Following a 20-minute warmup on the treadmill and one set of sit-ups, Beasley’s heart stopped. The 48-year-old fitness buff collapsed from a major heart attack in front of stunned club members, including his wife and daughter.
He was in the right place at the right time. His health club, Ontario Racquet Club (ORC) in Mississauga, had [...]
If you didn’t get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you’re in shape.
An adult fitness test is being introduced Wednesday by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. It will incorporate several of the exercises that millions of students undertake each year as they [...]
May is National Mental Health Month, with the theme “Get Connected.” Mental Health America, the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives, founded Mental Health Month more than 50 years ago to raise awareness about mental health conditions and the importance of mental health for everyone.
Due to a long-standing stigma [...]
The Ascension Parish Council is considering a new ordinance that puts the Mental Health Board in an advisory role and states that it “shall not interfere with the day-to-day operations.â€
The proposal crops up in connection with a long-running dispute between board members and the director of the Mental Health Unit. Last year, board members unsuccessfully [...]
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is studying the implementation of mental health programmes in primary health clinics across the country, an official has told Khaleej Times.
According to Dr Muna Al Kuwari, Director of Central Primary Health in the MoH, primary health services in the country will be expanded to include mental health services to both [...]
The Deputy Director-General of the Department of Mental Health, Md. Wachira Phengchan, says his department and Sichuan province in China, which was hit by a major earthquake five days ago, have agreed on mental health cooperation. Psychiatrists from the department will travel to provide treatment for people affected by the catastrophe in Sichuan.
Md. Wachira says [...]
Doctors will prescribe cannabis-based drugs to cancer, multiple sclerosis and AIDS patients in a planned NSW Government trial.
NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher will write to Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon in the next few weeks for permission to import and trial a drug expected to be Sativex, which delivers cannabis compounds through an oral spray.
“While [...]
New Zealanders’ intake of sugar is not associated with being overweight or obese, new research released by the Sugar Research Advisory Service has found.
The New Zealand research, headed by University of Otago’s Dr Winsome Parnell and recently published online by Public Health Nutrition, examined data collected in the most recent New Zealand nutrition surveys for [...]
An electronic device inserted into the lower spine is showing promising results for Australians with extreme and persistent back pain.
A Melbourne sports physician has presented data from a trial of a new chronic pain therapy involving implantable electrodes that bring relief to 70 per cent of those who try it.
The treatment, called peripheral nerve stimulation, [...]
Low IQ scores and problems related to thinking and reasoning are common in children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to an Italian study reported in the journal Neurology.
Approximately 5 percent of MS cases begin before age 18, note Dr. Maria Pia Amato, at the University of Florence, and her associates.
“The initial diagnosis of [...]
