A national gym chain wants to make its California debut by opening a large health club in Roseville.
has proposed a two-story, 91,000-square-foot gym. If approved by the city, it would have amenities including a cafe, registered dietician and salon services.
operations in Folsom and Natomas. Life Time would offer more in terms of spa services, including hair, nails and skin care treatments, but this smaller-than-normal model would lack a climbing Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — Five people remained hospitalized on Sunday in Denver with injuries they sustained when a Continental Airlines jet ran off a runway on Saturday night while trying to depart on a flight to Houston.
About 33 others who were aboard the jet were treated at area hospitals and released, the authorities said.
The jet, a fully loaded Boeing 737-500, was carrying 110 passengers and 5 crew members when it veered off the runway and ran Read the rest of this entry »

Blogs Comment On Results Of Presidential Race, Ballot Initiatives
The following is a summary of selected women’s health-related blog entries.
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Cecile Richards,
: The victory of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden “spells the end of eight long years of an administration that used every legislative, judicial and administrative weapon in its arsenal to attack women’s health and rights,” Richards writes, adding that Read the rest of this entry »

Table of Contents
Women’s Health in Food and Drinks
Executive Summary 10
The functional food and drinks market for women 10
Weight control and beauty 11
Menopause and bone health 12
Pregnancy and urogenital 13
Chapter 1 The functional food and drinks market for women 16
Summary 16
Introduction 17
Advertising to women – beyond the stereotypes 18
Women-specific products 21
NPD in healthy food and drinks for women 25
By category 26
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November 25, 2008 12:27:00
The Federal Government has appointed men’s health ambassadors to help develop Australia’s first men’s health policy.
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s partner, Tim Matheson, is one of the men taking on the role.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon says Australian men face serious health problems but many are reluctant to talk about them.
She says the health ambassadors will play an important role in bringing some of Read the rest of this entry »

A downtown children’s clinic that specializes in well child checkups will be open special hours during the school holidays.
The Family Health Center Well Child Clinic, open three half-days a week, sees about 45 patients weekly, said Dr. Sasha Loffredo, an assistant professor and residency director in the UT Health Science Center’s Department of Family and Community Medicine.
The holiday hours will help parents who don’t want to pull their children Read the rest of this entry »

Emerson White is a girl’s girl. She chooses her own dresses, gets her hair done, her nails painted.
And she does it from a hospital bed where she’s spent the better part of her two years.
“Eme,” as her family calls her, is unaware of the struggle her family has gone through to get insurance coverage for one multiple-organ transplant and a possible second to come.
“She’s very happy,” mom Erika White told ABCNews.com. “She’s the happiest baby.”
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It took a while, but Lourdes Casanova eventually burned through her severance package, then the money in her retirement account after she was laid off from her job with a local credit bureau after 26 years of service.
And when the work vanished, so did the health insurance she had through her employer. At 59 — suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and depression — replacing either has proven harder than she imagined.
“I Read the rest of this entry »

Ridgeland, MS, SEP 10, 2008 (EventX/Knobias.com via COMTEX) –
) will be presenting at the Robert W. Baird 2008 Small Cap Health Care Conference today. The Company’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 13:40 ET.
Michael J. Culotta, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Misc Releated Info:** Original Confirmation** Conference Information:Robert W. Baird 2008 Small Cap Health Care Conference
The event will focus on premier Read the rest of this entry »

Candy, snacks, cereal and any other products from
that contain milk will be detained at the border until tests prove that they are not contaminated, the federal government announced Thursday.
. Since September, more than 50,000 infants in China have become ill and at least four have died because they consumed tainted infant formula.
Since then, melamine has been found in a range of products, including milk, eggs and fish feed. Companies in Read the rest of this entry »