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Warm Up or Body Is Sure to Wear Out ; Need for 'Lube Job' Increases with Age

Starting an exercise session with gentle movements activates the fluids in your joints, thereby reducing friction - and cutting down wear - in those ever-important hinges. You've heard it for years, from your PE teacher of yore to your personal trainer of today: Warm up before you start strenuous exercise.

Brain Music Therapy Tunes Into Trouble ; Waves Used to Help with Ups, Downs

On her compact disc, the music of Jennifer Depaws' mind sounds like a determined child plunking methodically away at a piano lesson. Depaws, 22, is a dancer, not a pianist. Nor is she a composer; but her mind is filled with soundless, endless melodies that move her. She can't sing or hum the tunes going through her head.

Reducing Mammogram Pain ; New Techniques Ease Breast Compression

Uncomfortable is the word professionals tend to use when they talk about mammograms. And for many women, that's an accurate description for the sensation of having their breasts squeezed between two plates to check for abnormalities. But Dr. Lisa Weinstock knows that excruciating is a more honest word to describe the experience for many others, particularly those who are premenopausal or small-breasted.

Blood Sugar and Heart Woes

THE QUESTION: Controlling blood sugar in people with diabetes makes it less likely that they will develop heart problems. Might this have the same effect on people who do not have diabetes? THIS STUDY analyzed health data on 2,947 middle-aged people, 1,626 of whom had diabetes. In a 10- to 12-year period, 235 of the diabetics and 661 non-diabetics developed heart disease.