With a combined 46 years of experience in running the Madison Athletic Club in Madison Heights, Deborah and Marvin Henderson know a thing or two about fitness clubs.
Yet even their latest undertaking is new territory for the married couple, who have branched out from the 22,000-square-foot Oakland County club to open the 5,200-square-foot Anytime Fitness center in Hartland Township.
“We learned after several years we really liked what we were Read the rest of this entry »

Great health is not a guarantee, but taking the right steps to living a healthy life makes for a better life. That was the message of the first health fair held at Northwoods Elementary School.
Eve Reddic, the school’s family liaison, organized the health fair for students and their families.
“You know health care is not always guaranteed; (the parents and caregivers) need to know where they can get services if they need services,” she said.
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Published: November 8, 2008
Carbon monoxide poisoning sent five people to the hospital Saturday evening, after a generator at the Bibleway Church of God in Christ caused dangerous levels of the gas to fill the building.
Lynchburg Fire Battalion Chief Paul Kilgore said at about 6:45, members were rehearsing for a church celebration planned for the next morning when some complained of sickness and called 911.
The church, rented out of a former Read the rest of this entry »

The Food and Drug Administration has released a final rule requiring that foods and cosmetics that contain insect-based colorings, called carmine or cochineal extract, list these by name on labels.
Currently, the FDA allows these colorings, which are extracted from the dried bodies of cochineal beetles, to be included under the terms “artificial colors”or “color added” on labels. The new rule, published in Monday’s
, takes effect 24 months from Read the rest of this entry »

It’s official: The flu is upon us.
City Health Commissioner Donald F. Schwarz said yesterday that confirmed influenza cases have more than doubled over the last week, from 25 to 60, and he encouraged city residents to get immunized. “If you have not gotten a flu shot this season, it is not too late,” Schwarz said.
People who should get vaccinated are children from 6 months to 18 years, pregnant women, people 50 and older, people with certain chronic Read the rest of this entry »

Lynn Hudson was enjoying her morning treadmill workouts last February at the Northwest Side Gold’s Gym – until she was kicked out of the club for not paying a bill she had paid months earlier.
The gym had the wrong Lynn Hudson.
Eric Grigel joined Arizona Swim & Fitness in July, only to find his credit card was being billed twice each month, once by the gym and once by the gym’s billing company.
His card continued to be billed after the club Read the rest of this entry »

The usefulness of having patients complete written screening tests while in the waiting room may be limited by a lack of understanding of the questions, according to a pair of papers presented at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress in San Francisco, Oct. 12-16.
“There is a true epidemic of health illiteracy in this country. Do not assume that your patients are literate with either prose or numeracy,” said Viraj A. Master, Read the rest of this entry »

JESSICA SIMPSON is facing a $10 million (£7 million) breach of contract lawsuit over an unreleased workout DVD.
The singer filmed an exercise video for fitness company Speedfit in 2005, but the shoot quickly became a shambles after Simpson allegedly turned up to the studio “tipsy”.
And her manager-father Joe reportedly refused to sign off on the project, preventing the Speedfit bosses from releasing the DVD.
And now company owner Alex Astilean Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists found that there is no link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, also known as MMR vaccine, and autism. The researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health’s Center for Infection and Immunity, who collaborated with scientists from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, and the U.S. CDC replicated key parts of the original study led by British physician Andrew Wakefield to determine if the Read the rest of this entry »

The deadly salmonella outbreak traced to a Georgia peanut company is having an unexpected effect: It’s forcing lawmakers — finally, critics say — to improve food-safety regulations that in some cases haven’t been updated in a century.
Georgia legislators last week introduced bills that would enable county health officials to inspect local food-processing plants and also require food processors to report inspection results Read the rest of this entry »