Month: March 2012

Exercise can change your DNA

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that exercise can reshape our bodies. But working out can also change our DNA, and researchers are slowly discovering how the change occurs. When people who don’t work out regularly get their bodies moving with acute exercise, the DNA in their muscle fibers is chemically modified, researchers are reporting in the March issue of Cell Metabolism.

Healthcare reform helps Oakland clinic meet huge demand

When Sherry Hirota learned that healthcare reform meant community clinics like hers – Asian Health Services in Oakland’s Chinatown – would be expected to double their capacity, she wasn’t surprised. And she wanted the clinic to serve as many patients as it could hold. There was just one problem – and it was a big one – the clinic was too small. Callie Shanafelt reports on how the clinic tacked the size problem, with some help from federal healthcare reform money.

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