In an economic downturn, some people are dealing with the pressure by upping their exercise routine and setting new fitness goals. Glendale resident Lisa Olona, owner of Northwest Valley Adventure Boot Camp, runs a variety of four-week fitness programs spanning Glendale and Peoria. She said she has seen an uptick in enrollment from those coping with new financial or professional pressures and looking to unwind.
“(Exercise) helps motivate people, Read the rest of this entry »
ADDISON, IL -
With consumer confidence at an all-time low, more residents are shying away from spending money on luxuries such as gym memberships.
And many people looking to work out are turning to park district fitness centers and YMCAs, which typically offer shorter and more variable types of memberships.
Brad Warren, associate executive director for the B.R. Ryall YMCA in Glen Ellyn, said area Ys have seen an increase in use over the past Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Sunday, October 12, 2008
Despite age gap, Obama, McCain set for heavy lifting
In this mass-media age, the health and fitness of presidential candidates often is equated with their fitness to lead.
But should someone’s health, vigor and resting pulse rate make a whit of difference as a barometer of performance as president? And is it fair to compare the health and wellness of candidates who have a 25-year age gap, as is the case with Read the rest of this entry »
The FDA declared milk and meat from cloned cows safe a year ago, but Illinois dairies and consumers aren’t buying it.
Consumer fears continue to ensure that milk from cloned animals stay out of grocery dairy cases in Chicago for the time being.
But even with consumer acceptance, expensive and inefficient technology will hold such products in check for the near future.
Dairy companies all across the country are adhering to a “voluntary moratorium” Read the rest of this entry »
Phoenix, AZ, November 16, 2008 –(
)– Local Phoenix, Arizona fat loss expert Curtis Hoekstra is the founder of Arizona Fitness Boot Camp, which employs Rapid Fire Interval workouts . The program offers rapid fat loss group training workouts claiming twice the results in less than half the time with their 30-minute express workouts that are a third the cost of typical one-on-one personal training. Their first location was launched in Phoenix back Read the rest of this entry »
For the Primacy-Family First Health Centre – which originally opened its doors in 2005 and is housed inside the Real Canadian Superstore on Innes Road – the facility celebrated the launch of their newly-expanded centre this past weekend.
Now with an additional 9,000-sq.-ft of space, the facility can better accommodate patients and the two newest staff physicians brought on since last July, explains executive director Ranyani Perera, both of Read the rest of this entry »
I've had several calls over the past few months from folks asking for an update on my fitness program.
Perhaps you recall in January 2008 I embarked on a journey that I realize will likely have no real end – because it's a way of life.
I called it Finding Fitness at 50.
Needless to say, I did not find fitness at the age of 50, but I certainly moved closer to it than I've ever been. I'm 51 now and I'm still pressing on. Read the rest of this entry »
. According to the
, which focused on New York City, although births in city hospitals “still vastly outnumber those in its homes,” many local midwives report that their normal workloads of two to four deliveries per month have increased to as many as 10. Several certified nurse midwives who conduct home births exclusively said they have received so many requests in recent months that they have begun referring pregnant women to midwives in areas Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Daschle seemed like the perfect candidate for one of the most important jobs in the new administration — secretary of health and human services.
He had served both in the House and the Senate, was an expert on health care and was a close friend and longtime supporter of President Barack Obama.
But on Tuesday, all that promise evaporated when Daschle withdrew his name from nomination after a series of disclosures on unfiled taxes, undeclared Read the rest of this entry »
Despite failures, search for anti-obesity drugs still looks golden
PARIS (AFP) — Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world’s fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.
After investing a sum rumoured to be in the hundreds of millions of euros (dollars), Sanofi-Aventis of France announced last Wednesday it was abandoning its drug rimonabant, Read the rest of this entry »