Clear a safe, open space to move and dance. Sit in this space with the children and discuss the moon and what it is.After the children have told what they know about the moon, describe it as a celestial object that orbits the earth.The moon is the earth’s natural satellite.
blast off, space flight, moonwalk, orbit, and splash down
.Have each child find his/her own perfect spot and explore the movements associated with each phase of the space Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, mentioned as a top candidate for health secretary, said Sunday she has not talked with President Barack Obama about joining his Cabinet.
“There really isn’t anything to tell. I haven’t had any meetings about the position,” Sebelius, 60, said in an interview with The Associated Press during the winter meeting of the National Governors Association.
Pressed on whether she had spoken to Obama Read the rest of this entry »

Rockville, MD (Jan. 15)
. The
’s purpose is to enhance the quality and reliability of test results that importers submit to FDA to demonstrate that their products meet requirements. The guidance advises importers about how to use accredited laboratories and makes recommendations about the quality and type of test data and information that these laboratories should produce to support test results submitted to FDA. Nonaccredited laboratories Read the rest of this entry »

What do you get when you combine the old sayings “You are what you eat” and “I feel like a million bucks” with public-policymaking?
The government-generated food pyramid and health advisories support the notion that we are what we eat. If you eat healthy food, you will be healthier, we are told. Eat too much, get fat. Eat poison, certainly get poisoned.
Now, after decades of warnings about heavy metals in some fish and Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Minnesota men’s hockey team will have to forge onward without its head coach.
The unknown illness that has Don Lucia sidelined will keep him home next weekend when the Gophers play the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.
Lucia, 50, looking slightly fatigued, addressed the media Saturday night during the Gophers’ 3-2 overtime victory over Northeastern in the championship game of the Dodge Holiday Classic at Mariucci Arena, Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON (AFP) — British women are more worried about their weight and ageing than about developing cancer, according to an online poll released Wednesday.
Stress was also of more concern than the potentially killer disease, which was cited as the main health worry by less than two percent of women, the poll of more than 1,000 women showed.
The findings give weight to critics who argue that media pressure to be young and slim is having a Read the rest of this entry »

Nov. 17, 2008 – 1:02 p.m.
to take office next year or for the 111th Congress to convene, Senate Democratic leaders this week are escalating discussions about an ambitious overhaul of the health care system.
, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, and
, D-Mass., who chairs the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, plan to meet Tuesday to discuss how to craft an overhaul that would fall under the jurisdiction of both committees. Read the rest of this entry »

CARLSBAD
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Back in the early 1960s, astronauts underwent rigorous physicals to qualify for the space program, so they did what they could to stay in shape.
“We found this little health spa in downtown Houston called the President's Club,” said James Lovell of Apollo 13 fame.
Lovell said all of the first astronauts trained there, including Alan Shepard, John Glen, Scott Carpenter and Virgil “Gus” Grissom. “We Read the rest of this entry »

Unlike all other developed countries that have some form of government-sponsored universal health care, most health care in this country is purchased, said Kevin Dahill, head of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council. And we pay more for those services than other countries, said Gerard Anderson, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
One reason for this, said Arthur Gianelli, chief executive of
, is that hospitals get higher reimbursements Read the rest of this entry »

12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, October 26, 2008
Have you gotten your flu shot yet?
I’m scheduled to get mine tomorrow. But someone is urging me to reconsider.
The question is: Should you take medical advice from the same guy who treats your grub worms and powdery mildew?
Local organic gardening guru Howard Garrett calls himself “The Dirt Doctor.” But now he’s expanding his practice.
Last week, his e-mail newsletter gave no gardening advice, just Read the rest of this entry »