Sarkozy falls ill while jogging

" French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken to hospital after becoming ill while jogging. Mr Sarkozy's chief of staff said the president was "doing well" and talking normally with medics at the military...

Exercise cuts risk of colon cancer

Exercise can cut the risk of colon cancer by up to 24% according to a new paper but it's unclear just how much exercise or what kind of exercise will result in this 24% decrease in risk. The new research has...

Attack kills 16 police days before the Olympics

" URUMQI, China - In an audacious and deadly attack just days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, two men from a mainly Muslim ethnic group rammed a truck and hurled explosives at jogging policemen in China's restive far west Monday, killing 16. ...

Celebrity jogging: LA's latest fitness craze

Dressing up in spandex and jogging around celebrity haunts with your mobile phone poised to 'pap' (take photos of) any celebrity that passes by. This is an alternative to the bus tour of celebrity houses I guess...

Jogging not a knee-killer, study says

This is great news indeed--if it's true. One problem with the findings, as the article mentions, is that the two studies only looked at runners, a group which likely excludes people predisposed to knee problems....

Runner vs. Jogger

The other day, I was on the phone with a customer discussing various brands of socks designed for running, when I made the mistake of referring to him as a “runner”. He humbly corrected me that he was not...

Exercise 'must be tough to work'

"To be healthy, you really do need to break into a sweat when you exercise, say experts. American College of Sports Medicine members are concerned official advice to do 30 minutes of gentle exercise each day is being misconstrued. Some may take this to include a mere stroll...

Priest nabbed while running nude

"A Catholic priest faces an indecent exposure charge after jogging in the nude about an hour before sunrise.[..]If convicted of indecent exposure, a misdemeanor, he would have to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said."Surely the wheels turning strange in this guy's...

IPods and thunderstorms don't mix, doctors warn

It's bound to make people think of iPods as a danger, even though in order to experience this type of injury you must simultaneously be hit by lightening. Nonetheless, be warned -according to the New England...

The Impeach Bush Jogging Circus

Kate Armstrong first brought Nowpublic's attention to the Impeach Bush Jogging Circus, participating in this year's NYC marathon.  I've emailed the circus -- and folks, we will have pictures up from the...

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