While Bogard’s physical exploits are greater than the adventures of many his age, he has a lot of company among 43- to 61-year-old baby boomers — the fastest-growing segment of the health-conscious crowd. Fitness experts say more boomers are realizing they need a regimen of cardio, strength, flexibility and balance training to enjoy a long, [...]

If you didn’t get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you’re in shape.
An adult fitness test is being introduced Wednesday by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. It will incorporate several of the exercises that millions of students undertake each year as they [...]

But is it too good to be true? Everything in life has a cost, even if it’s not immediately obvious. KiwiSaver may be lucrative for many people but that doesn’t mean it’s good for New Zealand as a whole.
The total cost of KiwiSaver’s subsidies will soon reach $2 billion a year, and that is probably [...]

ROOMBA ROBOTIC VACUUM CLEANERLike most Kiwi blokes, I usually rate vacuum cleaning right up there with root-canal surgery, but that was before I got my hands on the latest Roomba iRobot vacuum cleaner, which, believe it or not, actually makes vacuum cleaning fun.
The Roomba 530 is easy to set up and use (it even has [...]

After a stroke, it is known that there is an increase in the production of the toxic amyloid beta (A%26beta;) peptides that are believed to cause Alzheimer%26rsquo;s disease. In this study, results showed that A%26beta; production rises when there is an increase in production of a peptide called p25, which is known to occur, both [...]