HURRICANE – About two years ago two personal trainers met at a gym and found out they shared the same vision; owning their own fitness business.
Personal trainers Rebekah Greene and Alisha Robinson co-own Reach Personal Fitness in Hurricane.
They were both working at a gym, Greene as a personal trainer and Robinson teaching classes. According to Greene, most of her clients did not want to come to the gym but had to pay membership to utilize her Read the rest of this entry »

and its parent,
, said Duramed’s LoSeasonique oral contraceptive has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
LoSeasonique is a lower-dose formulation of Seasonique, an extended-cycle oral contraceptive that reduces a women’s menstrual cycle to four periods per year. Cincinnati-based Duramed and Barr received FDA approval for Seasonique in May 2006.
Duramed said in a news release that LoSeasonique will be available to women Read the rest of this entry »

,
Nov. 10
/PRNewswire/ — After two years of intensive training
in areas including botanical medicine, mind-body physiology, nutrition, and
holistic clinical care, Dr.
. Launched in 2000 by internationally-recognized
integrative medicine pioneer
, M.D., the Center in Integrative
Medicine Fellowship combines residential sessions in
with a rigorous
distance-learning program.
“Dr. Porter has received the best training available in integrative
medicine,” Read the rest of this entry »

LAS VEGAS—Federal officials are granting a reprieve allowing the only hospital kidney transplant program in Nevada to remain open at least until June.
The Las Vegas Sun reported Wednesday that University Medical Center in Las Vegas won praise for addressing a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report that found high death rates for transplant recipients.
The program, which has about 200 people awaiting kidney transplants, was facing Read the rest of this entry »

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WASHINGTON — Female voters in 2008 are looking harder at what traditionally have been considered women's issues — abortion, pay equity, health care — and where John McCain and Barack Obama stand on those issues, not surprisingly, reflects their political philosophies.
McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, are running as anti-abortion, pro-family, anti-tax conservatives who oppose same-sex marriage.
Obama and Read the rest of this entry »

10 December, 2008
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THE health care system in America is on life support. It costs too much and saps economic vitality, achieves far too little return on investment and isn’t distributed equitably. As the Obama administration tries to diagnose and treat what ails the system, however, reformers shouldn’t be worried only about how to pay for it.
Instead, the country needs to innovate its way toward a new health care business model — one that reduces Read the rest of this entry »

With the number of positive influenza tests rising sharply in the city, Baltimore health officials declared a flu alert yesterday. “We’re really seeing sustained transmission of flu in Baltimore. Now is the time to protect yourself,” said the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein. Sentinel hospitals reported that 12 percent of flu tests last week came back positive, more than twice the rate for the previous week. There have been no Read the rest of this entry »

December 01, 2008
DEC.-JAN.:
Dashing All the Weigh Fitness Challenge, nine-week program held at eight YMCA locations in Volusia and Flagler counties. Free for members. Call Jonathan at 386-255-8773; vfymca.org.
DEC. 1:
Kids Fitness classes (after school) for ages 6-18, one-on-one personal training for teens pre-/post-season sports training, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, Body Sculpting Personal Fitness, 400 Parque Drive, Ormond Beach. Read the rest of this entry »