Who should be allowed to teach yoga?

Joe Palese took his first yoga class in the 1990s, right as the practice began gaining in popularity in the United States.
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N.Y. school to review environmental tests in medical mystery

A school system in upstate New York, where more than a dozen female high school students are suffering from uncontrolled verbal outbursts and twitching, said it has hired a company to review environmental testing within the school and community.
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All Exercise Not Created Equal

The other day a prospective client walked into my office to sit down and talk about her struggles getting in shape. She is a bright girl with a very bubbly personality, except talking about getting rid of her “chunky thighs” as she called them was a sore subject. “Sara”, let’s just call her, is by [...]

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Maker recalls 2,200 tubes of Aveeno baby lotion

Johnson & Johnson announced Friday it is voluntarily recalling a single lot of Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion after a test by the Food and Drug Administration found it contained more of a form of bacteria than specifications allow.
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FDA finds fungicide in Brazil, Canada orange juice

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had detained shipments of orange juice and concentrate from Brazil and Canada after finding traces of the unapproved fungicide carbendazim.
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Q&A: PIP breast implant scandal explained

The founder of a breast implant firm linked to a health scare has been charged. So what is wrong with the implants? What are the risks?
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Brain bank examines hard hits

The world’s largest collection of athletes’ brains is being used to understand exactly what hits on the field are doing to the brain.
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A Fall River man was convicted Tuesday in federal court on child pornography charges.
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Obesity and pain linked, study of one million Americans shows

A clear association between obesity and pain — with higher rates of pain identified in the heaviest individuals — was found in a study of more than one million Americans.
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Study of one million Americans shows obesity and pain linked

A clear association between obesity and pain – with higher rates of pain identified in the heaviest individuals – was found in a study of more than one million Americans.
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Gates donates $750 million to fight AIDS, TB and malaria

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum.
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