Cookeville Regional will hold a Fitness Clinic on January 31 from 7am-10am in the Education Center.
The Fitness clinic will offer individuals the opportunity to participate in affordable screenings and visit with numerous educational booths to assist with healthy living in 2009.
Participants can also receive free screenings such as blood pressure, gait analysis, spine assessment, height, weight, orthotic consults and oxygen saturation.
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The BOSU Balance Trainer is an incredible workout tool that can be used at home.A complete full body workout is easily accomplished in as little as 20 minutes.The BOSUprovides your body withtraining in strength, cardiovascular, balance, and core.Plus all skill levels are taking advantage of this great tool from the stay at home mom to
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To start, makesure your BOSU is filled with air properly. When you Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors at the San Mateo Medical Center left a five-inch catheter inside a Foster City man’s heart, causing an infection that complicated
his fight against cancer, then tried to cover up the mistake, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Alan Paolucci, 52, says the San Mateo County-run hospital should have known that a catheter being used to treat his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had broken off from a port in his chest after he began treatment in Read the rest of this entry »
Mueller design may encourage fitness, expert says
UT professor to study exercise habits at Mueller, see whether it can become model for other communities.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Harold “Bill” Kohl III stands on a hillside overlooking the Mueller housing development. He sees picnic tables, walking trails and a blueprint for healthier lifestyles.
“This was a runway,” he says, strolling across the park between the houses and apartments Read the rest of this entry »
Angela Askren doesn’t deny she’s made mistakes in her life.
Chief among them: getting hooked on prescription painkillers and writing fake prescriptions for herself.
It cost her a job as a medical assistant and landed her in jail. Four years ago, Askren met Steven Brower. Both were in recovery. Askren, now 30, has been clean for four years, Brower, 41, for 5 1/2.
Three years ago, more than a year after they began dating and just a short time Read the rest of this entry »
BLOOMINGTON — Twin City residents will have another place to go to keep their New Year’s fitness resolutions.
Cardinal Fitness is expected to open in the 8,400-square-foot space between Premium Pet Supply and Sun Loan Co. in Colonial Plaza, at the corner of Empire Street and Veterans Parkway in Bloomington, in late February or early March, said co-owner Brad Feinsmith.
New members can sign up now.
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Hale Makua, Maui’s largest long-term care facility, has changed its name to
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CEO Tony Krieg said in a statement on Friday that the rebranding was a move to better reflect the breadth of programs and services Hale Makua offers and redefine itself as a modern, noninstitutional facility.
They include skilled nursing and long-term care, home health care, rehabilitation and the federally funded — P.A.C.E. or Program for All-Inclusive Read the rest of this entry »
Question: So here I am, quite frankly disgusted at my failed attempts at New Year’s Resolutions of losing weight. I desperately need to lose at least 30 pounds and every time I try, I end up quitting. What do I do this year to make it different than the last?
Answer: It can feel so defeating to have tried to lose weight and not accomplished your goal. But take heart — most people fail before succeeding. It takes trial and error to find a workout Read the rest of this entry »
The Food and Drug Administration has declared a natural zero-calorie sweetener derived from the herb stevia as safe for use in foods in beverages, clearing a path for Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and other companies to market it in a variety of products.
The FDA issued letters to Cargill Inc. and Whole Earth Sweetener Co., a unit of Merisant Co., stating that it has no objections to the use of a highly purified form of stevia as a general purpose Read the rest of this entry »
Fresh from a fight with Katy Perry,
has again reached the headlines, this time for her stance on drugs. This quote in British music magazine The Word has caught the eye of tabloid journalists across the globe: “The only story is that drugs are bad and they will kill you. I know lots of people who take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work. But we never hear that side of the story. I wish people wouldn’t sensationalize it. Some Read the rest of this entry »