If the Wii has Wii Fit, then Nintendo’s smaller handheld console, the DS, now has the ”
” fitness game that encourages walking as an outdoor activity. The game comes bundled with a couple of pedometers dubbed as “Activity Meters” that players have to bring with them wherever they go. These pedometers are not much bigger than a coin and will measure your activity throughout one day. After you get through a week, you can transfer the data on the pedometer Read the rest of this entry »
Even though Fat Tuesday is about paczkis, pancakes are flying off the griddle Tuesday for a great cause.
From 7:00 this morning until 10:00 tonight IHOP restaurants are giving away free stacks of pancakes in exchange for a donation to Riley Children’s Hospital.
In Mishawaka folks lined up out the door around 8:00am for some flapjacks.
The fundraiser also benefits the Children’s Miracle Network.
You can simply go in, give a donation and you Read the rest of this entry »
MANSFIELD — When MedCentral Health & Fitness Center manager Brady Groves talks about helping members clear physical and psychological hurdles, he’s speaking from experience.
Some 30 years ago, he plowed through both kinds of roadblocks as an undersized, 151-pound center on the Malabar High School football team.
“Some people put up psychological barriers about exercise,” Groves, 48, said. “Maybe they’re struggling with depression or a spouse doesn’t Read the rest of this entry »
UAW: A Seat on Ford’s Board?
In order to extricate itself from billions in health-care obligations, Ford may be forced to make the UAW its largest single shareholder
) reached a tentative agreement, announced Monday, with the
to pay $6.6 billion in obligations to the union’s health-care trust fund in stock. The agreement could pave the way for the union to become
largest single shareholder.
, which are both negotiating with the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »
Two new publications,
,” shine a spotlight squarely on black women’s health. And for good reason: They’re more likely than white women to succumb to top killers. African-American women are 35 percent more likely to die from heart disease, for example, according to the National Women’s Health Information Center. African-Americans overall don’t get the same level of heart disease care as whites because they don’t undergo the same tests and treatments. Read the rest of this entry »
CHARLESTON W.Va. — With brand-name drug manufacturers spending millions on direct-to-consumer advertising in West Virginia every year, a Charleston consumer group has started an initiative to encourage the purchase of generic prescription medications.
The Mountain State Education and Research Foundation plans to work with community organizations, pharmacists and medical professionals to get the word out that generic drugs are safe, effective and Read the rest of this entry »
A man who died after being stabbed at a bungalow in north Hampshire had just been released from prison.
Dwayne Ayres, 20, of Yateley, died in hospital after he was found at a house in Holt Way, Hook, early on Sunday.
Post-mortem tests showed he died from stab wounds. A murder inquiry is under way and eight men and one woman have been arrested and remain in custody.
Mr Ayres was jailed for two-and-a-half years in 2007 after being convicted of Read the rest of this entry »
A 23-year-old man was the victim of an early morning shooting today in San Francisco’s Alamo Square neighborhood, authorities said.
The victim was identified by the medical examiner’s office as Leo Jia Jian Yu, a San Francisco resident.
Police said the shooting took place outside at Pierce and Turk streets, three blocks north of Alamo Square, just before 2 a.m.
Yu was taken to San Francisco General Hospital and pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., Read the rest of this entry »
Stroller Strides, a fitness franchise aimed at mothers and expecting mothers, recently opened a new location at the Poughkeepsie Galleria.
The franchise is owned by Karen Riggio and Kristen McLaughlin, under the entity Dutchess County Stroller Strides, and offers fitness classes for mothers while incorporating activities for babies.
Riggio said in a news release, Our decision to open a new Stroller Strides franchise is a testament to the uniqueness Read the rest of this entry »
From next week, Auckland men can be tested for HIV and a range of other sexually-transmitted infections all at one central location on Monday evenings.
The NZ AIDS Foundation has joined with Auckland Sexual Health Services to provide a full and free sexual health screening service for men at the NZAF’s Burnett Centre in Ponsonby, Auckland.
Wayne Otter,the Foundation’sRegional Manager for Auckland and Northern New Zealand, describes the new services Read the rest of this entry »