LONDON: Lawrence Dallaglio has torn into England saying too many players in the current squad are not fit enough, not disciplined enough and nowhere near as good as they think they are.
The former England captain said the team were way off the required standard ahead of their second round Six Nations match against defending grand slam champions Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.
England began the tournament with a 36-11 win over Italy at Twickenham Read the rest of this entry »

Losing your job and starting a new business don’t share much in common.
But for both the newly unemployed and the budding entrepreneur, knowing where to get health insurance — and what kind you need — often poses a challenge.
With state jobless reports growing bleaker by the month and unemployment security officials in Keene reporting a troubling increase in unemployment in the Monadnock Region, the number of uninsured could Read the rest of this entry »

HAMILTON, Ontario, Jan. 21 — Gym class and other school fitness initiatives should be pursued even if their benefits don’t include weight loss, according to a systematic review.
School-based fitness and exercise programs improved duration of physical activity and fitness as measured by lung capacity while reducing television viewing and blood cholesterol, reported Maureen Dobbins, Ph.D., of McMaster University here, and colleagues in a Cochrane Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Hobart says he’ll never forget the frantic moments after his 19-year-old son was shot. He’ll never forget seeing
Aaron Hobart die in front of his eyes as he struggled to give him CPR.
“We wanted Aaron to get help,” Hobart said with watery eyes Tuesday. “We didn’t want him to die.”
Stafford police have said Aaron attacked officer Jesus Estrada after police responded to a 911 call at his parents’ Read the rest of this entry »

fell through after Health Systems could not provide the money needed to close the deal.
Emageon (NASDAQ: EMAG), a health care information technology firm headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., said in a release that it terminated its merger agreement with Health Systems due to the company’s failure to receive all necessary financing on or before the designated closing date of Feb. 11.
by Health Systems in connection with the proposed merger.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — Black parents are more likely than white parents to distrust medical research, which may explain why black children are frequently underrepresented in studies.
So conclude University of Pittsburgh researchers who surveyed 190 parents (140 black, 50 white) who brought their children to a primary-care clinic.
The parents were asked about their attitudes toward their child’s medical care, beliefs about medical Read the rest of this entry »

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 03, 2008
As you ponder the countless multitude of nutritional supplements on the market, it would be wise to consider their safety and efficacy.
The Pure Food and Drug Act, passed by Congress in 1906, was initially concerned with making sure ingestible products were labeled correctly, but the labeling requirement evolved to outlawing certain products that were not safe, followed by outlawing products that were safe Read the rest of this entry »

A survey released Thursday by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance estimates the number of state residents without health insurance has topped 1 million — or about 8.2 of the state’s population.
The last health insurance survey conducted in 2004 found that 7.5 percent were uninsured.
“Overall, the study showed that increases in uninsured numbers were seen in almost every category; including adults, children, certain ethnic Read the rest of this entry »

It is experiencing the financial aftershocks of Vioxx, the painkiller used by millions of people that it removed from the market in 2004 after its study indicated increased risk of heart attack or stroke.
A federal appeals court, reversing a lower court decision, recently ruled that a Vioxx-related shareholder lawsuit seeking billions of dollars can move forward.
That is separate from a previous $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement between Merck and Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Americans face major obstacles to living a healthier lifestyle including lack of exercise and sleep and denial about being overweight, according to a new survey.
Forty-two percent of the 15,000 Americans questioned in the poll also said the economy is having a negative impact on their healthy choices.
“One piece of the survey we thought was interesting was people have access to a lot of information, and they know what Read the rest of this entry »