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When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

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Are you as fit as an 80-year-old elite athlete? The answer might be a mortifying surprise. In a recent study of 4,659 masters athletes who’d qualified for the National Senior Games (a competition ...

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