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Is Sweating Good?

Perspiration isn't generally considered desirable. It makes clothes wet and uncomfortable, it makes our skin unpleasant to touch and it often smells bad. But the biological fact is that sweating is essential to good health, especially during exercise.

Why? Humans take in and use water for a number of important physiological functions. It provides a medium for cells and tissues. It makes possible the transport throughout the body of important elements or compounds like sodium and sugar not to mention forming part of the blood that moves them. It provides structural cohesion and lubrication between all parts. But there's one more highly important function it helps perform: temperature control.

Homeostasis is the body's ability to keep certain processes and factors in equilibrium, this is not too far from a central point. Body temperature is one key item among those. When body temperature gets too high, we experience fever and ultimately heat stroke. If it's too low, we get chills. Both are signs that the body is in a less than ideal state. (Continue)

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US lawmakers to vote on historic health plan
The US House of Representatives is set to vote Sunday on Barack Obama's historic plan to overhaul the US health care system that the president says will provide health insurance coverage to the overwhelming majority of Americans. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:48:27 GMT)

House Democratic official: 'We've got the votes' on health care
Democrats have the 216 votes needed to pass health care reform legislation in the House on Sunday, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus told CNN. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:43:53 GMT)

House to vote on Obama's historic health plan
The US House of Representatives was to vote Sunday on Barack Obama's historic plan to overhaul the US health care system that the president says will provide health insurance coverage to the overwhelming majority of Americans. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:40:00 GMT)

US House to vote on Obama's historic health plan
US President Barack Obama's historic drive to extend health insurance to nearly all Americans faced a crucial House of Representatives vote Saturday, with Democrats predicting victory. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:16:05 GMT)

Democrats predict health bill will pass House
A pair of House Democratic leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama's historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. But they acknowledged having yet to nail down commitments from a handful of members, some of whom remained concerned about the abortion issue. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:59:15 GMT)

Dems predict health care victory in today's House vote
A pair of House Democratic leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Obama's historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. But they acknowledged having yet to nail down commitments from a handful of members, some of whom remained concerned about the abortion issue. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:28:53 GMT)

Republicans to hit health bill with amendments
Republicans plan to present hundreds of amendments to a historic health care bill when it arrives in the Senate, a senior Republican senator said Sunday, signaling a messy fight to the finish. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:36:44 GMT)

Ohio Democrat says she will vote for health bill
One of the House Democrats who had been undecided over the health care bill because of concerns it would put public money toward abortion says she is voting for the measure. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:52:14 GMT)

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