Pune’s
only international gym, Gold’s Gym, has a fabulous way to keep their
members motivated and keep the competitive spirit alive.
It has come up with a
programme called ‘body transformation’ for all the Gold’s Gyms
around the world, which has several fitness events for the contestants spread
over four months to ensure they get
results!
One such event was an
early morning run at the racecourse. All the participants were in great Read the rest of this entry »

are working out, the results of a study of just how long it really takes to change your body’s look could be disappointing or hugely empowering.
University of Wisconsin researchers asked a host of mostly sedentary people to be judged, based on swimsuit photographs, by a panel and given a rank on a scale of 1 to 10. Put on a six-week exercise program, the participants were graded again, and, well …
The subjects’ ratings barely changed, if at Read the rest of this entry »

NILAI: The Customs Department has seized RM12.29 million worth of drugs, mainly designer ones like ketamine and Eramin pills, so far this year.
It is triple the value when compared with the RM4.019 million worth of drugs seized in the same period last year.
The department’s deputy director-general, Datuk Mardina Alwi, said a large amount of the drugs seized were designer drugs like ketamine and Eramin pills, which were valued at close to RM10 Read the rest of this entry »

GALESBURG, Ill. — Defense attorneys representing a man charged with killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri last summer say an evaluation of his mental fitness may not be ready for two months.
At a hearing in Galesburg, attorney Jeremy Karlin said a doctor has only recently been appointed to evaluate Nicholas Sheley’s (SHEE’-leez) competency. The report was initially due next week.
Sheley faces first-degree murder charges in the June Read the rest of this entry »

D’Zhana Simmons, a 14-year-old girl from South Carolina, was
able to leave the hospital on Wednesday after having had two transplants and
survived with artificial heart pumps, but no heart, for four months between the
transplants.
Last spring, the girl and her parents learned that she had
dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and
enlarged and does not pump blood efficiently. On July 2, the girl was scheduled
for Read the rest of this entry »

IRVINE, Calif.—The head of UCI Medical Center—who was brought on after a scandal in the hospital’s transplant program—is stepping down after less than a year for what she says are personal reasons.
Maureen Zehntner told staff members at the University of California, Irvine hospital by e-mail Monday that she would be leaving the job in four months.
A 2005 federal report found that more than 30 people died over a two-year period Read the rest of this entry »

Hearth Family Restaurant owner Kim Zoumas considered making his business a no-smoking establishment years ago, but he and his brother, Pete, didn’t want to offend any of their loyal customers.
After they remodeled the North Cornwall Township eatery earlier this year, they decided the time was right to make the switch.
“I wanted to do it years ago,” said Zoumas, who has run the restaurant on the south side of Route 422 west of Read the rest of this entry »

HONOLULU — Hawaii, the only U.S. state to offer universal child health care, is dropping the program just seven months after launching it.
Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration cites budget shortfalls and other health care options for eliminating the program. A state official complained that the program was aimed at helping low-income people and immigrants, but that better-off families were dropping private coverage so their children would be Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Steven Brodzin, the former fiscal services director for
, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for a scheme in which he defrauded the hospital of more than $828,000 to buy luxury cars, vacations and sports tickets, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said Friday.
He must also make restitution of $828,973 to Shriners.
As part of his scam, Brodzin, 41, of O’Fallon, Mo., created three “dummy” companies: West County Orthopaedic Read the rest of this entry »

St. Jude Medical Finished Tuesday at Highest Level in 2 1/2 Months
(RTTNews) - 
St. Jude Medical (STJ:
) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.60 Tuesday morning, which beat the consensus estimate of $0.58. The company expects to report first quarter EPS of $0.57 to $0.59 and full year 2009 EPS of $2.48 to $2.54. The consensus estimates are for EPS of $0.59 and $2.51 respectively.
St. Jude Medical gapped up Read the rest of this entry »