Monday, December 15, 2008
SARASOTA, Fla. —  A new music therapy room at a hospital on Florida’s Gulf Coast is being named for AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.
Johnson and other rock stars have supported an effort to buy music equipment and provide music education for children, including those who are in the hospital.
Music equipment and enhancements to the room at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are being donated by the John Entwhistle Foundation, Read the rest of this entry »

New York Road Runners is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008. NYRR
is dedicated to promoting the sport of distance running, enhancing
health and fitness for all, and responding to community needs. Its road
races and other fitness programs draw upwards of 300,000 runners
annually, and together with New York Runner magazine and website
support and promote professional and recreational running. A staff of Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK — In one of his final acts as President, George W. Bush on Tuesday named Mets general manager Omar Minaya to his Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for a term spanning the next 16 months.
The council is an advisory committee of volunteer citizens who advise the President about physical activity, fitness and sports. Through its programs and partnerships with public, private and non-profit organizations, the council serves as a catalyst Read the rest of this entry »

The first anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games will be celebrated nationwide on Aug 8 with music and dance but the date will also be used every year to promote physical activity.
The State Council, the Cabinet, has named Aug 8 as the National Fitness Day, starting this year, the State General Administration of Sport said Tuesday.
“The move is to meet people’s need for doing sports and to further help promote sports among people,” sports minister Read the rest of this entry »

of Kirkwood/SSM St. Clare Health Center.
Brobst has been with SSM St. Joseph Hospital for the past six years, joining as the clinical director for The Family Birthplace, and then launching the St. Clare Pilot Unit, a nursing unit where new patient care processes are trialed and refined.
On March 30, 2009, St. Joseph Hospital will move six miles to southwest St. Louis County and become St. Clare Health Center,
SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood Read the rest of this entry »

LAS VEGAS, Oct 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Bryan Bledsoe, D.O., F.A.C.E.P., a Clinical Professor of Emergency
Medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, has been named
one of “Twenty Heroes of Health and Fitness”
by Men’s Health magazine. The article
is the cover story in the magazine’s 20th
anniversary collector’s issue that recently
published. In addition to Dr. Bledsoe, the article Read the rest of this entry »

For the third consecutive year, St. Luke’s Hospital is the only hospital in Missouri to be ranked a HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospital.
The designation is based on mortality and complication rates for patients at each of the nation’s nearly 5,000 non-federal hospitals.
HealthGrades is an independent healthcare ratings organization. Hospitals cannot opt in or out of this independent analysis.
Patients admitted to an America’s Read the rest of this entry »

Floyd Medical Center, Rome, was recognized as the best large
hospital in the state by the Georgia Alliance of Community
Hospitals during the organization`s 2008 annual meeting
at Callaway Gardens.
Floyd Medical Center won GACH`s 2008 Hospital of the Year award
in the large hospital category (more than 150 beds). Gwinnett
Medical Center, Lawrenceville, was the first runner up in the
category.
The Alliance recognized Floyd Medical Center Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Darrell L. Dean, Medical Director of Clinical and Operational Performance Improvement, at Floyd Medical Center, has been named the organization’s newest Hero.
Dean, an employee with Floyd Medical Center for the past 15 years, he earned his doctoral degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Mo. He is a board certified family medicine doctor, and was surprised by the Floyd Hero Committee and other members of Read the rest of this entry »

Opened in 1997 at Walt Disney World Resort, Disney’s
Wide World of Sports Complex is a leading sports and entertainment venue
for amateur and professional sports in the United States. The sprawling
220-acre state-of-the-art complex features The Milk House, a
165,000-square-foot field house which seats 5,500 for basketball; the
9,500-seat Champion Stadium ballpark; Hess Sports Fields, which
include multiple Read the rest of this entry »