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HELPING YOU GET STRONGER SINCE 2004

Looking At : Dec 23, 2012
Posted By Scott Bird
Binoculars at Echo Point

Echo Point, Blue Mountains.



During the past week we’ve discussed a number of great links; on Google+, Twitter, the Forums and so on. Here are a few of my favourites.

  • Cannabis Makes Pain More Bearable (But Doesn’t Actually Reduce It) : This won’t come as a surprise to many, but it’s certainly an interesting distinction. Over to the team at Oxford University‘s Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain.
  • Olympians Live Longer : Another one that may not come as a shock, though it’s great to see the research. Various types of Olympians live longer than the remainder of the population.
  • UK to Host 2017 Paralympic World Athletic Championships : It seems the UK intends to make the most of their assorted Olympic facilities, getting ready to host a number of major sporting events over the next few years. Joining that list is the 2017 Paralympic World Athletic Championships.
  • How Cancer cells Communicate with Healthy Cells : It’s long been known that cancerous cells co-opt neighbouring cells via a process known as metastatis – although the details have been somewhat sketchy. Now researchers at Toronto’s Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute have managed to identify exactly how this process works. Fantastic.

There were also a number of things discussed on the Straight to the Bar Community pages : Gillingham Grippers, Neck injuries and a whole lot more. Swing by.

Incidentally, if you’d like to dive into this topic a little deeper (and I wouldn’t blame you for that – fascinating area), grab the daily Aging & Longevity newsletter. Dive in.

Over to you. Drop us a line on Twitter ( @scottbird ), or add a comment below.

Cheers.

 

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Scott is a long-time fitness enthusiast (Jan 2004!), writer and photographer living in Sydney, Australia. If you share the passion for spending a bit of time under a bar, welcome. Love hearing how everyone else trains. You can connect via X (Formerly Twitter), Facebook and the various networks listed in the sidebar.
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