BEIJING (AFP) — China’s fitness industry has become in little more than a decade a multi-billion-dollar extravaganza of high-tech equipment and pulsating workout rooms backed by lifestyle magazines, health products and celebrity endorsements.
Aged 35, single and stressed from her hectic job running a restaurant, Qi Quanli is one of China’s ambitious class of newly rich who are helping to power the nation’s booming fitness industry.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The fugitive Indiana pilot who was found Tuesday evening in a Florida campground likely would have died of blood loss from a slit wrist if U.S. marshals hadnt captured him when they did, a U.S. Marshals Service spokesman said today.
Marcus Schrenker, a financial advisor wanted in connection with a fraud investigation involving millions of dollars, fled from authorities in Alabama Sunday evening after apparently trying to fake Read the rest of this entry »
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss voters on Sunday appeared to be giving overwhelming support to a pioneering program providing government-authorized heroin to hardened addicts.
Projections based on early voting results Sunday indicated that 69 percent of voters approved making the program permanent. It has been credited with reducing crime and improving the health and daily lives of addicts since it began 14 years ago.
The projections were Read the rest of this entry »
Police confiscate $2.5M in drugs, arrest two men
Two men were arrested and charged with drug possession after police recovered more than $2.5 million worth of drugs in the trap compartments of two vehicles on the Southwest Side Thursday night.
Manuel Garcia, 38, of the 9700 block of South Karlov Ave. in Oak Lawn, was charged with attempted possession of a controlled substance. Collazo Santiago, 35, of Azteca, Mexico was charged with possession Read the rest of this entry »
- A change in diet could mean a change in your health.
The best part is, you don’t even have to cook!
The raw food movement is gaining popularity.
The mainstay of the diet is nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits in an unheated, unprocessed condition.
Instead of going cold turkey, those who follow a raw food diet recommend a slow transition to raw foods.
Angela Stokes, raw foodist said, ?I recommend people start out being at least 50% raw and Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — The $787 billion economic stimulus bill approved by Congress will, for the first time, provide substantial amounts of money for the federal government to compare the effectiveness of different treatments for the same illness.
Under the legislation, researchers will receive $1.1 billion to compare drugs, medical devices, surgery and other ways of treating specific conditions. The bill creates a council of up to 15 federal employees Read the rest of this entry »
Two Food and Drug Administration officials who work in the safety division of the FDA said four popular asthma drugs raise the death risk of users with the highest incidence in children. The four drugs in question are GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s Serevent and Advair, Novartis AG’s and Schering-Plough Corp.’s Foradil and AstraZeneca PLC’s Symbicort. These drugs fall into a class of medications known as long-acting beta-agonists, or LABAs, and have been the Read the rest of this entry »
WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Santa Barbara, CA – iTMP Technology, Inc., a
pioneering iPhone hardware and software developer, announces the commercial
launch of SMHEART LINK, a highly-anticipated new technology that is poised
to bring unparalleled health and fitness capabilities to Apple iPhone and
iPod touch users. For the first time ever, a technology is now available
that allows the iPhone to double as a heart monitor and fitness Read the rest of this entry »
West Virginia could come tantalizingly close to universal health coverage for all its children, claim supporters of a bill currently before the U.S. Senate.
The reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program would give states the option of offering coverage to children in families that make up to three times the federal poverty limit, or $63,600 for a family of four.
The program currently provides coverage for more than 25,000 Read the rest of this entry »
Worse, today’s economic situation has created increased levels of stress, a contributing factor to depression, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions. The American Psychological Association reports that almost half of Americans say they are increasingly stressed about their ability to provide for their family’s basic needs. Eight out of 10 cited the economy as a significant cause of stress, up 66 percent from six months earlier. Similarly, Read the rest of this entry »