Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
C9 has been a runaway hit for Target (TGT, Fortune 500). Eight years ago, C9 was just a line of sports bras made by sportswear manufacturer Champion. Today, C9 makes running shoes, snow pants, and sweatshirts for men, women and children.
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The curriculum at the South Lawrence 5th Grade Academy is based in part on the notion that exercise improves brain function and stimulates learning. According to Dr. Majid Fotuhi, the Chairman of the Neurology Institute for Brain Health and Fitness in …
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FRIDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer survivors who believe in their ability to follow through with an exercise program are more likely to continue working out after their treatment ends, according to a new study. Researchers from Oregon …
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| Using brief but intense bursts of exercise, Americans struggling to get even the minimum recommended amount of physical activity may now have a quick — but not necessarily easy — fix, according to a new study led by Kyle Sevits' team from Colorado … See all stories on this topic » |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine will return to the conducting podium in May 2013 – initially in a wheelchair – after a fall more than a year ago that left him partially paralyzed, the New York opera house said on Friday. Levine, 69, who has been the Met's music director since 1976, will conduct the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in May 2013, before leading three operas during the Met's 2013-14 season, the Met said in a statement. …
The incident happened two years ago, but it’s still fresh in the mind of Karina Samala. She was waiting to be called for a doctor’s office visit, when the unexpected happened.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The widening outbreak of fungal meningitis that has infected 184 Americans and killed 14 people is a new phenomenon for doctors, who typically only see such infections in patients with compromised immune systems. When people do develop fungal infections, they normally get them from breathing in fungal spores, which can cause infections in the lungs of vulnerable patients, such as those who have had organ transplants. From the lungs, the infection can spread to the blood, and in rare cases to the central nervous system. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Friday widened its investigation into the deadly meningitis outbreak to include the role health regulators played in monitoring the pharmacy that produced steroid treatments suspected of causing the crisis. The House Energy and Commerce Committee called on the Massachusetts pharmacy board to tell congressional staff what it knew about the New England Compounding Center before the recall of more than 17,000 vials of sterile injectable steroid treatments for back and joint pain from health facilities in 23 states. …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Soft drink makers and a restaurant group filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s upcoming ban on large sugary drinks. The mayor’s Board of Health overstepped its authority when it passed the regulation, the lawsuit said. The power to approve such legislation lies solely with the city council, it said. The plaintiffs include the American Beverage Association and the National Restaurant Association, along with a number of unions and pro-business groups. …
They say things are bigger in Texas, and apparently it’s true. The state may suffer a whopping $6 million loss if Planned Parenthood clinics are no longer part of the Women’s Health Program, and tens of thousands of women could be without care.
Earlier this week, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 13,000 people had been potentially exposed to the tainted steroid injections that are at the heart of the current fungal meningitis outbreak. The CDC has now amended that figure to be 14,000, according to the Daily Mail.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved for another year the world body’s peacekeeping force in Haiti, but it will be cut in size by about 15 percent as it hands over security responsibility to the Haitian national police. The 15-nation council unanimously approved a reduction of authorized troops and police by 1,710 to 8,871, as recommended by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. There are now about 10,000 U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti, and Ban recommended a gradual drawdown to be completed by June 2013. …