NEVER again can you complain you do not have enough time for exercise - the new fitness trend in gyms is slimmed-down classes.
Some bite-size sessions now last just 15 minutes.
And many keep-fit clubs are time-tabling half-hour classes before breakfast or during lunch breaks.
The growth of express-style fitness follows demand from time-poor workers and parents, according [...]
Skinner Road School in Vernon and Judi Manfre, the school’s nurse for seven years, were honored Monday at the state Capitol for their efforts to foster physical fitness.
Others honored Monday by the Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness includes East Hartford Mayor Melody Currey, the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce, the Colchester 57 Fest, the Elmwood Community [...]
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 [...]
Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) will consider a staff proposal tomorrow, to provide free access to the emergency contraceptive pill, or morning after pill, at local pharmacies, The New Zealand Herald reports.
At the moment the pill is sold at pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription, for around $35, without parental consent.
ADHB planning and funding manager Wendy [...]
The economic slowdown has swelled the ranks of people without health insurance. But now it is also threatening millions of people who have insurance but find that the coverage is too limited or that they cannot afford their own share of medical costs.
Even many of the 158 million people covered by employer health insurance are [...]
Illustrations show a crook-nosed mom with loose tummy skin under her half shirt picking up her young daughter early from school one day and taking her to a strapping and handsome “Dr. Michael.”
Mom explains she’s going to have operations on her nose and tummy and may have to take it easy for a week or [...]
Besides being a girl and getting the steroids, an extra 3 1/2 ounces or so of weight and being a single birth also helped as much as an extra week of pregnancy, the study found.”For the first time, parents and their doctors will have the best available information on which to base one of the [...]
ATLANTA - About 1 in 50 infants in the U.S. have been neglected or abused, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group. Nearly a third of the victims were one week old or younger when the maltreatment was reported, government researchers said Thursday. The study focused on children younger [...]
WASHINGTON - Congress on Wednesday moved a step closer to handing the Food and Drug Administration broad new authority to regulate tobacco products, despite concerns voiced by many lawmakers that the agency cannot handle its current workload.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 38-12 for legislation that would allow the FDA to reduce nicotine levels [...]
CHICAGO - When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. And when babies sleep less, they may gain too much weight. A new Harvard study finds that babies and toddlers who sleep fewer than 12 hours daily are at greater risk for being overweight in preschool, startling evidence that the link between sleep and obesity [...]
