Training for Your First Marathon 'Reverses' Aging of Major Blood Vessels on Par With Medication
This new research shows that training for a marathon can reverse the aging of your blood vessels as effectively as medication - no matter your age.
This new research shows that training for a marathon can reverse the aging of your blood vessels as effectively as medication - no matter your age.
Victor Espinoza, who at 43, became the oldest jockey–and only Latino–to win horse racing's Triple Crown, pledged all his winnings in honor of kids with cancer.
This innovative Copenhill power plant turns trash into energy, and doubles as a ski slope and climbing wall that is open to the public in Denmark.
Encouraged by his parents, despite having only one hand, Riley Quinn plays on all the athletic teams in his California high school and excels in all of them, as well as his academic subjects. Watch this video for inspiration.
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The spark of the idea came to able-bodied Jon Pimlott while rowing in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He'd seen the people in wheelchairs casting their lines from the accessible fishing dock. 'Too bad they couldn't be out bobbing in a canoe or rowing their own boat'. Then, a vision came to him: All at once he knew he could build it and it would work. Now all his spare time is spent giving people with limited mobility a new freedom on the water.
Rather than paying to advertise for his company, a grateful pet owner took out a Super Bowl advertisement to talk about his "Lucky Dog" Scout.
An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.
An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.
Legendary North Carolina Coach Dean Smith, who won two NCAA championships, always coaxed the best out of his players. Now, a month after his death, he has issued one final 'thank you' to every full-time player who ever hit the court for him.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Department filmed the NBA MVP assisting the woman with her car after her tire blew out on the Florida interstate.
Greg Merson, an A student who dropped out of the University of Maryland and beat a drug addiction has also now beaten the table to win the World Series of Poker, outlasting eight other players to win $8.5 million.
High school basketball player Landus Anderson is one of the top players in the state of Florida averaging an impressive 19 points-per-game. And he does it with the use of only one arm. His parents have seen that determination show up in all areas of his life. (w/ Video)
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