COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, February 4. A new study shows that swimming cuts men's risk of dying by about 50% compared to runners, walkers and sedentary peers. The University of South Carolina study led by Dr. Steven Blair evaluated comprehensive physical exams and behavioral surveys from thousands of people who were enrolled in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS) over the last 32 years. The results were presented at the 2008 World Read the rest of this entry »
Costs can include $5 co-pays for some medical visits. Reduced premiums are available for families who prepay several months in advance or leave a credit card or checking account number on file.
To find out if your children qualify for state coverage, call (800) 880-5305. (California’s program is called Healthy Families.)
Operators speak many languages including Spanish, Russian, Asian languages and Farsi.
FamiliesUSA has just published a Read the rest of this entry »
Michigans most stunning new hospital, the $360-million Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, is opening soon with all-private rooms, a promise of peace and quiet, nutritious food and a wellness philosophy that will merge traditional and alternative approaches to medicine.
The 190-bed hospital begins accepting patients March 15, but provided reporters a sneak peek today. Ford already has state approval to add another 110 rooms by 2011.
Given the Read the rest of this entry »
Journey to Fitness-Chronicles of a Working Woman, by Linda S. Jassmond Lanfear, is unlike other fitness books being introduced this season. It's neither a diet plan nor an exercise program, but provides the powerful motivation needed to achieve real fitness results. Told through a chronological series of personal journals and face-to-face conversations, Journey to Fitness – Chronicles of a Working Woman, captures the highs and lows, and triumphs Read the rest of this entry »
New-ball bowler Monde Zondeki has been named in the Cobras side to face the Dolphins in a SuperSport Series starting on Thursday in Paarl but there is still doubt about his fitness.
Cobras coach Shukri Conrad will be watching anxiously on Wednesday afternoon when the team’s fitness gurus put Zondeki through his paces at Newlands Stadium. A final decision will be made afterwards whether Zondeki will be making the trip down the N1 to Paarl ahead of Read the rest of this entry »
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SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has turned down a petition against US beef imports, citing the lack of evidence for increased risks of mad cow disease.
Some 96,000 people signed a petition filed in June by a group of activists who claimed that the government’s decision to resume US beef imports greatly increased health risks.
The activists said the move was in breach of the government’s constitutional obligation to protect Read the rest of this entry »
Scott McDonald, the Celtic striker, has branded accusations that he is
overweight as a “load of nonsense”. The Australia forward lifted his shirt
and patted his stomach in dismissive fashion after netting in the Clydesdale
Bank Premier League champions’ 4-0 win over Hamilton Academical this month.
McDonald revealed he was determined to make a point to the critics and the
25-year-old insists he will soon be back to full fitness Read the rest of this entry »
“The new concept started with a look at the current fitness retail landscape in North America to see what was being done. Most (if not all stores) sold machines, but very few had complementary products, such as accessories, supplements, apparel and footwear,” says Bill McCullagh, director of specialty retailing for the Forzani Group.
“We saw the opportunity to create a ‘one-stop-shop’ environment that encompassed all facets of the fitness business Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Imposing European-style price controls on prescription drugs in the United States would result in modest cost savings that would be more than offset by shortened life spans as the pace of drug innovation slows, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
They said lowering insurance co-payments would be a better way of attacking the problem of rising prescription drug prices in the United States, which pays more per capita for pharmaceuticals Read the rest of this entry »