Posted: Monday, Feb 9th, 2009
LA JARA ­— Conejos County residents are invited to come and find out their risk for heart disease at the “Love Your Sweet Heart, Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease” family health fair. The health fair is Saturday, Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day) from 7 a.m.- 12 p.m. noon at the La Jara Elementary School.
Free screenings will be offered, and include cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI) and Read the rest of this entry »

RALEIGH, N.C.
Hi 5 Fitness for Youth is offering free classes this Saturday, January 17, 2009 in North Raleigh as they are officially kicking off their new program. Please visit their website at www.Hi5Fitness.com to learn more about obtaining a class voucher. Classes are open to youth ages 5 to teens. The schedule is on their website at www.Hi5Fitness.com.
How Fit Are Your Kids?
Last summer, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a Read the rest of this entry »

A woman who checked herself into Union Memorial Hospital for abdominal pains Saturday night admitted to doctors that she had given birth to a stillborn boy, but wouldn’t tell authorities that she had left him in a trash bin behind a
church, police said.
Instead, after hospital staff notified police about 9:30 p.m., city officers went to where she had been living — St. John’s United Methodist Church in the 2600 block of St. Paul St.– and began Read the rest of this entry »

Redwood Memorial Hospital’s Eel River Valley Family Health and Resource Fair, Fortuna’s biggest community-wide health event of the year, will take place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rohner Park Fireman’s Pavilion.
The health fair, which coincides with Fortuna’s Apple Harvest Festival, will feature low-cost medical testing, including blood draws and blood pressure, cholesterol, anemia, glucose and bone density tests. Wellness information Read the rest of this entry »

Big Bend residents will lace up their sneakers for the 2nd Annual Tallahassee Fitness Festival at the Civic Center.
The festival, which will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, is supported in part by the Tallahassee Sports Council, a division of the Tallahassee Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Two local event planners, Felina Martin and Crystal Green, have partnered on this year’s festival.
“It is not enough to talk about the epidemic of childhood Read the rest of this entry »

Salt Lake City’s LDS Hospital is hosting an open house and free health fair Jan. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to celebrate its recent $4.7 million face-lift. Most activities will take place in the education center, north of the main hospital entrance on 8th Avenue and C Street.
The screenings are for cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, hearing and body weight. There will also be free flu shots, beginning yoga classes and children’s activities, Read the rest of this entry »

Life Time Fitness, Inc.
,
,
operates distinctive and large,
multi-use sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation
and resort and spa centers. The company also provides consumers with
personal training consultation, full-service spas and cafes, corporate
wellness programs, health and nutrition education, the healthy lifestyle
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The Kickoff to Men’s Health Fair, designed to raise awareness about men’s health issues, will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Arkansas Urology’s Little Rock campus, located at 1300 Centerview Dr., off Kanis Road.
Free food and drinks will be served as visitors have the opportunity to learn more about men’s health issues, including prostate health, heart health, lung health and more.
Screenings are limited to the first 200 men and are Read the rest of this entry »

The Clovis News-Journal’s annual health and fitness fair is Saturday at Clovis Civic Center.
The fair features 28 vendors, according to event organizers.
Ian Cooke, advertising director of the Clovis News-Journal, said the event allows area residents to meet different health vendors in the area and to learn what they offer.
This year, Clovis Family Health Care is providing free flu shots.
Some of the vendors include the City of Clovis, Read the rest of this entry »

Life Time Fitness, Inc.
,
,
operates distinctive and large,
multi-use sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation
and resort and spa centers. The company also provides consumers with
personal training consultation, full-service spas and cafes, corporate
wellness programs, health and nutrition education, the healthy lifestyle
magazine, Experience Life, athletic events, and nutritional products. Read the rest of this entry »