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gr8list.com » Health & Fitness http://gr8list.com/blog2 A collection of great "best of" lists. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:42:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Best Spas in the World http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/21/the-best-spas-in-the-world/ http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/21/the-best-spas-in-the-world/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:48:11 +0000 Gr8List http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/21/the-best-spas-in-the-world/ Readers of Spa Finder publications and the Spafinder.com Web site have chosen Arizona’s Miraval, Life in Balance as their “favorite spa” in North America for 2006. Other favorites around the world were Sante Winelands Hotel and Wellness Center in Paarl, South Africa; Chiva-Som in Hua Hin, Thailand; Brenner’s Park Hotel & Spa in Baaden-Baaden, Germany, and the Kurotel Longevity Center and Spa in Gramado, Brazil. View all the award winners, by country or category…

Spa Finder's Best Spas in the World

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1. Apples
2. Almonds
3. Broccoli
4. Blueberries
5. Red beans
6. Salmon
7. Spinach
8. Sweet potatoes
9. Vegetable juice
10. Wheat germ

]]> http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/08/09/10-great-health-foods/feed/ 0 America’s Best Hospitals 2006 http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/07/08/americas-best-hospitals-2006/ http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/07/08/americas-best-hospitals-2006/#comments Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:16:06 +0000 Gr8List http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/07/08/americas-best-hospitals-2006/ U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings are in. Good hospital care may just be around the corner, if all you need is a routine procedure—sometimes even major surgery. But a difficult condition or a complex operation demands a higher standard of care, especially if the risk is compounded by advanced age, frailty, obesity, or some other complication. Find out which American hospitals ranked highest in 16 specialties and which ones received Honor Roll status…

]]> http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/07/08/americas-best-hospitals-2006/feed/ 0 US News & World Report’s Best Health Plans 2005 http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/03/08/us-news-world-reports-best-health-plans-2005/ http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/03/08/us-news-world-reports-best-health-plans-2005/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:27:17 +0000 Gr8List http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/03/08/us-news-world-reports-best-health-plans-2005/ U.S. News and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the major accrediting body for managed-care health plans, joined forces to rank hundreds of the nation’s health maintenance organizations and point-of-service plans based on quality. Find out which plans came out at the top in the U.S. News rankings.

]]> http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/03/08/us-news-world-reports-best-health-plans-2005/feed/ 0 US News & World Report Best Hospitals 2005 http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/03/08/us-news-world-report-best-hospitals-2005/ http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/03/08/us-news-world-report-best-hospitals-2005/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:27:08 +0000 Gr8List http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/03/08/us-news-world-report-best-hospitals-2005/ U.S. News has issued annual rankings of America’s medical centers for 16 years. Hospitals are ranked in 17 specialties, from cancer and heart disease to pediatrics and urology. Unlike other hospital rankings, “America’s Best Hospitals” looks at entire specialties rather than at specific procedures.

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