Executive Vice President Dave Josserand will lead the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Josserand will serve as designate chairman of the council, which will meet twice a year and advise the president through the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Other appointees to the council, all of whom will serve the remainder of two-year terms that expire in May 2010, include New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, figure skater Read the rest of this entry »
BILLINGS – Hiding behind a vehicle parked in the lot of Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Dr. Michael Bush watched the gunman approach. Moments earlier, the emergency room physician saw his co-worker and her husband wounded by gunfire as they raced to help a fatally wounded emergency medical technician.
On Friday, six days after the attack that left two people dead, Bush described the incident as a “random act of terrible violence.” Read the rest of this entry »
Exercise specialist J.P. Ragone has been working overtime lately.
In between helping local residents train their bodies at South Jersey Healthcare Fitness Connection in Vineland, Ragone found time to answer four questions submitted last week through The Daily Journal/South Jersey Healthcare’s monthly Healthline.
The first question came from someone wondering about counting his steps.
He was interested in finding out how many steps per day he Read the rest of this entry »
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MURRIETA —- Jilda Martinez of Murrieta won’t take one of the many pills prescribed to her to treat her high blood pressure and inflamed thyroid. It’s just too expensive.
But hope is on the way for Martinez, 82, and every resident of Murrieta who relies on prescription medication.
The city has joined a program sponsored by the National League of Cities and CVS Caremark that will cut the cost of prescription Read the rest of this entry »
People who hoped, or worried, that
might be the “Health Care President” thought again when the ailing economy altered his agenda.
But it turns out the $787 billion economic-stimulus program that Obama is expected to sign today is a health-care bill after all.
“This is probably the most momentous funding initiative that has hit the health-care industry since the passage of Medicare in 1965. And it will have a bigger, quicker impact,” says Charlie Read the rest of this entry »
Unemployment rolls are swelling, causing parents and their children to lose their employer-sponsored health insurance and prompting many to turn to Arizona’s more than 90 school-based clinics.
“The people who never thought they’d be utilizing the centers are coming in now,” said Sharon Heuer, president of the Arizona School-Based Health Care Council and director of two health centers in Scottsdale. “They are saying, ‘I never would have thought it Read the rest of this entry »
During 2008 Rep. David Clark co-chaired a legislative task force on Utah’s health system, the second time in recent history that he has taken on the thankless task of examining health-system problems.
Rep. Clark, R-Santa Clara, who is the new speaker of Utah’s House of Representatives, has taken the unusual step of personally sponsoring the flagship bill among the several which emerged from the task force because, as he wrote in
on Feb. 15, he Read the rest of this entry »
Israeli forces have attacked a children’s hospital in Gaza in a fourth day of attacks after a UN Security Council call for ceasefire.
The al-Dorra children’s hospital was targeted by Israeli forces, the Palestinian al-Aqsa TV station reported early on Monday.
The attack came as clouds of smoke filled Gaza’s skyline in day 17 of Israel’s deadly military onslaught in the region.
On Sunday, Israeli aircraft also bombed and destroyed a clinic in Read the rest of this entry »
It’s that time of year — you start to think about getting into shape, and joining a gym seems like a good place to start. Before you rush to join one, here are a few tips to keep you from losing more than you bargained for.
How should I choose a gym?
Shop around. Look at all the gyms in your area. See how far they are from your home or office. Some facilities offer trial memberships. Take advantage, and don’t be pressured to join. Many gym Read the rest of this entry »
– When a new president strolls into the White House, there’s a kick in his step and a twinkle in his eyes.
But as the years go by, the high-stakes decisions, constant criticisms and the fluctuating public opinion chip away at the president. His shoulders slump a little and his energy may seem sapped.
The president ages twice as fast while in office, according to a theory advanced by Dr. Michael Roizen, a chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Read the rest of this entry »