On a medical mission Rotarians bring help, education to farmers in Nigeria
From lancing boils and extracting infected teeth to making fuel discs from garbage and eyeglasses from bicycle spokes, Libertyville Rotarians have made an impact in Nigeria.
Nurse Teri Dreher, Dr. Anthony Collins and his 11-year-old daughter, Shea, and Bob Zamor recently returned from Umuagwo, Nigeria, where they spent an intense two weeks providing care and instruction Read the rest of this entry »

Jelena Jankovic had a stellar 2008, earning the world No. 1 ranking and reaching the semifinals or better at three of the four GrandSlams.
But the 23-year-old Serbian says she has never before tried hard to stay in good physicalshape.
“I have never paid so much attention to being fit. Many people thought I was very fit because I look fit. But in general, I was never really fit and I always had problems when I had to play tough matches,” Jankovic Read the rest of this entry »

Life Time Fitness, Inc.
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operates distinctive and large,
multi-use sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation
and resort and spa centers. The company also provides consumers with
personal training consultation, full-service spas and cafes, corporate
wellness programs, health and nutrition education, the healthy lifestyle
magazine, Experience Life, athletic events, and nutritional products. Read the rest of this entry »

For her part, Kozloff said, “I saw my sister through endless tests and treatments. We walked, we shopped, we watched movies and we ate. I’d watch her knit, and we talked. Together, we listened to the doctors and got strength from each other.”
Her sister died a year after her diagnosis.
Walk into any doctor’s waiting room, and you probably wouldn’t be surprised to see an elderly patient with a companion. A study exploring the efficacy of companions Read the rest of this entry »

HORSHAM, Pa., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ — After the lengthy holiday period of overindulging, it’s no surprise that weight loss is once again amongst the most popular of New Year’s resolutions. Arnold is pleased to introduce the I Heart Bread Diet, a program designed to help dieters lower caloric intake without depriving themselves. The plan is easy: simply swap out your traditional bakery products in exchange for great-tasting Arnold Sandwich Thins and Read the rest of this entry »

Wed, Oct 15, 2008 (2 a.m.)
Two days before their first wedding anniversary, Andrea Duncan woke up to find her husband, Clint, beside her, dead of a prescription drug overdose.
It was Sept. 17, 2005, and instead of celebrating their marriage, the 26-year-old was planning her husband’s funeral.
Despondent, she wrote in a note addressed to no one that she wanted to be with her husband, her soul mate, “in heaven.” Her parents believe she Read the rest of this entry »

(Feb. 13, 2:00 p.m.) Two high-profile Congressional hearings less than a week apart brought new scrutiny and stronger calls for Congressional reform of federal oversight for food safety.
A Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Feb. 5 and a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Feb. 11 reviewed issues surrounding the salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter. The hearings included testimony from victims of the outbreak, as well as examination Read the rest of this entry »

– Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Health
Care Policy and Research and Geriatric Medicine at the University of
Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
— Dr. Bill Crounse, MD, Healthcare Industry Director for the Microsoft
Corporation
— Carol Levine, Director of the United Hospital Fund’s Families and
Health Care Project
— Adam Bosworth former Vice President Read the rest of this entry »

When Jason Glunt quit working for his grandfather’s floral business in Sacramento, Calif., he decided the next job must be, at the least, adventurous, if not different.
A business major from San Diego State University, the 26-year-old’s many Korean-American friends pointed him toward a decent paying job, with the added bonus of a fun and wild life — in Asia.
Two years later, Glunt teaches English to elementary school students in one of the most Read the rest of this entry »

Solar Lights Providing Needed Security, Bring Normalcy
By Dan Martin Jr.
2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div., MND-B
BAGHDAD – A Men’s Health Magazine study has linked depression, loss of sociability and lethargy to darkness. These studies are based on the psychological effects of the lack of light. The lack of light, either sunlight or artificial, also has definite strategic effects.
Groups who oppose the current operations in Iraq use the darkness Read the rest of this entry »