REPORTING POINT 02/10
HEALTH NEWS
“Live healthy…Live well”
by Larry Kline

HIGH INTAKE OF VITAMIN D REDUCES RISK OF DISABILITY FOR SENIORS – a Dutch study found that among people over 65, those with low blood levels of vitamin D were three times more likely to end up in a nursing home than those with high levels.  Not only does this vitamin help keep bones strong, it also helps prevent falls in older people by maintaining muscle strength, especially in the lower legs, and has been linked to other health benefits.  The government …

REPORTING POINT 01/10
HEALTH NEWS
“Live healthy…Live well”
by Larry Kline
EXERCISE TO SAVE YOUR EYES – people who exercise regularly have a lower risk of developing cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to research from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  The key seems to be vigorous exercise.  Two studies followed thousands of runners over several years and found that people who ran about 2.5 miles a day or more reduced their risk for both conditions the most – for AMD, risk dropped by more than 50 percent.  Experts think strenuous exercise may …

REPORTING POINT 12/09
HEALTH NEWS
“Live healthy…Live well”
by Larry Kline

KEEPING THE POUNDS OFF – if you have been successful at losing weight and want to keep the results permanently, exercise for about an hour most days of the week.  This advice was recently confirmed by a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, which involved sedentary overweight or obese test subjects who went on a calorie-restricted diet and followed various exercise regimens.  Those who burned about 1,800 calories a week in physical activity were most likely to maintain a 10 percent …

Here’s another great article on Lifehacker dealing with great free applications for your computer. Enjoy!
Best 61 free apps
A sample of some of the apps that I use:

Firefox
CCleaner
Dropbox
OpenOffice
Google Chrome (Not my primary browser but still good)
Gmail
GIMP
Revo Uninstaller (Great App!)
Audacity
Skype
FileZilla
TrueCrypt (Great to keep laptop data safe)
KeePass
Opera (Liking this browser more and more. Runs great on Netbooks)
AVG – Good free anti-virus (I hate McAffee. Norton Internet 360 is good $50 a year)
MediaMonkey

Well that is a pretty list from the 61 that Lifehacker recommends.
From Lifehacker -
As we prepare to stuff our faces with a …

Yes you should back up your data! Online backup tools are becoming more popular. While your initial backup may be slow (depending on your internet connection speed) future backups should be pretty fast. If you backup to a device at home and it gets stolen or destroyed what is the point? So backing up your most important files remotely is a really good idea.
Give this article from LifeHacker a read – Five Best Online Backup Tools
If you want to synchronize files between your home computer and a laptop DropBox is …