in Westwood will open a 7,500-square-foot dedicated space Monday for its Blood and Marrow Transplant program.
The space’s renovation started in the fall and cost $2 million, KU Hospital spokesman Dennis Minich said Wednesday. The project was paid for by Annette Bloch’s $20 million donation in the fall, Minich said.
The Blood and Marrow Transplant program had been in shared space in the cancer pavilion, he said.
The program had three Read the rest of this entry »

BLOOMINGTON — Twin City residents will have another place to go to keep their New Year’s fitness resolutions.
Cardinal Fitness is expected to open in the 8,400-square-foot space between Premium Pet Supply and Sun Loan Co. in Colonial Plaza, at the corner of Empire Street and Veterans Parkway in Bloomington, in late February or early March, said co-owner Brad Feinsmith.
New members can sign up now.
Cardinal Fitness, which began in Illinois Read the rest of this entry »

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will open three offices in China this week in an unprecedented effort to improve the safety of exports headed to America amid recurring product safety scares.
The new FDA offices, which are the first outside of the United States, will increase effectiveness in protecting for American and Chinese consumers, according to the office of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt.
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The West Point Open is a place where the Penn State men’s gymnastics team is used to coming out on top, and that was no different Friday night as the team earned its 11th consecutive team title.
The No. 5 Nittany Lions compiled a score of 345.20 to take first place in the competition, which featured several East Coast teams, including No. 11 Temple and No. 15 Navy.
Freshman Miguel Pineda finished first in the still rings and captured his first Read the rest of this entry »

Today, Kennecott Land and University Health Care announced plans to
construct a 150,000-square-foot healthcare center in the Daybreak
Community to serve the southwest valley’s growing population. The
multi-specialty health center, located at 11400 South Daybreak View
Parkway, will be conveniently located next to the future Mountain View
Corridor and Mid-Jordan TRAX extension, allowing convenient access for
patients and employees.
Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Read the rest of this entry »

POSTED: 05:23 p.m. EST, Nov 25, 2008
AKRON, Ohio (Nov. 25, 2008) – The public is invited to an open house for Akron Children’s Hospital’s Future Fitness Club at LifeCenter Plus in Hudson Dec. 6 from 9 to 11 a.m.
Akron Children’s Hospital has teamed up with Kohl’s Community Youth Fitness Initiative to create affordable, community-based youth fitness programs. Located in neighborhood recreation centers, such as LifeCenter Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – The public is invited to tour Kennedy Health System’s expanded Family Health Services facility during a special open house from 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 23.
The new facility at 445 Hurffvlle-Cross Key Road, Building A, is twice as large as the previous Family Health Services Center and provides family medicine, internal medicine and OB-GYN services to more than 10,000 patients each year.
Services also include outpatient diabetes Read the rest of this entry »

LAS VEGAS – The Ultimate Fighting Championship is planning to go toe-to-toe with the country’s biggest fitness club chains, and the founder of 24 Hour Fitness is in its corner.
UFC Gym officials said they are close to breaking ground on the first of five health clubs planned in California, and plan to build more such gyms across the country and in Canada.
“We’re going to force all these other gyms to take it up to another level,” UFC President Read the rest of this entry »

Cheri Mathis hates to exercise.
Nevertheless, the Richton resident starts her workout on the treadmill before moving to weight machines and then finally the elliptical.
“I’ve made up my mind that I can’t do anything about being 50, but I don’t want to be fat and 50,” she said with a laugh.
Mathis is one of many people who live or work in Petal to have jumped on the fitness bandwagon with the recent openings of Anytime Fitness and Snap Fitness Read the rest of this entry »

05:36 PM CST on Friday, November 14, 2008
TEXAS CITY, Texas—Ever since
damaged UTMB in Galveston, traffic has picked up at the Mainland Medical Center in Texas City.
In fact, it’s the only fully-operational hospital in all of Galveston County.
for the more critical patients.
“The majority of us are coming an hour or two earlier than we’re used to, and a lot of us are working into the night,” Read the rest of this entry »