Events that focus on physical and mental health, well-being and fitness, including runs, walks, exercise events, classes, health screenings, mental health screenings and support information, support groups starting up. Deadline is two weeks before event date.
Nov. 13
CareCoach: Lake Forest Hospital’s CareCoach mobile health unit offers Lake County residents childhood immunizations and health screenings, including blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol Read the rest of this entry »
Kennedy's Family Health Services has moved into its new and expanded home.Staff and patients were able to tour the new facility following its ribbon cutting on Tuesday. The new facility has nearly doubled in size, and offers three additional examination rooms, an expanded waiting area and other features. Kennedy's Family Health Services offers family practice, OB/GYN services, internal medicine and support services.
“You can have your Read the rest of this entry »
Then she overheard a friend make a cellphone call. “I heard her say, ‘Mom, will you let me go to more field trips if you don’t get mad at what I’m about to tell you? We’ve been in an accident.’ ”
Two of the 14 adult chaperons were also treated and released by local hospitals.
The drivers, Ulises Torres, 22, of Los Angeles and Carmen Gutierrez, 35, of Compton, were routinely evaluated at the scene for signs of drug and alcohol intoxication, but Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2008)
— Emergency room doctors and nurses around the nation worry that hospitals are not adequately prepared to handle casualties from a radioactive ‘dirty bomb,’ said researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
The finding underscores the need for better hospital preparedness training and clearer guidelines for managing radiological events, the researchers said. A dirty bomb combines conventional Read the rest of this entry »
Fitness 2000 and Shapes for Women in Loughrea believes that exercise is not only essential for a healthy body but a healthy mind too. Doctors and healthcare practitioners are prescribing exercise more and more as only 30 minutes activity per day can effectively improve the quality of your life. It can lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and many other serious illnesses.
Fitness 2000, now in its eighth year of business, is Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Sunday, October 12, 2008
Despite age gap, Obama, McCain set for heavy lifting
In this mass-media age, the health and fitness of presidential candidates often is equated with their fitness to lead.
But should someone’s health, vigor and resting pulse rate make a whit of difference as a barometer of performance as president? And is it fair to compare the health and wellness of candidates who have a 25-year age gap, as is the case with Read the rest of this entry »
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A 47-year-old Stuart man was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a church, tampering with evidence and resisting arrest without violence, according to an arrest affidavit released Sunday.
Alfred Crosby, of the 400 block of Southeast Lake Drive , is being held on $53,000 bond after being arrested by the Stuart Police Department early Sunday morning.
According to the report, deputies were responding Read the rest of this entry »
Sen. Max. Baucus’s Dec. 2 Letter ”
” has so many howlers that it strains credulity that the man could believe everything he’s saying. But, then, the senator has been in Washington, D.C., for a long time.
Let’s just go with one, in the first paragraph. His reform “will simply [love that word!] preclude insurers from discriminating against those who are sick.” This is analogous to saying that property and casualty insurers should be precluded from Read the rest of this entry »
is in the hospital after breaking her pelvis in a fall at her home.
Don’t panic. She fell last week. But Ronald Reagan’s 87-year-old widow only admitted herself to hospital this week after “experiencing persistent pain.”
So you could say that Nancy Reagan has fallen but she did get up. I’m telling ya, this little lady is tough!
, explaining that tests at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center show she suffered a fracture to her pelvis and sacrum. Read the rest of this entry »
Retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other stores typically attract insured and uninsured patients who are seeking help for a small group of easy-to-treat illnesses or preventive care and do not otherwise have a regular health care provider, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
“These clinics appear to attract patients who are not routine users of the current health care system,” said lead author Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a professor Read the rest of this entry »