MILFORD – As Aerosmith’s “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” booms in the background, 32 women, ranging in age from 16 to 71, are shaking and shimmying, and moving and grooving. They got the beat. They also got the beads of perspiration.
During this one-hour, high-energy workout at Gold’s Gym, they have punched their arms, kicked their legs and twisted their bodies every which way but loose. It’s all part of the TurboKick class Read the rest of this entry »
Maybe it’s providence or God’s way of saying thank you, and maybe it’s the relaxed ambience at houses of prayer, but mosques, churches, synagogues and shrines apparently keep the angel of death away.
At least those are the findings of a study published recently by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
In one of the most comprehensive studies ever of the connection between religious Read the rest of this entry »
THE family of the first Irish patient officially to die of MRSA will take a
compensation case against the state in the circuit court. If it succeeds,
the case will be followed by a series of High Court actions that could cost
the state up to €500m in compensation payments.
Relatives of Valentine Ryan, a 74-year-old who died at the Mercy University
hospital (MUH) in Cork in 2002, said they are taking their case in the lower
court because they Read the rest of this entry »
Whether you’re an Obama supporter or not, most everyone would agree that today’s presidential inauguration will be historic.
Millions of people have converged on Washington, D.C. to witness the event, and millions more will be watching the proceedings on TV from the comfort of their homes.
Still others will be viewing the event from work.
“We’ve decided to promote it on our marquee sign outside,” said Ken Rausch, owner of Edward’s Steak House Read the rest of this entry »
HUNTINGTON — A Huntington native and diet book author will sign copies of “The Body Green Diet” from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at Chili Willi’s, 1315 4th Ave.
Dr. Peter Smith currently resides in Scottsdale, Ariz. Huntington is his first stop on his national book tour.
“The Body Green Diet” also gives buyers a chance to win $1 million, as purchasing the book will automatically enter the reader into a contest. Once 200,000 books are sold, a Read the rest of this entry »
Rafael Benítez is still to decide whether to gamble on Steven Gerrard’s fitness against Real Madrid despite including the Liverpool captain in the squad for Wednesday night’s Champions League last-16 first leg at the Bernabéu.
The influential midfielder, who has been absent for almost three weeks with a torn hamstring, was named in the traveling party following a personal training session this morning. However, Gerrard is yet to take part in a Read the rest of this entry »
Nov 10, 2008 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) –
— November 10, 2008 (FinancialWire) — The Food and Drug Administration said that it will not make a decision on Discovery Laboratories Inc.’s (NASDAQ:
) respiratory drug Surfaxin until next April at the earliest.
The FDA asked Discovery for more information about its drug Surfaxin in May, and the company responded in September. No new clinical trials were required.
Surfaxin is designed to treat Read the rest of this entry »
I fell in love with water aerobics over the summer. I was becoming a bit bored with my workout routine and needed something new to try. I saw that my gym offered water aerobics classes so I decided to check it out.
I had never taken water aerobics before, but I did spend a lot of time at the pool as a kid and never lost my love for swimming. I am a social exerciser, too. The machines are OK, but I prefer the fitness classes, where I can interact Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — It will get vastly cheaper for most people to keep health insurance after losing a job if the government’s stimulus plan becomes law. Some nickel and dime cuts in health coverage for the poor will be reversed, too. Geek jobs in medicine will grow.
The billions to be poured into health care from the economic stimulus package will do little if anything about the chronic conditions behind the nation’s stubbornly large ranks Read the rest of this entry »
Salem-News.com
The best rated ideas will be put into an official briefing book and hand delivered to the new President after he is sworn in.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The group
says that if President-elect Barack Obama has done one thing so far, he has given citizens a chance to tell him how we feel.
George Pappas with Americans for Safe Access said, “This is our chance to do it, to call him out, to tell him he MUST change federal policy on medical Read the rest of this entry »