Michael Rao has announced he is leaving as president of
Central Michigan University five months after he convinced
the Board of Trustees to found a $30 million to $50 million
medical school.
Rao said Saturday in a conference call with reporters that
he is committed to signing clinical affiliation agreements
– before he leaves — with area hospitals to host students
in their third and fourth years of hands-on medical
training.
He also remains Read the rest of this entry »
If you are one of the thousands of people who have resolved to quit smoking for the New Year, there is help out there to make giving up the habit a little easier.
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is offering different classes targeted to those with a strong commitment to quitting and those thinking about giving up the habit.
Those who are ready to make a concerted effort to quit smoking can use the Cooper-Clayton Method to stop Smoking, Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Are you over 50, want to get fit and healthy and meet new friends?
A group of Gisborne Girls’ High School students might have the answer.
Fun fitness for over-50s begins today at 3pm in the Girls’ High gym, the first of four sessions.
It has been organised by seven girls as part of their seventh form P.E. studies.
“We did some research and found that as people get older, the amount of physical activity decreases Read the rest of this entry »
Happy 2009 … will it be yet another year of unrealistic and unfulfilled fitness goals?
Your annual wish list?
1. Squeeze back into high school jeans.
2. Showcase that ab six-pack.
3. Run a marathon.
But then come the hurdles — putting down the Doritos and actually making time — that trip us up.
Keeping your fitness resolution is the focus of this month’s Healthline, sponsored by The Daily Journal and South Jersey Healthcare.
P.J. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Phelps has gone from hero to zero in the last 48 hours after his drugs scandal went public – and now the star may even face charges.
Phelps, who issued an apology after a photo of the
was published, could even go to jail if the Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has his way.
Lott said that he will charge Michael Phelps with a crime if he can prove that the Olympics hero smoked marijuana in Richland County, reports
.
“This case Read the rest of this entry »
In an unusually extensive collaboration between an academic institution and a drug maker, Vanderbilt University will partner with Johnson & Johnson to develop new drugs to treat schizophrenia.
The Tennessee university will receive about $10 million from J&J over the next three years, plus as much as $100 million in additional payments if it meets certain research milestones. The deal is scheduled to be announced Friday.
Universities have worked Read the rest of this entry »
The latest Hollywood fad being touted by holistic healers and self-styled diet gurus are detox or cleansing diets that purport to help purge our bodies of poisons and lose weight fast. But, do they work and are they safe?
Gwyneth Paltrow supposedly uses a cleansing diet to maintain her svelte figure. And Beyonce has admitted using a concoction of salt water, lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and laxative tea to lose weight for her role in Read the rest of this entry »
Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.) the Governor of Kansas, was once considered to be on the short list for nomination to a position in Obama's Cabinet, before she officially withdrew her name from consideration on December 6, 2008. Following Bill Richardson's withdrawal as Obama's nomination for Secretary of Commerce, there was media speculation that Sebelius would be chosen as the new nominee.Through a spokesperson, Sebelius reiterated her earlier Read the rest of this entry »
Seventeen percent of U.S. kids are overweight. One-third of those born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lives. The statistics are grim.
Most of the problem lies with what children eat, despite a general drop-off in exercise, according to authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding, respectively editor in chief and food and nutrition editor for Men’s Health magazine.
It’s the type of food and how much children eat that has changed from a generation Read the rest of this entry »
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WVLT) — As a parent you don’t want to think about it, but drugs can show up at your child’s high school anytime. Police say the problem they’ve uncovered in Lenoir City is bigger than they’ve ever seen before. Nine students are in trouble with the school and are expected to face criminal charges for illegal possession of prescription narcotics.
As a parent you may worry about illegal street drugs winding up in your child’s school. Read the rest of this entry »