A Nashville judge has ruled the state was wrong to refuse to pay for special foods for two young TennCare patients with a rare genetic disorder.
State officials fought the decision, fearing it could lead to a flood of requests from people who want TennCare to cover food for medical diets.
Chancellor Carol McCoy ruled Wednesday in favor of two Coffee County children.
The children have phenylketonuria, an incurable disease that can cause permanent Read the rest of this entry »

In Orlando, a 38-year-old contractor suffers from erectile dysfunction, a side effect of the drug he takes for depression. The anti-ED prescription his doctor gave him doesn’t help. He seeks steroids instead.
And in a town north of Seattle, an eighth-grade boy wants steroids for school sports. If he can get his weight up to 170, he thinks he can make the football team.
Here, from the business records of a Florida wellness center that was closed Read the rest of this entry »

If you started your year trying to exercise on your own and find you need a structured environment. Or if you aren’t quite making good on your New Year’s resolution of injecting more exercise into your life, there’s still time to take advantage of membership and training deals at
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There are many locations in the Bay Area. You can join without an initiation fee and for $20 – $45 bucks a month. That’s a bargain for a gym – some have the basics, Read the rest of this entry »

Studies emphasize the important role played by physical activity in public health efforts to combat obesity and diseases. Frequent and regular physical activity boosts the immune system, helps prevent diseases, improves mental health and helps prevent depression. It may help decrease the effects of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has become a major reason of concern, as most of the obese children are more likely to develop obesity-related diseases. Read the rest of this entry »

Women are not special. So if you are expecting another article about what the Obama-Biden administration should do for the constituency I claim to speak for (women), read no further. Women are not and should not have to be a special interest group. Policies that consistently ignore the needs of women are bad for men too.
To be sure, there is value in identifying policy areas in which women’s needs and rights have been particularly neglected or Read the rest of this entry »

When David Brott, a special education teacher at Springfield’s Lee School, heard that Richard Simmons was coming to town, he dashed off an e-mail message to the celebrity fitness buff.
Brott invited Simmons to exercise with his students in the classroom.
“I thought it was worth a shot,” he said.
Simmons responded, saying he wouldn’t have time to go to Lee School. But he asked Brott to bring his students to the 1,000-body Read the rest of this entry »

Alex Bogusky doesn’t think bigger is better. He believes we should think small—especially if we want to stay trim. The idea that if you eat less, you weigh less is hardly a new concept, but it’s one that Alex has packaged into a tidy little eating plan and book, The 9-Inch Diet, that hits stores this week.
His “eureka” moment came after buying a 1940s lake house. The co-chairman of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, an ad agency, discovered the old Read the rest of this entry »

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Health experts say it is important for children to be physically active, but for parents of children with disabilities, finding programs that can meet their kids’ needs can be tough.
The Family YMCA is the only fitness center in the Augusta area with a class designed especially for special need children. The class was started two years ago by Orlando Perez and Melido Mir.
The two instructors run the kids through various drills Read the rest of this entry »

Alex Bogusky doesn’t think bigger is better. He believes we should think small—especially if we want to stay trim. The idea that if you eat less, you weigh less is hardly a new concept, but it’s one that Alex has packaged into a tidy little eating plan and book, The 9-Inch Diet, that hits stores this week.
His “eureka” moment came after buying a 1940s lake house. The co-chairman of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, an ad agency, discovered the old Read the rest of this entry »