Fundraiser to benefit mental health group
New Haven Register Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:25 PM PDT
NEW HAVEN â€" The Connecticut Mental Health Center Foundation will hold a Sound Mind-Sound Body Community Walk Sept. 11 at Long Wharf Park. |
Man on a mission to beat childhood obesity
The Andalusia Star-News Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:08 PM PDT
He’s a man on a mission â€" a mission to fight childhood obesity and increase a child’s self-confidence. Robert Johnson, owner of Robert’s Body Shop Family Fitness, said he’s made it his goal to help children alter their eating habits and exercise. “I get calls on a daily basis from parents wanting me to work with their [...] |
High-energy, back-to-school fuel
Toronto Sun Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:46 PM PDT
A proper breakfast gets an "A" from those in the know. “It’s a super way to stay energized all day. Breakfast re-fuels your body, revs up the metabolism, kick starts the brain for better grades, pumps up the muscles and improves mood,†says dietitian and nutrition consultant Natalie Brown. |
Study finds an increased risk of death in men with insomnia and a short sleep duration
EurekAlert! Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:32 PM PDT
( American Academy of Sleep Medicine ) Men with chronic insomnia who slept for less than six hours were four times more likely to die during the 14-year follow-up period. Results were adjusted for potential confounders such as body mass index, smoking status, depression and obstructive sleep apnea. Further adjustments for hypertension and diabetes had little effect on the elevated mortality risk ... |
Web 'doctor' title worries medical body
The New Zealand Herald Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:20 PM PDT
The centre-right ticket seeking voting control of the Counties Manukau District Health Board has selected a practitioner of ayurvedic medicine who names himself as a "doctor".Ajit Singh is one of seven Citizens & Ratepayers candidates... |
Alliance area has highest number kids with injuries
The Alliance Review Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:07 PM PDT
According to a report issued by Safe Kids Stark County and the Stark County Health Department, children residing in the 44601 ZIP code are more likely to visit an emergency room for a dog bite or for a foreign body crammed into a bodily crevice. |
Rio Grande City Police: Murder suicide stemmed from domestic violence
The Monitor Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:55 PM PDT
RIO GRANDE CITY â€" Homicide investigators and police officers cringed as Ruth Gonzalez cried over her sister's body lying on ground Tuesday evening. Her sister, Lydia Pinal, died from several gunshot wounds just hours earlier. Gonzalez was the... |
Bail at $3M for man accused of murdering former son-in-law
Ocean County Observer Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:49 PM PDT
FREEHOLD â€" A judge has continued bail at $3 million for an Ocean Township man accused, along with his daughter, in the murder of his former son-in-law, a Manchester man whose body was found in a burning car in Long Branch. |
One Day at a Time
Flathead Beacon Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:47 PM PDT
Cancer took a lot from Dale Lauman. It took his weight. It took his body’s ability to defend itself from sickness. And for a period of time, it took his hair. But more important is what Lauman kept, even when the disease reached its peak last winter and he was in chemotherapy every three weeks. He kept his focus on his job and the perspective that things could always be worse. And if you ask his ... |
New technology gives doctors magnified look inside patient's body
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:25 PM PDT
NEW ORLEANS -- It was in 1966 when the science fiction movie "Fantastic Voyage" miniaturized doctors to go inside a patient's body. And while science is not there yet, doctors at a local hospital have new technology that allows them to see inside the body at 1,000 times magnification, just like in the movie. It's a big day for 60-year-old Belinda McGee. New technology is about to give doctors a ... |
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