In Sunday’s Chicago Tribune, we ran a list of
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But if you can spend a little more, here are a few more ideas:
(I’ll be updating this periodically over the next several weeks. Send your ideas to
or add them to the comments below.)
If you know someone who’s already navigating the lakefront with an iPod Nano, Nike+ is a possible gift option. Developed in partnership with Apple, Nike+ works with the nano to tell runners everything they need Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget Barack Obama’s staff making contact with a governor charged with corruption. What’s got everyone talking is the president-elect’s fine first form.
“FIT FOR OFFICE: Buff Bam is Hawaii hunk,” the New York Post gushed on its cover Tuesday above a photo of the future president strolling without a shirt in Hawaii. The Drudge Report called him “President Beefcake” while TMZ said the president-elect is “still humble enough Read the rest of this entry »
A WOMAN has told how she begged hospital staff to find her a bed
before she miscarried her baby into a toilet.
In shock, a devastated Lisa Watt, 39, tried to retrieve the
foetus before flushing it away.
Her case is one of at least four in which miscarrying women have
complained of substandard care at Maitland Hospital, in the Hunter
Valley.
Mrs Watt said the case of Jodie Whiteside, who miscarried into a
hospital toilet on December 22, showed Read the rest of this entry »
The days get shorter. The temperatures drop. The snow covers the streets. Welcome to winter. Upon its arrival, many outdoor enthusiasts rush to hot and crowded gyms. However, something seems amiss. Where’s the fresh air, where’s the scenery, where’s the love? Without negating the fitness benefits of indoor workouts, outdoor winter exercise has some unique benefits.
During winter, reduced exposure to sunlight causes some people to suffer from Seasonal Read the rest of this entry »
February 07, 2009
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Northern Berkshire Healthcare employees were seeing red Friday — because everyone was wearing it!
,” designed to raise awareness of heart disease, especially in women.
Employees held a 50/50 raffle and had a “Best Dressed in Red” contest at North Adams Regional Hospital. This is the fourth year that NBH employees have worn red – from lipstick to complete outfits.
and we like to impress upon Read the rest of this entry »
Complaints about Georgia’s mental health system may soon draw independent state investigations, as the launch of an ombudsman office has suddenly gained momentum.
Gov. Sonny Perdue this week announced a panel that would nominate candidates for mental health ombudsman, a post established by last year’s General Assembly but left unfilled amid the state’s budget crunch.
State officials for months had given no indication that Read the rest of this entry »
or sudden cardiac death, the next step is finding out what can work as well or better to protect your heart.
, controlling
, exercising regularly and staying at a healthy weight. But some newer suggestions may surprise you.
It is not that the old advice, like eating a low-fat
or exercising vigorously, was bad advice; it was based on the best available evidence of the time and can still be very helpful. But as researchers unravel the biochemical Read the rest of this entry »
Family Care adds 100,000 uninsured
BRIDGETON – Community Health Care Inc. has announced an
expansion of its NJ Family Care program to 100,000
additional uninsured people.
Uninsured people who make up to double the federal poverty
level – $42,000 for a family of four – can now enroll in the
program at any of Community Health Care’s 10 centers to
receive health insurance coverage.
Uninsured people earning higher wages – $74,200 for a family
of Read the rest of this entry »
Polly Basak for PNN – Three hospitals were attacked on the same day in the Gaza Strip where Israeli forces disregard the Fourth Geneva Convention which prohibits targeting medical facilities, ambulances and personnel.
Since the major attacks began on 27 December, Israeli forces have hit 16 medical facilities and even more ambulances and medics.
On 15 January he Al Quds Palestinian Red Crescent Society Hospital in the Tel Al Hawa neighbourhood, Read the rest of this entry »
Consumers who have resolved to read food labels more carefully in 2009 will be happy to learn that “Eat This, Not That!” by David Zinczenko (editor in chief of Men’s Health) with Matt Goulding (food and nutrition editor of Men’s Health) has done some of the heavy lifting for you. The slender paperback offers thousands of choices, many in graphic form, organized by the way we live. Categories include “at your favorite restaurant” and “at the supermarket.” Read the rest of this entry »