It seems that the buzz this year is all about boot camps. Why would anyone want to subject themselves you ask? The answer is simple. Results. The classes are generally one hour long and in an outdoor setting. You can expect to do some stretching, toning with the use of dumbbells, push ups, lunges, squats, intense cardio and plyometrics. The great thing about boot camps is that you can still work out with a trainer who motivates you and makes sure Read the rest of this entry »
A Beaumont woman who broke her arm and leg while performing a physical fitness test for the Beaumont Police Department has filed suit against the city.
In order to qualify as a patrol officer for the Beaumont Police Department, Carla Mattox was forced to undergo the physical fitness test, according to the complaint filed in Jefferson County District Court.
During the March 25 test, Mattox had to run an obstacle course, the suit states.
While Read the rest of this entry »
and OTTAWA,
Oct. 7
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — iNutrition, a healthy
snack, fat loss, fitness tips, and all natural nutritional supplement
provider, announced today the fourth winner of the “Summer of Fit”
sweepstakes, featuring a free Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit system. The Winner of
the fourth drawing is
Flowery Branch, Georgia
.
iNutrition will be giving away a free Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit system on
the first and fifteenth of the month in Read the rest of this entry »
raise money for a 205-bed Redwood City hospital, which is now part of
but was run for decades by the district.
Past fundraising efforts have helped purchase equipment for Sequoia Hospital’s surgical, cardiac catheterization, labor and delivery, diagnostic and other units, the district said Monday. Its current pledge is “open-ended” in terms of timing, district officials said, but representatives of the foundation — a nonprofit Read the rest of this entry »
Just in time for those new year resolutions,
is a new paid-for iPhone/iPod Touch application designed to get you fit, via press-ups. There are now a lot of fitness apps available for the iPhone. Current leader
lets you weigh yourself daily. Other like iPump let you email your progress to virtual Gym buddies. However, there are none I know of which have turned exercises into a Wii Fit-style game where you can pit yourself against others on the Read the rest of this entry »
Boston (ChattahBox) – According to a new study published in the journal Lancet Oncology, people can prevent aging and get their own fountain of youth with a vegan diet and regular exercise.
Everybody, for the most part, wants to stay young and stop aging. A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, led by Prof. Dean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Institute in California, may have found the answer.
They carried Read the rest of this entry »
How much difference does the flu shot really make?
Various studies offer wide-ranging conclusions. One, for instance, found that seasonal influenza vaccine halves elderly deaths from any cause in the winter months. But another found it has no impact at all on this age group’s health. These and other conflicting findings are pushing public health officials and scientists to look for better ways to quantify the preventive’s impact.
“Flu vaccine Read the rest of this entry »
GRAYSLAKE — On a 10-degree night, Mike said he took a Pace bus as far as the College of Lake County, and then walked the remaining mile down Washington Street to Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church.
As the primary shelter each Monday for PADS Crisis Services of Lake County, the church offers the homeless 29-year-old a number of helping hands — a hot meal, a bed, a room to watch new DVD releases. The week before, he was given a leather jacket Read the rest of this entry »
Published January 22, 2009
Listening to speakers at the Galveston Chamber of Commerces breakfast Wednesday, it was clear everyone was concerned about the health of the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Heres the rub.
The thing residents of Galveston County could do to most help the medical branch would be to create a taxing district to support care for working people who dont have adequate medical insurance.
But voters whove already Read the rest of this entry »
DENVILLE, N.J. – A
hospital system is
eliminating 180 jobs, citing the strain of the national economic
downturn.
Denville-based Saint Clare’s Health Systems said Wednesday that
100 workers are being laid off immediately and another 80 full-time
positions would be eliminated in a move to reduce costs and improve
productivity.
Leslie Hirsch, St. Clare’s president and chief executive
officer, said the jobs were eliminated across the four-hospital
system. Read the rest of this entry »