Mars Rowell always has enjoyed working out. In 1998, he started Fitness on the Run and went to clients’ homes to work with them one-on-one. About five years ago, Rowell began offering the same personalized fitness training from his home gym. In December, he changed the name of his business to Fitness for Dumbells. Freelance writer Shannon Maynard recently sat down with Mars and Sharon Rowell to discuss the business.
Why did you decide to begin offering Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Vital Images Inc. (VTAL:
) said it signed a co-development and collaboration agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. in which the companies would enter into a mutual license of intellectual property.
Vital noted that the two companies would jointly invest to develop and deliver innovative technology advancements for Toshiba’s modalities, including the Aquilion ONE CT scanner, and Vital Images’ Read the rest of this entry »

, which owns Overland Park-based
, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at roughly $68 billion.
The transaction’s effect on Fort Dodge Animal Health is unclear. Fort Dodge spokeswoman Kelly Goss said Tuesday that the company has about 200 Kansas City-area employees.
, Fort Dodge Animal Health postponed plans for a new $40 million research and development facility in Olathe’s Kansas Bioscience Park, citing “the significant economic Read the rest of this entry »

and you could be telling the story of any of several government outfits suffering from a lack of resources that has compromised its ability to fulfill the agency’s mission.
reports that charges of private sector job bias filed with the EEOC climbed 15.2 percent last year, while staffing levels have decreased by more than 700 employees since 2000.
But EEOC is not alone. There are two, rather high-profile, examples where a resource issue may have Read the rest of this entry »

,
Feb. 5
/PRNewswire/ — MinuteClinic, the pioneer and largest provider of retail health care in
, announced that it has become a participating provider in the Preferred Blue network of BlueCross BlueShield of
.
markets. BlueCross BlueShield of
is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
“By offering quality treatment in a convenient setting, we can work with BlueCross BlueShield of
to help reduce health Read the rest of this entry »

— A state appeals court reinstated a lawsuit filed by a prisoner at East Jersey State Prison in which he contends that the company that provided medical treatment to inmates delayed giving him necessary back surgery.
Cecil Fearon, 65, who is serving a 50-year sentence for drug trafficking, eventually underwent the surgery to fuse vertebrae, but the delay hurt his chances of a full recovery, he contends.
Named as defendants are Correctional Read the rest of this entry »