British Nutrition Foundation identified more than 100 different factors that influence our weight

, theaflavins and thearubigins, that help to reduce the amount of fat absorbed by the gut, and can cut cholesterol. However, proteins found in cows’ milk neutralize this ability. Drink your tea black. 3. Eating white bread. Too many refined carbs, especially white bread and white rice, can lead to weight gain, particularly around the midriff, found researchers at Tufts University in Boston. Two gr…

Thirty minutes of exercise can decrease your appetite

New studies show that, contrary to popular belief, hitting the gym for a half hour or more can decrease your appetite

Barry Braun, director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, told Men’s Health. Similar links between exercise and lack of appetite were found in studies from 2010, according to Scientific American. Those findings raise an important question: If workouts make people want to eat less, then why do so many people who repeatedly exercise still have trouble los…

Big Mo Moustafa Ismail, the real-life Popeye, and his 31 inch biceps enter Guinness Book of World Records

Moustafa Ismail, an Egyptian-born bodybuilder, has just had his 31 inch biceps crowned the biggest in the world

Moustafa Ismail, an Egyptian-born bodybuilder, has just had his 31 inch biceps crowned the biggest in the world. Moustafa Ismail, 24, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a day and his upper arms now have the same circumference as a grown man’s waist. But despite his cartoon proportions he hates spinach. Instead “Big Mo” eats as much as 3 lbs of chicken, 1lbs of steak or fish and four cups of a…

Suzy Favor-Hamilton worked as $600-an-hour escort in Las Vegas

Suzy Favor-Hamilton, a three-time US Olympian, was publicly exposed as an elite $600-an-hour escort

…milton’s clandestine career, which she now calls a “huge mistake”. Soon after the story appeared online, instantly sparking a furor in the media, Suzy Favor-Hamilton took to Twitter to offer her 3,183 followers her side of the story. In one missive, Suzy Favor-Hamilton explained that she was initially drawn to escorting “because it provided many coping mechanisms for me when I was going thro…

Airbus A380 super-jumbo must be grounded, say Australian aircraft engineers

In total, 67 Airbus A380s are in use worldwide, on seven airlines: Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, Lufthansa, Korean Airlines and China Southern

…apore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, Lufthansa, Korean Airlines and China Southern The A380 has been in service for five years. It seats 525 passengers in a typical three-class arrangement. In total, 238 of the aircraft have been ordered by 17 airlines worldwide. The planes are assembled in Toulouse, but parts are built across Europe, with the wings being built in Broughton, Wales. Singapore Airl…

So You Think You Can Dance 2011 Finale – Spoiler Alert: Winner announced.

So You Think You Can Dance Finale 2011

heavily down her beautiful face, smiling, right then she was lifted on their arms by the entire Top 20. The rest of the contestants for the So You Think You Can Dance finale came Mallory second with a 32 percent of the vote; Germar, third; and Gadduang, fourth.   So You Think You Can Dance 2011 Finale – the toughest contest   In the beginning there were thousands and thousands of wannabes,…

Zaggora HotPants: miracle self-heating pants that trim your bottom

Zaggora HotPants work by increasing perspiration

Half a million pairs of Zaggora’s HotPants were sold in 16 months across 110 countries as women everywhere hoping they could heat themselves thinner. And now, Zaggora, the firm behind the heating shorts is back – and this time they are after your bingo wings. The new upper body range – blazers, bras and tops – joins the HotPants and leggings as part of the hi-tech collection of…

How Jennifer Nicole Lee went from 200 lbs to a fitness model

Fitness guru Jennifer Nicole Lee had tipped 200 lbs on the scales after the birth of her second child

Health guru Jennifer Nicole Lee, who has built a career around her incredibly toned body which has inspired people around the world to get fit and shed weight, has revealed her personal weight loss journey was anything but easy. Jennifer Nicole Lee, 36, a mother-of-two, had tipped 200 lbs on the scales after the birth of her second child. Shown here in the midst of her hard work, she dropped more…

Woman dancing at Planet Fitness while she works

The woman, capture on a cell phone video by a pair of admirers, twisted, spun and grooved on the workout equipment, dancing to her own beat

…OK Go blasted to stardom with a breakout music video of them performing an elaborate, synchronized dance on several treadmills. That video has had 50 million views on YouTube since it was uploaded in 2006 and won the band a Grammy for “Best Music Video”….

The 7-minute exercise regime that is as beneficial as a long run and weights session

Scientists have developed a 7-minute exercise regime to provide as many health benefits as going for a long run and doing a session of weight training

…g eat set of exercises, the unexercised muscles have a moment to “catch their breath”, which makes the order of the exercises important. The exercises should be performed in rapid succession, allowing 30 seconds for each. But to get maximum benefits the intensity must hover at around 8 on what they term as the discomfort scale of 1 to 10. Chris Jordan says that the 7 minutes should be unpleasant….

Kim Kardashian shows off her curves in strappy bikini

Kim Kardashian showed off her beach ready curves in Miami

…sex, that tends to burn calories and kill the appetite. “Losing seven pounds in seven days means being a very naughty girl.” Kim Kardashian showed off her beach ready curves in Miami Kim Kardashian, 31, showed the results of her special workout as she stepped onto the beach in Malibu last week. With her publicicst friend Jonathan Cheban at her side, Kim Kardashian walked in a black sarong, tied…

How Edwin Velez lost 100 lbs in four months by cutting out white food

Edwin Velez set himself the seemingly impossible task of losing 100 lbs in those four short months

At five-foot-six, Edwin Velez weighed 300 pounds when he holidayed in the Bahamas last November. When the 26-year-old from Albertville, Alabama, saw his holiday snaps, he said quickly realized his overweight body needed a drastic lifestyle change. Making a vow that he would be in better shape for his next planned vacation the following March, Edwin Velez set himself the seemingly impossible task…

DSK stopped by police in Bois de Boulogne, Paris’ most infamous red light district

Claude Gueant said DSK was stopped by officers patrolling the Bois de Boulogne, one of the most infamous red light districts in the city

…become president. DSK, 62,denied paying to sleep with prostitutes but admitted attending “sex parties”. He was also investigated but then cleared over the attempted rape of writer Tristane Banon, now 32, in 2001. DSK is now at the centre of judicial enquiry into a prostitution ring operating out of the Carlton Hotel in Lille, northern France. DSK said: “I have a horror of prostitution and pimping…

Virginia Tech campus on lockdown: two people died in a shooting rampage

Virginia Tech campus is on lockdown after two people - including a police officer - are shot dead by a crazed gunman who went on a shooting rampage this afternoon

…students remained on lockdown. Police were tracking several white males on campus who fit the description but it was unclear if any of them were the suspect. It was the first shooting on campus since 33 people were killed in 2007 in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. FBI agents were called to the Performance Arts Building where they believed the gunman was hiding, but it turned o…

Dancing With The Stars eliminations: Elisabetta Canalis and Ron Artest.

Fans voted Elisabetta Canalis off of Dancing With The Stars show on Tuesday

Fans voted Elisabetta Canalis, the Italian actress and TV presenter off of Dancing With The Stars show on Tuesday despite her third-place finish on the performance episode one day earlier. Elisabetta Canalis and her professional partner Val Chmerkovskiy earned 21 points out of 30 for their quickstep routine, a six point improvement over their debut dance a week earlier. Fans voted Elisabetta Can…

Dragon cargo capsule begins re-supply mission to ISS

The robotic Dragon ship will deliver 400 kg of food, clothing, experiments and spares to the ISS six astronauts

dministrator Charles Bolden. Sunday’s nine-minute, 14-second ascent to orbit appeared flawless. The Falcon dropped the Dragon off in an elliptical path running from 197 km above the Earth out to 328 km. “Dragon was inserted into a picture-perfect orbit,” said SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell. “Its solar arrays deployed and it’s driving its way to station. So, thatR…

Lady Gaga throws up four times live on stage during Barcelona concert

Lady Gaga had just begun to strut down a set of stairs on to the main stage area when her sickness kicked in

Lady Gaga surprised fans when she vomited four times live on stage during a concert last week in Barcelona, Spain. Lady Gaga, 26, had just begun to strut down a set of stairs on to the main stage area when her sickness kicked in. The pop performer, who was dressed in a typically revealing outfit, halted at the top of the steps and was seen leaning over the edge with her back to the audience. Afte…

Simvastatin doses to be reduced after fears over side-effects

Thousands of people taking common statin simvastatin are to have their dose reduced due to fears over side effects

…amps whilst taking simvastatin, they should stop taking it and see their doctor as soon as possible. Doctors may lower the simvastatin dose as the side effects were less common when patients were on a 20 mg dose, or switch them to another statin. Despite advocates saying that everyone over 50 should be statins, the side effects are well-documented. Some taking the drugs suffer mild side-effects su…

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