Wilmington, NC (WECT) – Ringing in the New Year means getting in shape for many and that results in lots of new memberships at fitness centers.
One Wilmington Gold's Gym has already seen more people signing up for memberships.
“Januarys are very busy. They're probably our busiest month with all the New Year's resolutions we get a lot of traffic coming in and out,” explains Gold's Gym fitness consultant Joe Valentino.
But trainers Read the rest of this entry »

1:00 PM, January 23, 2009
I have a diet plan that works way better than the point system, throwing up, or even completely starving. It’s worrying and fidgeting! My primary care doctor just told me in all seriousness that fidgeting can help you burn 800 calories a day! He also told me I’d lost five pounds since my last visit, so I can only imagine it’s because I gave up the anti-depressants and have been worrying up a tsunami!
I worry about the Read the rest of this entry »

Breast cancer awareness takes centre stage in October. Most women are interested in preventing breast cancer.
The evidence is not clear, but there are drug trials which have been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent breast cancer in women. The results from the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial have also shown that women at high risk for breast cancer, who take the drug tamoxifen, lowered their risk by 45 per cent.
There are other available prevention Read the rest of this entry »

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — After working for almost a decade as a Nursing Services Coordinator at Bayfront Medical Center, detectives have arrested Zsamiko Walters Reid and charged her with first degree grand theft.
St. Petersburg Investigators say Reid worked at Bayfront for 8 years when administrators discovered she had stolen $368,562 from the company.
Authorities say Reid generated several hundred payroll checks between 2002 and 2008 and Read the rest of this entry »

RICHMOND — A 17-year-old boy has died from his injuries in a Dec. 15 shooting that killed another teen and would a 21-year-old man, police said.
Todd Gabriel of Richmond died Thursday afternoon at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek after being shot in the head three days earlier. Devaughan Frierson, also 17, died at the scene of the shooting. A 21-year-old man was wounded in the calf. All of the victims lived in the neighborhood.
Gabriel’s Read the rest of this entry »

Rexahn Pharma wins FDA Approval to begin Phase II Trial for Serdaxin, treatment of major depressive disorders – Quick Facts
(RTTNews) - 
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RNN:
) on Wednesday said it received FDA approval to initiate Phase II trials for Serdaxin, for the treatment of major depressive disorders. The trial represents the third Phase II study currently in progress at Rexahn Pharmaceuticals. Serdaxin is Read the rest of this entry »

LAS VEGAS—A union representing paramedics in southern Nevada says it has called off a strike and hopes to return to negotiations with the area’s largest ambulance company.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1107 issued a statement Friday saying it had rescinded the strike notification. The union says it hopes to resume contract talks with American Medical Response before the end of next month.
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, a dermatologist, an infertility specialist — these are among some of the most highly compensated private college employees in the country, according to a new report released today.
While the average college professor makes a salary many would consider modest, the top 10 most highly compensated employees, according to the
brought in a combined $32 million in the 2007 fiscal year.
That includes more than $4.4 million for University of Southern Read the rest of this entry »

(Refiles to fix typographical error in headline; Adds panel
member, company comments)
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov 13 (Reuters) – An experimental
painkiller from King Pharmaceuticals Inc (KG.N:
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Therapeutics Inc (PTIE.O:
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than similar drugs, most members of a U.S. advisory panel said
on Thursday.
A majority on the Food and Drug Administration panel said
they felt the companies Read the rest of this entry »

The last weeks of the year are usually a mad rush to tie up loose ends before the holidays. But in the entertainment world (or at least among those of us who survive on a steady diet of it) there are several unanswered questions to which we won’t get answers until after the new year. How will the “Watchmen” movie turn out, for example. How we will make it through the next few weeks and months before we know the answers is a burden we must shoulder Read the rest of this entry »