Finding Fitness

Although there seems to be an endless of array of products on the market these days to assist with body image, there is one local business that has taken weight loss to a whole new level.
Fitness Ridge Resort and Spa in Ivins is an adult weight loss boot camp designed to highly motivate guests in their fitness regimes.
Michelle Kelsch, who owns Fitness Ridge with her husband, Cameron, and friend, Tami Clark, said there was a real need for the Read the rest of this entry »

Cardio Fitness the FUN Way—-Dancing!

Cardio Fitness the FUN Way—-Dancing!
ROCKLAND
(Jan 6):

Nearly everyone likes to dance but not everyone likes cardio exercise. Now you can dance and get a great cardio fitness workout too – whatever your age.
As we all know heart pumping aerobic exercise is an essential part of any anti aging Read the rest of this entry »

Alliance Imaging to Present at the Piper Jaffray Health Care

Alliance Imaging is a leading national provider of shared-service and
fixed-site diagnostic imaging services, based upon annual revenue and
number of diagnostic imaging systems deployed. Alliance provides imaging
and therapeutic services primarily to hospitals and other healthcare
providers on a shared and full-time service basis, in addition to
operating a growing number of fixed-site imaging centers. The Company Read the rest of this entry »

Sagebrush diet helps deer grow when times are lean

The hunting lease in West Texas has plenty of sagebrush mixed in with its open ground, rocky canyons and draws choked with brush.
It is desert land, the kind of property that a visitor passing through on the way to somewhere else would consider inhospitable and lifeless.
The desert is many things, but inhospitable and lifeless are not two of them, particularly since the rains returned in July and the open ground now is producing more vegetation Read the rest of this entry »

IMRIS receives FDA clearance for 3 Tesla IMRISneuro

“Just three years after the successful commercialization of our first advanced intraoperative imaging product, IMRIS continues to revolutionize the field with this latest addition of a 3T wide bore magnet to the IMRISneuro family of surgical imaging solutions,” said David Graves, President and CEO of IMRIS. “We believe the 3T IMRISneuro system is the most advanced surgical imaging technology available today, providing physicians with timely access Read the rest of this entry »

Medical movers

Lake Regional Health System is pleased to welcome Janet Udelhofen, FNP, to the staff of its Occupational Medicine Clinic.
Oxford HealthCare recently recognized Patricia Lyscio, L.P.N., and Claudia Maxwell, C.N.A., as employees of the month for their outstanding performance, dependability, accuracy, safety and dedication in caring for clients.
Dr. Brian Knopf joins Cox Health Center Lebanon. Dr. Knopf attended medical school at the University of Read the rest of this entry »

Fitness boosts memory

Washington (IANS): Elderly adults who are more physically fit tend to have bigger hippocampi, a part of the brain that has a bearing on spatial memory.
Remove the hippocampus, as was done in the well-known case of surgical patient Henry Gustav Molaison, and a person’s ability to store most new experiences in memory is destroyed.
The hippocampus, a curved structure deep inside the brain, also is a key player in spatial navigation and other types Read the rest of this entry »

Letter: Nurse urges 'yes' vote on Measure A

NOTE: The following letter is unedited and reflects only the views of the author.
I am writing to encourage voters to vote yes on Measure A on Nov. 4. This measure provides funding for the seismic upgrades to our county Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake shut down 11 Southern California hospitals, the California Legislature passed a law (SB 1953) requiring hospitals and other public buildings to meet Read the rest of this entry »

Children's TV presenter Richard McCourt admits taking drugs

McCourt, 32, is one half of children’s entertaining duo Dick and Dom and most
recently presented the Saturday morning CBBC show Dick And Dom In Da
Bungalow.
However his clean television image has been tarnished on a drunken night out
after the star admitted to having taken drugs.
According to The Sun newspaper, McCourt told strangers: “I have taken
drugs.”
He then told them that his doctor had warned him off the illegal substances Read the rest of this entry »

MRI Detects Soft Tissue Damage Affecting Kids' Hearing

TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Soft-tissue defects that contribute to hearing loss in children can be detected using MRI, say U.S. researchers who analyzed the medical records of hundreds of children diagnosed with sensorineural (related to sensory nerves) hearing loss.
Radiography, including computed tomography (CT) and X-rays, is often used to look for bone structures problems in children with hearing loss. However, defects in the soft Read the rest of this entry »