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Continuing Medical Education: Eating Right

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From the Discovery Health series "Continuing Medical Education", doctors discuss obesity and give advice on how to eat right.

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Continuing Medical Education: Eating Right (3:35)

From the Discovery Health series "Continuing Medical Education", doctors discuss obesity and give advice on how to eat right.

Continuing Medical Education: Adult Obesity Epidemic (5:58)

From the Discovery Health "Continuing Medical Education" series, doctors reveal why so many children and adults are overweight. Learn more about the obesity epidemic.

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Is it possible to walk over hot coals without burning? Many cultures practice fire walking as seen in this clip from "Skeptical Inquirer" on The Science Channel.

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On Discovery Channel's "One Step Beyond," Tolly Burkan introduces fire walking to the modern world and maintains that it demonstrates how human thought impacts everything in our lives, including brain chemistry and body function.

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Meet Dennis Rogers, a man who weighs 168 pounds but is pound-for-pound one of the world's strongest men. He can escape pad locks and chains using pure muscle strength. Learn more about the human body on Discovery Channel's "One Step Beyond."

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