He breezed through the rigours of a marathon 21 months on the campaign trail. On polling day he mixed it up on a basketball court. And within hours of his election victory, Barack Obama was back in the gym for another gruelling workout. Has an American president-elect ever been fitter for office?
Exercise, Obama says, is the key to remaining fresh and focused in the face of a punishing schedule. “The main reason I do it is just to clear my head Read the rest of this entry »

Jonathan Woodgate hopes to return to face his former club Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Sunday, with his back injury not as serious as was first feared.
The Tottenham Hotspur central defender was forced off with 10 minutes to go of last Saturday’s 0–0 draw against Manchester United at White Hart Lane, having suffered a spasm. He was taken to hospital for tests and kept in overnight amid fears of a recurrence of the problem that has blighted Read the rest of this entry »

The equipment itself is the Pilates Reformer. Pilates is a muscular strength discipline created by German fitness guy Joseph Pilates, whose goal was to get First World War veterans rehabilitated and back to their lives with ease of movement and increased body awareness.
His unique brand of exercises on the mat or floor were developed to create within each exerciser a recognition and control of the muscles that stabilize the pelvis and trunk, or Read the rest of this entry »

November 29, 2008 03:31 pm
I often read stories that concern the business of the city and cringe when integral parts of informative facts are omitted or misstated. Granted, municipal finance including (but not limited to) TIFs, abatements, CREDs, EDGE tax credits, bond anticipation notes, CAGIT, EDIT, levy, net assessed valuation, tax rate, etc., is very complex and requires folks that have absolutely nothing better to do with their time to master Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON (Reuters) – Immigrants to Britain are more likely to suffer serious mental health problems than the native population, but strong family and community ties may help to protect them, researchers said on Monday.
Previous studies have shown a higher risk of psychoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder among immigrants facing discrimination and alienation, but the new findings pointed to surprising variations among different ethnic communities.
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Somerset Medical Center recently honored its two newest 20-gallon blood donors: State Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman and Ted Legacki of Middlesex Borough. They are among only four individuals to reach that milestone in the history of the medical center’s Blood Donor Program.
Both men began donating blood at Somerset Medical Center in 1980. Legacki achieved the 20-gallon mark in October. Bateman reached 20 gallons in December.
“We are extremely Read the rest of this entry »

A second case this month in China of a human contracting a deadly form of avian flu has been reported.
, a 2-year-old girl in northern China has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the type that health experts worry could some day mutate into a human worldwide pandemic.
The girl, from the Hunan province, is in the hospital in critical condition, the wire service reported. Her family members and others who came in close contact with her Read the rest of this entry »

ELGIN — An Elgin man was arrested for the second time in the last five years Thursday after he was caught posing as a medical doctor, police said.
Manuel Caravantes, 47, 1262 Getzelman Drive, Unit 1B, was charged with practicing medicine without a license, a Class 3 felony.
Elgin Deputy Police Chief Jeffrey Swoboda said officers arrested Caravantes after undercover detectives found him practicing general medicine out of a house at 262 Franklin Read the rest of this entry »

LAS VEGAS—Police say a physician was shot dead and the patient who shot her died after turning the gun on himself.
Police Lt. Lewis Roberts says it’s not immediately clear why 80-year-old Eliseo Santos shot Dr. Edna Almaden Makabenta a little before 9:30 a.m. Monday at her office and then shot himself.
Santos died a short time later at nearby University Medical Center.
Police didn’t identify Makabenta, but her name was on the blue awning Read the rest of this entry »

Saturday, January 10, 2009
Renton, WA (Sports Network) – Seattle Sounders FC named David Tenney its first fitness coach on Friday.
Tenney, 38, becomes the third member of head coach Sigi Schmid’s staff. Tenney
spent the past two MLS seasons with the Kansas City Wizards, where he served as
both fitness and goalkeeper coach.
“Dave Tenney is a recognized fitness and soccer coach in Major League Soccer
from his past work in Kansas Read the rest of this entry »