Psychic counselor Carole Lynne has written a book to help people tap into their own "inner wisdom."

With a few simple movements, herbalist and healer Ming Wu can demonstrate how Qigong for Weight Loss (pronounced chi gong) helps improve the metabolism and reduce addiction to foods like cookies, cake and chocolate.

Bailey, Lynne and Wu are just three of the more than 50 alternative a...

Ohenewa Akuffo finished seventh in the 72 kilograms division at the recent World Wrestling Championships in Budapest Hungary.

There were 20 competitors in her weight class. Akuffo had a bye in the first round and then defeated Mariya Orlova of Uzbekistan 5-0. She was eliminated with a loss to Anita Schaetzle from Germany.

This has been a remarkable season for Akuffo who competes for...

Gophers defensive tackle Mark Losli sounded steaming mad, which in itself qualified as a major development. Quiet and studious by nature, Losli is typically as even-keeled as they come.

But he was still visibly upset three days after the Gophers defense got pushed around in a 44-14 loss at Penn State.

"I am mad," he said. "It was tough. I'm mad at the way we performed as a team and...

Dr. Vladimir Badmaev to Highlight Role of ForsLean(R) in Maintaining Lean Body Mass

PISCATAWAY, NJ, October 6, 2005 - Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D., vice president of medical and scientific affairs at Sabinsa Corporation, will present "Clinical Experience with Standardized Herbals in Maintaining Lean Body Mass" at the 2005 WorldNutra Pre-Conference Symposium entitled Products and Ingredie...

(search ) on the U.S. labor market in September will end Friday with the release of the first major government report covering the aftermath of the devastating storm.

Economists surveyed by Reuters estimate 129,000 jobs were lost last month as Katrina-related layoffs offset gains in the rest of the country, but the range of forecasts from the 37 analysts was huge: from a loss of 25,000 to...

AP HEADLINES Merck: Cervical cancer vaccine effective

A little more than three years ago, tax attorney Debbie Lestitian was a 220-pound, first-time mother with barely enough energy to work out five minutes on an elliptical machine.

Today as the Brookline resident approaches her 40th birthday, she's a 135-pound mother of two who is so fit that she can lift more weight than some of t...

It was while watching Wednesday night's annual Fair Go best and worst advertisements awards that I recalled the recent enraged phone call from a friend protesting over the latest Jenny Craig advertisements.

For those of you who haven't seen it, the new weight-loss ads show former Cheers star Kirstie Alley appear in a series of self-congratulatory boasts about her ever-increasing incredi...

SACHSE - Receiver Brad Patterson still isn't quite sure which Rowlett defensive back rang his bell. Patterson just knows he wasn't happy with Sachse quarterback Josh Phillips.

"He just chunked it up," Patterson said, "and left me out to dry."

That was during a 28-0 loss last season, when Phillips concedes he often forced passes into tight spots in an attempt to make spectacular p...

PENDLETON — Returning home from a battlefield means facing a multitude of conflicting emotions. One question that weighs heavily on many soldiers' minds is why some make it back while others don't.

Pendleton's Levi Hamby returned from Iraq this summer and feels blessed to be home. The bittersweet sense of gratitude is punctuated by the loss of two Pendleton Guardsmen and the severe inj...

At a morning news conference, where the coffee was lightened with soy milk, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine accused doctors and the dairy companies of failing to address the problem of lactose intolerance, particularly among people of African, Asian and Hispanic descent.

"The health of Americans of color has been sacrificed on the altar of dairy industry profits," said M...