Experts disagree over benefits of alkaline diet in fighting diseases

Gabe Mirkin trains three to six hours a day as a bike racer in Florida. His stamina is impressive for any age, but at 77 the retired physician and former teaching fellow at Johns Hopkins University definitely turns heads. Mirkin’s key to health is a diet rich in many different-colored fruits and vegetables, he says. He also avoids red meat and opts for better lean proteins instead.

Shun sun too much, you’ll lack vitamin D – even in Las Vegas

At first blush, it doesn’t make sense. We live in Southern Nevada, where the sun shines about 320 days a year, yet it isn’t difficult to find doctors who say many of us are deficient in vitamin D, which is often called the sunshine vitamin.

To train core, legs and upper body it helps to be on the ball

Stability balls are good for other things besides breaking furniture and causing whiplash. You can get a pretty good workout if you use them correctly.
I use the stability ball, also called the Swiss ball or balance ball, to help my clients not only train the core but also the legs and upper body. What you work depends on how you use it.

Oscar-winning star Ernest Borgnine dies at 95

Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in “Marty” in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.

Las Vegas man dies in five-vehicle accident

A 25-year-old Las Vegas man was killed in a five-vehicle collision at Boulder Highway and Russell Road late Saturday night, police said Sunday.

Spidey swings into top movie spot

Your new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has spun himself a $65 million opening weekend and $140 million in his first six days at U.S. theaters.

FBI probes link between federal judge’s son, nightclub operator

FBI agents are investigating ties between the son of U.S. District Judge Kent Dawson and the longtime nightclub operator the judge placed on probation in a $7 million tip-concealment scheme despite objections from prosecutors.

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