The annual two-day New Balance Men’s Health Peninsula Surf Ski Marathon concluded on Sunday with an extreme downwind leg from Rooi Els to Strand that saw PW Basson and Nick Longley wrap up victory in the prestigious event.
The duo also won the first leg, staged from Big Bay around Robben Island on Saturday, before the heavy weather hit the peninsula, holding off the seasoned Strand pairing of Mynhardt Marais and Herbert Conradie.
With the overnight Read the rest of this entry »

February 6, 2009 (Computerworld)
and the Continua Health Alliance this week unveiled jointly developed software designed to stream patient information from a doctor’s mobile device to online data stores.
The two tech giants worked with the Beaverton, Ore.-based health care provider to extend the value of
offerings, and to ensure that stored patient health records are up to date, according to an
press release.
“Our partnership with IBM will Read the rest of this entry »

Bobbi Gaither wants to keep her heart healthy.
The 65-year-old Pensacola resident was among dozens of crimson-clad women — and a few men — who took advantage of free, cardiovascular health screenings at Cordova Mall on Friday during the Wear Red Day event at Belk. Participants filled out questionnaires, chatted with health-care officials, and had cholesterol and blood pressure checks.
“I’m always concerned about my cholesterol, and this is more Read the rest of this entry »

Opinion Leaders in Women’s Health To Take the Podium at the 17th Annual Congress on Women’s Health, March 27-29, 2009
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Physicians, nurses, allied healthcare providers, and policymakers will gather in Williamsburg, VA on March 27-29, 2009 at the Williamsburg Lodge to learn practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, advances in diagnosis and management, and innovative translational Read the rest of this entry »

A day after he was charged with stabbing his companion in the face with a broken glass, State Senator-elect Hiram Monserrate said he was incapable of such a crime, and vowed to take his Senate seat come Jan. 1.
In a one-page statement issued Saturday evening, Mr. Monserrate said he deeply loved and cared for his companion, Karla Giraldo, and called her injuries an “unfortunate accident.”
“I have been charged with offenses that Read the rest of this entry »

February 9, 2009 5:15 AM
The Did-Everyone-Take-Drugs? Chronicles: Our Weekly Look at Sports and the Law
What is it about Alex Rodriguez that compels him to steal the spotlight–even when it's one nobody, including him, wants?
The mind-bending implications of SI.com's
that, according to four sources, A-Rod was among 104 Major League Baseball players to test positive for steroid use in 2003 are frankly too much for us to sort through Read the rest of this entry »

don’t really need them, and kids who eat poorly and are most likely to benefit from nutritional supplements rarely get them, a new study reports.
The results surprised researchers, said lead author Dr. Ulfat Shaikh, a pediatrician at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine who treats children with nutritional problems.
,” she said. “We actually found the opposite.”
The children who used supplements the Read the rest of this entry »

And instead of assuming more direct control of the inspection system, the government seems likely to remain heavily dependent on growers, food processors and others in the industry to police themselves and the food supply.
Durbin and others on Capitol Hill nonetheless plan to push ahead with legislation to try to strengthen the FDA, the much maligned agency responsible for overseeing about 80 percent of the food Americans eat. While most meat and Read the rest of this entry »

If stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall can help children with attention-deficit disorder perform better in school, should adults be allowed to take them freely too, to gain a mental edge at work?
A group of experts is arguing, in an essay in the
that we should acknowledge the fact that a growing number of healthy college students and adults are already buying, selling and using mind-enhancing drugs to improve their performance. Instead of Read the rest of this entry »

You say you’re tired of dieting, you’ve had enough, and this is the year you’re going to do it once and for all. You’re finally going to lose those 30, 60 or 80 pounds for good. Nice, but what do you do, what’s going to be different from what you’ve done in prior years? It’s so simple, right? All you have to do is eat less and exercise more. Well, not exactly. Here are a few hard realities to consider before you start.
You think you can really lose Read the rest of this entry »