(openPR) – SAN ANTONIO – The onset of Hurricane Ike and its impending threat to the Gulf Coast, including the heavy winds and rains that are expected to affect over 80 counties (including Bexar), have forced the postponement of two major local fitness events. BOOT CAMP: THE FITNESS CHALLENGE and an H-E-B HEALTH AND FITNESS FAIR – both sponsored by H-E-B and All Sports Speed and Conditioning – were scheduled to take place on Saturday, September Read the rest of this entry »

“The public has an awareness that two prescription medications used together might be dangerous,” said Lindau, assistant professor of geriatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology at the U. of C. Medical Center. “But what people don’t fully appreciate is that nonprescription drugs can interact with prescription drugs and even other nonprescription drugs.”
In the study, published in this week’s Journal of the
, the most common combination of nonprescription Read the rest of this entry »

HOUSTON
— A 4-year-old boy has died of poisoning from carbon monoxide from a gas-powered generator operating in a house in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
Joshua Aguirre died about 1 p.m. Saturday in the one-story house north of the city. He was one of four children inside at the time, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The generator was operating at the back of the house and Ortiz said the children’s father, who was working, called his brother Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto » Howie Mandel, who was hospitalized in Toronto with an irregular heartbeat Jan. 12, was released and plans to return to work today. The 53-year-old’s publicist said he was conscious and breathing when police officers responded to a report of a man with a medical condition at a downtown hotel. Family members went with him to St. Michael’s Hospital.
Mandel, who was born in Toronto, hosts the hour-long NBC game show “Deal or No Deal.” His Read the rest of this entry »

Soon physical fitness enthusiasts in the Xenia area will have a place to work-out that’s just like having their own personal gym.
Mark McIntire, owner, describes Snap Fitness, the 24-hour fitness club that will open on Dec. 4 at 40 S. Progress Dr., Xenia. Sponsored by the Xenia Area Chamber of Commerce, the ribbon cutting will be held at 11:30 a.m.
“Finding time to work out is about to become a whole lot easier for Xenia residents,” McIntire Read the rest of this entry »

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in order to save the city $2.5 million, The Daily News reports. Dentists say the clinics are used by some 17,000 kids.
Increases in Chronic Illness in L.A.
in 2005, The Los Angeles Times reports; in 2001, only half were hypertensive. African-Americans and Latinos have rates of
twice as high as whites, according to surveys conducted by U.C.L.A.
What to do About Health Care?
at the grassroots level. On Thursday, they were held at more than Read the rest of this entry »

The study was part of the Rotterdam Study, a highly respected long term
prospective study of factors that determine the occurrence of common
diseases of the elderly, such as heart disease and Alzheimer’s
disease. Researchers followed 6,992 men and women recruited at age 55
years or older from baseline (1990-1993) until January 2005 for incident
AD. During this period, participants were screened periodically Read the rest of this entry »

Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is due to announce that Scottish hospitals are to be barred from putting out more cleaning and catering contracts to the private sector.
Instead, health boards will have to be responsible for these services.
The move follows on from steps already announced by the Scottish Government in a bid to improve hospital cleanliness and reduce infections such as MRSA.
Ms Sturgeon will announce the change in her Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) – A U.S. Food and Drug
Administration advisory panel will review Eli Lilly (
LLY.N
4568.T
) blood-clot preventer prasugrel, the
drugmakers said on Wednesday, adding a new hurdle for approval
of the potential blockbuster medicine.
The FDA’s cardiovascular and renal drugs committee will
review prasugrel on Feb. 3, the companies said, confirming
speculation that the medicine would require Read the rest of this entry »