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 »

‘Sitting month’ is the Chinese tradition for postpartum customs. Available studies indicate that some of the traditional postpartum practices are potentially harmful for women’s health.
However, no intervention study aiming at postpartum practices has been performed. In this paper we evaluated the effect of a health and nutrition education intervention, which focused on improving postpartum dietary quality and optimal health behaviors.
Methods: Read the rest of this entry »

January 23, 2009 09:04 am
Greater New Bethel AME Church will be sponsoring a health education and fitness program focusing on weight loss and spiritual growth for a prosperous new year. The orientation meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 24 at 9 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. All ages, male and female, are welcome. Doctors Tommy and Athena Randolph will be coordinating. The church is located at the corner of Glass and Lisle Avenue in Live Read the rest of this entry »

Diet soda is on its way out of public school vending machines in Colorado, but it may be a while before the last cans and bottles disappear.
The state Board of Education just released rules to implement a new law that tightens regulations on what kind of beverages can be dispensed in schools. The law, which goes into effect July 1, essentially says that drinks must have some nutritional value. But districts that have contracts with vendors can continue Read the rest of this entry »

MONDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Education does not slow the rate of cognitive decline among the elderly, new research shows.
The finding contradicts several earlier studies that suggested more education lowered the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
“Your rate of cognitive decline really doesn’t depend on the number of years of schooling you’ve had,” said study author Robert S. Wilson, a professor of neuropsychology at Rush Alzheimer’s Read the rest of this entry »

There’s no doubt about it — the dozen or so eighth-graders using the state-of-the-art fitness equipment at Mitchell Middle School one morning last week definitely were in “the zone” as they jogged and pedaled to tunes from their Ipods, sweat dotting their brows and T-shirts.
The school introduced the fitness room and rows of cardio and strength-training equipment last fall with the help of a PEP (Physical Education Program) Read the rest of this entry »

Zimbabwe crisis hurting its health care, education
By EDITH M. LEDERER –
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Zimbabwe, in the midst of a political and economic crisis, is seeing school attendance plummet, hospitals and clinics close, record cholera cases and millions going to bed hungry, according to a senior U.N. humanitarian official.
Catherine Braggs, the U.N.’s deputy emergency relief coordinator, said Wednesday that Zimbabwe is in the Read the rest of this entry »

Advocates for Children & Youth has enlisted the support of hundreds of state and local lawmakers, business groups, law enforcement leaders and some top statewide officials, including Lt. Gov.
(D), for its “Maryland Can Do Better for Children” campaign.
The starting point for the Baltimore-based nonprofit group was a contradiction. Maryland is one of the country’s wealthiest states, but ranks in the middle or worse in studies of infant mortality, Read the rest of this entry »

Medical school is hard to get into and hard to afford.
A new medical school wants to change that — especially for
people born and raised in Pennsylvania.
The Commonwealth Medical College, the nation’s first
new medical school in years, will accept its first class of
60 students in August.
The first classes will be held at Lackawanna College, a
community college in Scranton. The school plans to open its
own facility in Scranton in 2010.
This Read the rest of this entry »

The American Association for Health Education and HealthTeacher are partnering on a program to reward schools committed to teaching students about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
The national Blue Apple Health Education Awards Program will recognize schools that demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching quality health education, says Scott McQuigg, CEO of Nashville-based
, which provides online health education resources for kindergarten Read the rest of this entry »