Recall Friday: Osem Meals-on-the-Go, and still more peanuts
It’s been, happily, a slow week for recalls unless you produce food containing peanuts. That recall continues with more and more companies either being pulled in or widening their own, earlier recalls. According to the
“more than 2,100 products in 17 categories have been voluntarily recalled by more than 200 companies, and the list continues to grow.”
Indeed. Two Read the rest of this entry »

Sports, Fitness & Wellness VB Purchasing Guide December 2008-January 2009
Compiled by Cheryl Cheng — Video Business, 11/24/2008
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Fitness: The fitness star offers two more workout titles to help fans get fit.
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Fitness: Hosted by choreographer John Byrne and fitness expert Tracey Mallett, this workout has four dance routines set to music from the 1987 movie.
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By Shawn J. Soper, News Editor
Originally published February 20, 2009
OCEAN CITY – A private sector group with a long history of pulling off successful events announced this week it is stepping up to salvage the annual Seaside 10 race and introduced similar fitness-related events scheduled for in and around Ocean City in the coming months including the return of the popular half-marathon in April.
The annual Seaside 10 and 5K races, sponsored Read the rest of this entry »

By THERESA CAMPBELL, DAILY SUN
THE VILLAGES — Bob Knapp likes hearing positive feedback.
“One lady told me she’s now able to hit some home runs, and she’s 70 years old,” Knapp said proudly. The softball player is among several Villages residents Knapp instructs through a strength-conditioning class — “Buff It Up” — at Lake Miona Recreation Center, a course offered through The Villages Lifelong Read the rest of this entry »

By the looks of swimming pool supplier Swim Clean Utah’s busy calendar, pool owners are rushing to comply with a new federal law requiring systems to prevent swimmers from becoming trapped, injured or killed by drains.
Pools that do not comply by Friday, when the law takes effect, risk being closed.
From 1999 to 2007, 18 people died from entrapment in drains and 56 people were injured, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Read the rest of this entry »

LEAWOOD, Kan. –
Picking an outfit will be easy for women Friday — simply wear red.
The American Heart Association wants everyone to wear the vibrant color red in support of women’s heart health.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and this year, a local survivor from Leawood is part of the national campaign to keep women healthy.
Gail Dicus said women should be proactive about their heart health and know the symptoms of a heart attack.
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A women’s health fair in Fairdale that was canceled last month because of bad weather has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 20.
It will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Church, 903 Fairdale Road.
Free mammograms will be available from the James Graham Brown Cancer for women ages 40 and older, and Norton Healthcare will conduct additional free screenings for diabetes, blood pressure and bone density.
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By, Jenny Anchondo -
In less than two weeks, people across Southern Arizona will be resolving to get fit.
In this week's Fitness Friday, consider this.  Instead of yelling at yourself for not being in the shape you want to be in, I'm introducing you to NIA, which its creators call “movement medicine for the body and soul.”
“It was like every cell in my body just went- ahhh, yes,” said Debra Klingenfus, a Certified NIA Instructor about Read the rest of this entry »

It’s also much more agreeable to get castrated, for both doctor and patient. Service is speedy, and dogs are no longer obliged to share the same waiting room as those vexing creatures known as cats.
And feral cats bound for life-altering surgery need no longer be carried up 18 steps on a stretcher. They get their very own elevator and ride to the operating room in style.
“We call it a cat-a-vator,” said Jan McHugh-Smith, president of the San Francisco Read the rest of this entry »

Just in time for New Year’s resolutions that are sure to include a desire for better health, The Friday Flyer welcomes new columnist, Dustin Graham, a Canyon Lake resident and fitness director for Menifee Valley Athletic Club, who will be writing a new column on health and fitness.
Dustin has been involved with the fitness industry for about 10 years, the first five as an athlete and fitness enthusiast and the last five as a fitness professional. Read the rest of this entry »