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 »

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Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez rolled out the red carpet this week for some Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department folks hoping to improve their jail system, as seen in this photo taken earlier this morning.
But officials from another large jail system also visited Dallas County this week to get some ideas on how to improve a challenged jail. The medical services team from Cook County, Illinois, also toured our jail facilities.
Chicago has Read the rest of this entry »

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03:19 PM CST on Monday, February 23, 2009
Everything, we want to believe, happens for a reason: a chance encounter, a misdialed phone number, the loss of a loved one, the choice of a college, a last-minute invitation we almost turn down.
Sometimes, saying yes instead of no, or veering right when the map says left, turns our lives onto a trail we never even saw. And we are changed forever.
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11:02 PM CST on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
sjean@dallasnews.com
Dallas residents may have a hard time finding an excuse not to be in shape, given a building boom for fitness centers.
Dozens of centers are opening across the Dallas area, with the growth led by luxury newcomers such as Equinox and the Sports Club/LA. In addition, existing clubs, such as 24 Hour Fitness and LA Fitness, are expanding.
“Dallas-Fort Read the rest of this entry »

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11:41 PM CST on Monday, February 23, 2009
The Dallas County Jail is the site of one of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken of a dangerous, drug-resistant bacterial infection that has alarmed health officials across the nation.
Last month, the Parkland Memorial Hospital staff began handing out medicated cleansing cloths to hundreds of participating inmates to see whether the cloths will stop the spread of Read the rest of this entry »

08:35 PM CST on Friday, December 26, 2008
For the second time in two years, Darrow Frazier is without health insurance. In 2006, the 42-year-old Irving man was laid off as a project manager building railroad cars. In August, his employer reassigned him to be a contract employee, which doesn’t include benefits. Mr. Frazier, whose wife is not offered health insurance through her employer, is now nervous. He drives Read the rest of this entry »

12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, October 19, 2008
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North Texas hasn’t been a major player on the national medical research and biotechnology scene – but that may be about to change.
In the past month, UT Southwestern Medical Center has announced plans for a four-building, 13-acre biotech park. And Baylor Health Care System unveiled plans for a $350 million, 450,000-square-foot research and cancer treatment center, with Read the rest of this entry »