pledged on Thursday to work with lawmakers of both parties in a grass roots, ideology-free campaign to revamp the nation’s struggling health care system.
“We will be guided by evidence and effectiveness, not by ideology,” Mr. Daschle told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions after saying that he wanted “to work with each of you” on ways to improve health care for all Americans.
“When Read the rest of this entry »
Health and fitness calendar for the week beginning Sunday, Feb. 15
• Published February 15, 2009
7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Debbi’s Dance Etc., 6715 Martin Way E., Olympia. Teens welcome. Registration required. 360-456-6350 or
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7 p.m. Tuesdays, Studio One Dance and Acro Centre, 3660 Pacific Ave. S.E., Suite B, Olympia. 360-412-8225.
A.M. Booty Camp:
5:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays, The Strong Center, 1820 Read the rest of this entry »
Dallas workout groups combine fun, fitness
11:33 AM CST on Monday, January 12, 2009
By ELSA K. SIMCIK / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
When it’s time to exercise, you could grab your iPod, head outside and go for a run. You might even consider it your “me time,” a chance to be alone with your own thoughts. But if you were to go to, let’s say, soccer practice for your workout or meet up with your inline skating Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Costner was taken to the hospital on Tuesday after the actor began to feel ill while behind the wheel, Access Hollywood has learned.
The actor called 911 after feeling unwell.
“Kevin experienced some light-headedness while he was driving,” a rep for the actor told Access.
According to the rep, the actor did not have a major health scare.
“(He) was checked out at the hospital and released after tests found that everything was normal,” Read the rest of this entry »
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Many Americans are starved for sleep, and experts said the results may be showing up on your scale.
Numerous studies suggest not getting sufficient sleep makes it more difficult to lose weight or keep it off. Experts said restful sleep raises the level of a hormone that regulates hunger, but not getting enough sleep increases a hormone that stimulates the appetite.
Sleep experts Michael Breus, Ph.D. and Steven Lamm, M.D., created a “Sleep Diet” Read the rest of this entry »
Baseball player Alex Rodriguez finally came clean Monday, admitting he took performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-2003 while he played with the Texas Rangers.
The admission follows a Sports Illustrated report that Rodriguez was one of 104 players who tested positive for such drugs in a 2003 survey.
It’s important to note that at the time Major League Baseball had no policy banning such substances. It conducted the tests to determine how Read the rest of this entry »
It is often said that to stay healthy one must eat meat; however, a combination of vegetable proteins, supplements and fortified foods can easily fulfill one’s nutritional needs.
Vegetable proteins contain small amounts of various amino acids; the right combinations of vegetables can provide the body with its required protein.
In many parts of the world, people adopt vegetable protein-based or vegan diets for religious reasons, as they consider Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sitting month’ is the Chinese tradition for postpartum customs. Available studies indicate that some of the traditional postpartum practices are potentially harmful for women’s health.
However, no intervention study aiming at postpartum practices has been performed. In this paper we evaluated the effect of a health and nutrition education intervention, which focused on improving postpartum dietary quality and optimal health behaviors.
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American Medical Systems, headquartered in Minnetonka, Minn., is a
diversified supplier of medical devices and procedures to cure erectile
dysfunction, benign prostate hyperplasia, incontinence, menorrhagia,
prolapse and other pelvic disorders in men and women. These disorders
can significantly diminish one’s quality of life and profoundly affect
social relationships. In recent years, the number of people seeking Read the rest of this entry »