New online fitness program – VirtualFitnessCoach.com – has launched offering members customized exercise and nutrition plans, daily personal guidance, motivation and feedback, all in a virtual form by world class trainer Mel O'Keefe.
Charleston, SC (
) December 26, 2008 — VirtualFitnessCoach.com – an interactive fitness program that gives members daily personal guidance and feedback from their own virtual trainer – has launched at
. The Read the rest of this entry »
Posted By Angela Brown, The Daily Graphic
It was an opportunity for women’s to share their concerns about healthcare.
Roughly 25 women’s attended a public meeting at Southport on Tuesday evening to discuss women’s healthcare.
The meeting was jointly organized by Manitoba Health; Manitoba Status of Women; The Women’s Health Clinic; and the RHA.
The meeting provided an opportunity for organizers to present a report, A Profile of Women’s Health Read the rest of this entry »
If you’ve been watching what you eat and have either lost weight or kept it off this year, map your strategy now for navigating the treacherous stretch from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. Here are some tasty ideas for avoiding diet disasters.
Elevate your activity levels: Starting now, park farther from the mall or supermarket entrance. It’ll be easier to find a spot, and while you’re walking in you can plan out your shopping.
Volunteer at a local Read the rest of this entry »
Researchers are finding the first evidence that some Asian immigrant families are using U.S. medical technology to have sons instead of daughters, apparently acting on an age-old cultural prejudice that has led to high ratios of boys to girls in parts of China and India.
The new research, produced by independent teams of economists who arrived at similar conclusions, focused on Indian, Chinese and Korean families who first had girls and then used Read the rest of this entry »
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — Patients’ advocates claimed victory
in a battle over the privacy of health records as the U.S.
Congress prepares to vote on the economic stimulus bill, which
contains $19 billion for health-care information.
U.S. House and Senate negotiators’ compromise reflects
stricter standards that privacy advocates wanted for marketing,
selling and disclosing health data. Both houses may vote on the
$789 billion stimulus today. Read the rest of this entry »
The launch of Equipment for Sports, a new website featuring high quality sports equipment from top brand name sports equipment suppliers, has recently been announced.
United Kingdom (PRunderground) February 16, 2009 –
The launch of Equipment for Sports, a new website featuring high quality sports equipment from top brand name sports equipment suppliers, has recently been announced.
will carry sports products from leading brand names such Read the rest of this entry »
Bombs killed at least eight people Sunday across Iraq and wounded dozens of others, officials said. Syria's president blamed the U.S. military presence for Iraq's instability and called on U.S. troops toleave.
In the northern city of Mosul, a roadside bomb ripped through an Iraqi army patrol soon after sundown, killing three soldiers and wounding four others, policesaid.
U.S. and Iraqi troops have been fighting for months to clear al-Qaida Read the rest of this entry »
KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell may make a nutritionist balk, but Yum Brands, the parent company of all three, wants to give customers free personal fitness training online.
A free month on the program,
, is available on the fast-food chains’ Web sites and at
. After the free month, people can continue for $6 a month.
In a news release, Yum said the program includes customized fitness programs, identifies eating patterns and has tools to help Read the rest of this entry »
The connection? Too much time spent watching ads for fast food restaurants, snacks and other unhealthy food choices, University of Minnesota researchers say.
“Television watching impacts diet choices adolescents make five years later,” said lead researcher Daheia Barr-Anderson, an assistant professor of kinesiology.
Barr-Anderson also speculates that eating while watching TV makes children more likely to consume the foods they see advertised. Read the rest of this entry »
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:50
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer Seibel
Newsom will promote a charity event this morning benefiting the city’s
fitness initiative.
The program, “Shape Up San Francisco,” promotes healthy eating and
physical activity.
All day Tuesday, seven local Crunch fitness clubs will have
trainers offer guests personal training sessions for $30 or $50, with
proceeds donated to the initiative.
Newsom Read the rest of this entry »