Alicia Silverstone will launch “The Kind Diet,” in the fall of 2009
Alicia Silverstone will launch “The Kind Diet,” in the fall of 2009. The book explores the connection between what we put in our bodies and what we’re doing to the planet, and how choosing the right foods in the kitchen can help you feeling lighter, sexier, and more alive than you ever thought possible. The book will include a 3-step diet program and 75 vegan and macrobiotic recipes. Read the rest of this entry »
Cutting back on fats, fruit for a more effective diet
Wed, 12/10/2008 10:57 AM | Health
Ade Rai is Indonesia’s most famous bodybuilder and a passionate advocate of good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Every second week, he will be offering professional advice and answering your questions through this column.
This week I would like to take the time to discuss questions from one letter, as I see this letter requires a wide spectrum of answers Read the rest of this entry »
NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(
)–Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) and Curves
International,
Inc., the world’s largest fitness club franchisor, announced a strategic
partnership today that will bring the award-winning Healthways
SilverSneakers
Fitness Program to 6,500 Curves locations in
50 states beginning Jan. 1, 2009. The agreement more than triples the
total number of SilverSneakers participating locations to Read the rest of this entry »
ATS Medical Closes $20 Mln. Equity Financing With Essex Woodlands Health Ventures – Quick Facts
(RTTNews) -
Monday, ATS Medical Inc. (ATSI:
) said it closed a $20 million equity financing with Essex Woodlands Health Ventures. ATS Medical issued and sold to Essex Woodlands 8.51 million shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $2.35 per share and warrants to purchase 2.53 million shares of common stock Read the rest of this entry »
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 30, 2008
Women who smoke have a significantly higher risk of suffering a potentially fatal rupture of the aorta, the main artery carrying blood from the heart, a national women’s study reveals.
The Women’s Health Initiative, launched in 1991, is the first to report the risks of abdominal aortic aneurysm in women, said J. David Curb, principal investigator in Hawaii for the study, which included 3,600 isle participants. Read the rest of this entry »
The deal, announced yesterday, would allow Ford to pay as much as half of its $13.2 billion obligation to retirees with stock rather than cash, a bargain that essentially relieves the company of the cash requirement but makes health care a far riskier proposition for retirees. The agreement must still be ratified by union members and win court approval.
“The modifications will protect jobs for UAW members by ensuring the long-term viability of the Read the rest of this entry »
Peanut butter and peanut paste manufactured by the Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) has been tied to the salmonella outbreak that has sickened 501 people in 43 states and is believed to have contributed to eight deaths.
The Food and Drug Administration said that its inspection of the PCA plant in Blakely, Ga., found records of 12 instances in which plant officials identified salmonella in ingredients or finished products. The products should not have Read the rest of this entry »
Palm Beach drug injury lawyer, Susan Ramsey, says Medicaid has unsafe drugs
West Palm Beach drug injury lawyer, Susan Ramsey, injury attorney says Medicaid allows unsafe drugs. FDA unapproved drugs allows injuries and deaths.
Medicaid, a division of the U.S. Government Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) http://www.cms.hhs.gov/, is a state administered program funded by the federal government. Medicaid provides medical coverage to Read the rest of this entry »
It was Democracy 101 — nine citizen-soldiers responding to a battle call for government reform, gathered around lattes and quiche in a downtown San Jose cafe, brainstorming ways to help President-elect Barack Obama ride to the rescue of an expensive, bloated and inequitable health care system.
At the invitation of the Obama-Biden Transition Project, the grass-roots gang, most of whom had never met, filled a corner of Caffe Trieste for two Read the rest of this entry »
“Workers and their unions have been the focus of the Republican attack. Their motivation could not be more obvious, or their agenda more wrongheaded. They simply want to eliminate unions, and are using the proposed government-supported legislation for the auto industry to further their agenda. Unions, however, have been the vehicle for economic growth, economic equity and the American Dream. When the percentage of workers in unions was higher, wage Read the rest of this entry »