The JCC of Central New Jersey has a lot of new fitness offerings for participants of all ages.
JCC members who are frequent group exercise users are now able to purchase the Ultimate Fitness Card, which allows the exerciser to take unlimited group exercise classes for a full year at a new low price. Exercisers are still able to purchase 20, 10 or single-class cards as another option for group classes.
There are several, special member-only Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — It happens all the time: Filling out that clipboard at the doctor’s office, you can’t remember what cancer killed Aunt Sally or when Dad had his heart attack.
A good family health history is far more important than a gene test in predicting your future medical needs, but it’s hugely underused. This week, the government began offering a free new service to try to change that — helping people compile one at home, e-mail it Read the rest of this entry »
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A newspaper review of more than 1,000 pages of internal FBI documents on Thomas Eagleton found no evidence that the agency leaked information about his treatment for depression, a revelation that ended his vice presidential campaign.
The public disclosure of his mental illness and shock therapy forced him to withdraw as Democrat George McGovern’s running mate in 1972. Some questioned whether the FBI, which had kept tabs on Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Richard Gruffi, wielding a giant set of choppers, a
14-inch-long toothbrush and a disgusting prop called “Mr. Dirty
Mouth,” turned most of the questions into lessons on basic dental
care.
Then he went down to the nurse’s office, set up his portable
dentist’s chair and started giving free checkups, cleanings and
sealants to children at the Siragusa School in Yonkers.
By all appearances, it’s a welcome, successful program. But
these days that’s Read the rest of this entry »
Are you looking for an alternative to working out at a gym for shaping
up in the New Year? GameStop (NYSE: GME), the world’s largest video game
and entertainment software retailer, encourages would-be fitness
enthusiasts to embrace video games in their effort to shape up in 2009.
By highlighting popular gaming titles that burn calories and exercise
the brain, GameStop can show anyone dreading the prospect of the gym
these alternative fitness methods Read the rest of this entry »
The recent decoration of Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody as the U.S.
military’s first female four-star general underscores
the increasing role of women in the officer ranks and on the
battlefield.
And with it is coming the need for new services geared
toward female veterans of varying ages, such as the new
women’s health clinic at the Lebanon VA Medical Center.
Consider:
Females account for 14 percent of active military
personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, Read the rest of this entry »
Letting game players kill cops and smoke drugs, 'Saints Row 2' is a sin
Monday, October 13th 2008, 11:10 PM
Ablood-soaked new video game boasts enough violence, guns and gratuitous sex to make Grand Theft Auto seem as tame as Pac-Man – and it has cops hopping mad.
encourages players to butcher cops with chain saws, smoke drugs, annihilate rival gangsters and run prostitution rings.
“There [is] quite possibly no other game that can Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Witty, the new head of the company, has said he will cut prices on all
medicines, including HIV treatments, in the 50 poorest countries to no more
than 25 per cent of the levels in Britain and the US. The company will also
give back 20 per cent of profits to be spent on hospitals and clinics and
share knowledge about potential drugs currently protected by patents.
Drug companies have been repeatedly criticised for failing to drop Read the rest of this entry »
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You might think asking people about their own health would be a fairly unreliable indicator for public health officials. But, Giles says, “It does do very well in terms of being a predictor, in terms of overall mortality and overall morbidity.”
Americans also answered questions about health insurance, smoking, seat belt use, flu shots, cancer screenings and chronic health conditions. Of the 156 communities included in this year’s CDC report, Provo, Read the rest of this entry »