People in the Horseheads area have a new way to stay healthy and fit.
Snap Fitness, a nationwide fitness franchise, opened a new location Tuesday at the Village Plaza near Jubilee Foods on Westinghouse Road.
Snap Fitness of Horseheads includes a full range of strength training, free weight and cardio equipment, including treadmills, arc trainers and stationary bicycles.
The new facility features all Cybex equipment, the gold standard in high-performance Read the rest of this entry »
Diet soda is on its way out of public school vending machines in Colorado, but it may be a while before the last cans and bottles disappear.
The state Board of Education just released rules to implement a new law that tightens regulations on what kind of beverages can be dispensed in schools. The law, which goes into effect July 1, essentially says that drinks must have some nutritional value. But districts that have contracts with vendors can continue Read the rest of this entry »
President Barack Obama reversed the Bush Administration’s ban on allowing federal money to be given to foundations allowing abortions and providing abortion information just a few days after his inauguration.
What is known as the “Mexico City policy,” because it was first brought up at a U.S. delegation for a UN International Conference on population, the policy has changed back and forth since the Reagan Administration.
“Planned Parenthood thanks Read the rest of this entry »
Of the
many crises President Barack Obama faces, few are more urgent than
preventing the needless deaths of half a million people this year. This
is the number of women who die annually from a lack of basic
reproductive health services. Unlike the global recession, climate
change, and other disasters compounded by George W. Bush, the crisis of
maternal mortality is easily resolved. Last week, Obama took an
important first step by rescinding the “global Read the rest of this entry »
When my employer, Klipsch Group, offered a health screening by ProMotion Fitness for the first time in 2004, I knew I had high blood pressure — but I was ignoring it — and I knew I was overweight. But I had no idea I was diabetic. My glucose reading came back well over 500. Anything below 100 is non- diabetic. I was told to see my doctor right away.
I went in for a physical exam, and my doctor said I needed to get insulin shots. I also got medication Read the rest of this entry »
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than tripled in market value, after the company said its
imaging agent for magnetic resonance angiography was approved
by U.S. health regulators.
The company said intravascular contrast agent Vasovist,
which is marketed in 34 countries outside the United States,
was approved for use in detecting narrow or blocked blood
vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the heart.
“Our strategy Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – An epilepsy drug used to
treat partial seizures in adults can cause excessive acidity of
the blood in some patients, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration said on Monday.
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The condition, known as metabolic acidosis, can include a
variety Read the rest of this entry »
MUNSTER — Ron and Lori Moskovsky recently celebrated one year helping residents get fit at their business, Zone Fitness, in Eastwood Mall.
Ron has more than 25 years of experience helping clients develop personal training programs.
“The big difference is that we work with people on an individual basis,” said Ron, the lead trainer. “We set up a program based on what (the client) wants to accomplish.”
About 400 clients — from teens looking Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
LIKE EVERY other genre in the bookstores of Dublin, Cork and Galway, or should I say Newry, the health and medically related volumes are hanging off the shelves desperate for the oxygen from your hard-earned wallet.
And, for the most part, there are some seriously interesting attractions to get you thinking over Christmas and into the New Year.
So, without further ado, here are some of the best of what’s available. Read the rest of this entry »
The drug comes from goats whose DNA was altered to produce a drug needed by patients with a rare blood disorder.
Using animals as factories to produce medications needed by humans has been a long-standing goal, and federal officials emphasized that the technique not only has vast potential for patients, but also that it can be carried out without harm to the animals.
The drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration yesterday, called ATryn, Read the rest of this entry »