ScienceDaily (Dec. 17, 2008)
— In a new study led by the University of Michigan Health System, women more than doubled their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increased their consumption of “good” fats when they were counseled by registered dietitians and provided with a list of guidelines on the amount of certain foods they should eat each day.
The six-month study of 69 women divided the participants into two groups. In one group, Read the rest of this entry »

The consumer magazine business, in a rough patch before, now appears to be falling off a cliff.
Total magazine ad pages measured by the Publisher’s Information Bureau are down 9.2% through August, compared to the same period last year. Virtually all the major publishers are feeling the pinch. Of 37 big publishing groups measured by TNS Media Intelligence, 32 or 86% have seen ad pages fall. For the 32 publishers experiencing declines, the average Read the rest of this entry »

Pfizer Laying Off 800 Scientists, Selling Off 100 Fledgling Drugs
January 14, 2009 7:48 a.m. EST
New York, NY (AHN) – Drug maker giant Pfizer will lay off up to 800 scientists – 8 percent of its science staff – and sell to other drug makers up to 100 fledgling drugs still in experimental stages that were developed to treat a range of ailments.
Some of the experimental drugs have gone into clinical trials on humans, which means they are close Read the rest of this entry »

Keri Wallace’s instructions to her mother were vague: Clear your calendar at 2 p.m. Sunday and dress casually.
That’s all Elvera Dillard had to go on before her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren came to her home to pick her up. Then they picked up Gisele and Percy Ross, the children’s other grandparents. All of the family lives in Detroit.
The surprise? A family afternoon spent watching puppet shows, doing arts and crafts and learning Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs has said his health issues are more complex than he originally thought and that he’ll take a leave of absence from the company until June.
The disclosure, in
sent to Apple employees on Wednesday, comes a little over a week after Jobs revealed that his weight loss over the past year has been caused by a hormone imbalance.
“Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Hirsch, the longtime columnist for the Daily Racing Form known as the dean of American turf writers, has died. He was 80.
Hirsch had Parkinson’s disease and was recovering from a broken hip suffered in a fall last spring. He died at St. Luke’s Hospital on Friday, said Steven Crist, chairman and publisher of the Daily Racing Form.
Hirsch’s career spanned more than 50 years, and he chronicled the road to the Kentucky Derby Read the rest of this entry »

Referred by a friend, Sid Gordon joined 30-Minute Fitness in 2000 at the age of 73. He had never worked out at a health club before and chose 30-Minute Fitness because it was “small, comfortable, and very friendly.”
According to Sid, “I wasn’t really out of shape. I just wanted to maintain whatever muscle tone I had. I knew it was important, especially as we age, to exercise our muscles through strength training. 30-Minute Fitness offered the perfect Read the rest of this entry »

In response to my recent column on patients trusting doctors too much, several readers wrote in about the difficulty of finding or sifting through information on doctors and diseases. Many asked for suggestions, so a couple of weeks ago I contacted several nationally respected leaders in family medicine,
, internal medicine, oncology, surgery and
and asked them to share their advice on researching doctors and diseases.
Many of the doctors I Read the rest of this entry »

Dueling U.S. Agencies at Odds Over Fish Consumption
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
Dueling U.S. Agencies at Odds Over Fish Consumption
A proposal to encourage eating of fish to promote a healthier lifestyle is becoming a political issue in the final months of the Bush administration, reports the
.
A long-standing government recommendation that pregnant women and children limit their Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Lauren Dirks
On the eve of the Great American Smokeout, three of the Grand Valley’s major health care providers are making a big change. St. Mary’s, Community Hospital and Family Health West are going tobacco-free on their campus beginning in March of next year.
The three hospitals join more than 500 nationwide that have snuffed out smoking and other tobacco products on campus. No tobacco products, including tobacco Read the rest of this entry »