“Over the years, the media has made sports such a part of our lives. We seem to carve out more time or split the time we already have by experiencing a whole lot of entertainment products. Yet there aren’t any more hours in a day, so there’s a lot more competition. To an extent that competition breeds a demand for a special type of consumer. That is going to make it a lot more difficult for some major sports to attract customers at the level they’re Read the rest of this entry »

Though we’re just a week into the new year, you might already be feeling your enthusiasm starting to lag when it comes to your health and fitness goals. Eating better and moving more aren’t yet habits for you, and you might find them boring or you’re not yet seeing any results.
Dr. Lawrence J. Cheskin, founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, says that most people fail at diets for these reasons, as well as an
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It tops resolutions each new year: Getting in shape. But this year, with the economy sputtering, some local gyms are signing up fewer new members. Other gyms report that existing members are scaling back on such perks as personal trainers and rental lockers.
“We are definitely feeling the pinch as far as new members coming through the door,” said Dominick Finochiaro, general manager of Gold’s Gym in Medford.
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When cancer strikes one member of a family, what seems like an intensely personal catastrophe can suddenly bring down the entire household.
But Sunday, for 200 men, women and children who know the disease’s terrible toll all too well, a holiday party hosted by a unique program for patients and their families offered a chance to give thanks, both for a happier ending and for the help they received in getting there.
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COLUMBUS- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants to help Ohioans “Get Fit Naturally” as they work toward the familiar New Year’s Resolution to improve physical fitness.
When Ohio rings in 2009, individuals and families statewide will pledge to make physical health a top priority. Scrapping a sedentary lifestyle and committing to regular physical activity, such as walking, running and biking, is known to have substantial health benefits. Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Stuart Lacey stood over the table and looked down at the boys.
Around him, Operating Room 5 at Phoenix Children’s Hospital was a blur.
Nurses finished draping the patients, anesthesiologists monitored their vital signs, scrub techs checked, and checked again, that all the equipment was ready.
Lacey stood perfectly still.
He was saying goodbye.
In the five months since Alex and Angel Mendoza were born, their bodies fused together below Read the rest of this entry »

“For a long time, the standard recommendation for people of moderate age — those under 65 — has been 150 minutes a week of aerobic type activity,” noted study co-author Robert Ross, a professor in the school of kinesiology and health studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. “But for older adults, we haven’t had a standard, and there has been little evidence to base guidelines on.”
“So now we have found, as a first-time observation, Read the rest of this entry »

Exercise specialist J.P. Ragone has been working overtime lately.
In between helping local residents train their bodies at South Jersey Healthcare Fitness Connection in Vineland, Ragone found time to answer four questions submitted last week through The Daily Journal/South Jersey Healthcare’s monthly Healthline.
The first question came from someone wondering about counting his steps.
He was interested in finding out how many steps per day he Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday, December 16, 2008
LIKE EVERY other genre in the bookstores of Dublin, Cork and Galway, or should I say Newry, the health and medically related volumes are hanging off the shelves desperate for the oxygen from your hard-earned wallet.
And, for the most part, there are some seriously interesting attractions to get you thinking over Christmas and into the New Year.
So, without further ado, here are some of the best of what’s available.
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According to Drugs.com, the most controversial feature of Part D is the
benign-sounding donut hole. Also known as the coverage gap, it is an
abrupt discontinuation of benefits that occurs when drug costs (the
total paid by both the member and the plan) hit the $2700 mark. Once
this threshold is crossed, the member must bear the full cost of his or
her drugs – a heavy burden indeed. To many seniors, news of this Read the rest of this entry »