The days of returning home from a cruise with 10 pounds of all-you-can-eat buffet around your waist are over. Major cruise lines have upped the fitness ante on ships with state-of-the-art gym facilities, wellness programs and spas that will help you stick to your workout routine and maybe even help you discover a new one.
For some travelers, making sure they can stay committed to their fitness program while at sea is priority No. 1. “I’m an avid Read the rest of this entry »
DURHAM – Authorities are refusing to comment on a police affidavit fingering a member of the Sigma Beta fraternity, which was raided in the fall, as the marijuana supplier to a fellow fraternity brother indicted this month on drug charges.
The affidavit, prepared by a detective with the state Attorney General’s Drug Task Force, says an undercover officer went to the Sigma Beta house on Madbury Road in August to buy drugs from David Mason, who was Read the rest of this entry »
1. Losing their Religion: Civil-Liberties Groups’ Tepid Criticism of Obama’s Faith-Based Office.
There’s a troubling timidity to the critiques of President Obama’s new Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP) and its auxiliary Advisory Council from the quarters of Washington’s civil-liberties watchdogs.
It appears that some of the justifiably proud guardians of the Constitution are still trying to find their footing in the Obama Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Kevin M. Sherin, director of the Orange County Health Department, has been elected president of the
.
He will serve two years as president of the statewide group that represents all county health departments across the state. The association works to influence public health policy and assist with training and education for county health departments to promote health and prevent disease.
Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He became director Read the rest of this entry »
Sixteen physicians will participate in a health care seminar for men from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the Buskey Science Center on the Alabama State University campus.
Admission is free.
The Men’s Health and Fitness Seminar will offer advice and information to men about early warning signs of illnesses, how better to care for themselves and how to prevent illness.
“Men tend not to take care of themselves, they don’t go to the doctor when they should,” Read the rest of this entry »
February 9th, 2009
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
Health IT is in both the House version of the stimulus bill and a Senate version due for passage today.
from what committees had suggested, most of the money is
.
There is also some magic in the analysis of the Congressional Budget Office, namely an assumption that $15 billion will be saved annually by 2016 solely because of the technology investment. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved legislation that would increase spending on children’s health insurance and extend government-sponsored coverage to 4 million uninsured children.
The bill passed 66-32 and now goes back to the House, where a similar measure was approved two weeks ago.
Democratic lawmakers consider the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program one of their top domestic priorities.
They have moved Read the rest of this entry »
The coverage at issue was established in 1996 by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. A key goal was ensuring that people who lost their jobs were able to remain insured. HIPAA works in tandem with COBRA, a federal law that extends job-based group insurance coverage, entirely at the individual’s expense, for up to three years after a person leaves or loses a job. (COBRA stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Read the rest of this entry »
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government and the richest
charity are offering bounties to a new wave of scientists to
wipe out HIV, the virus that causes AIDS and is one of the
world’s biggest killers.
Frustrated by one failure after another, the U.S. is asking
scientists to outline a major program to find a cure for HIV,
while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is offering
grants of $100,000 for researchers working on ways to drive Read the rest of this entry »
SEIU head Andy Stern predicts quick action on health care, card-check
Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, visited USA TODAY this morning and said he expects action soon on two top SEIU priorities: health care reform and a bill that would make it easier for workers to form unions.
SEIU, with 2 million members in health care and other fields, is the country’s largest and fastest growing union. Stern said its top Read the rest of this entry »