Texas students are out of shape – and the older they get, the flabbier they get, according to the first statewide physical fitness assessments of public schoolchildren.
Based on evaluations of nearly 2.6 million students in grades three through 12, the testing found that fitness levels drop with each passing grade – Health Topics and elementary-age [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An allergist is calling for warnings on hair dye labels to highlight the risks of chemical reactions to hair dye.
Vincent Crump, of the Auckland Allergy Clinic, said prolonged use of hair dye, particularly permanent colours, could increase the chance of a severe allergic reaction.
“People need to be aware if you’re going to dye your hair [...]
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 [...]
Finally, in 2002, Ward, now 62, an expert in family enterprises, saved his voice by becoming a guinea pig. Traveling to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, he became the first patient to undergo a specialized laser treatment that cuts off blood supply, a process known as angiolysis, to the tumor without removing the cancer.Dr. Steven [...]
TRENTON, N.J. - Wealthy people are enrolled in a state-run health care program for working poor families and criminal investigators are examining another state health program for the poor, according to new state audits that found shocking displays of wasted money.
The reviews by the state auditor found people earning as much as $295,000 enrolled in [...]
Many popular notions about the health benefits of water apparently aren’t true - or there is no scientific proof to back them up. That’s the conclusion of two University of Pennsylvania researchers - Stanley Goldfarb and Dan Negoianu - who combed the medical literature for evidence of water’s supposed medicinal properties. [...]
Kirstin Dufty, of Auckland, said she felt for the parents of the Elim Christian College pupils who died.
Mrs Duftys 11-year-old son Joshua McNaught and fellow pupil Revan Naidoo died in February 2000 when they went missing while swimming with 59 other children at a river near Thames.
She says parents are failing to ask the right [...]
The officer heading the inquiry, Detective Senior Sergeant Virginia Le Bas, this afternoon said that early indications were that the body was that of the missing Papanui High School student.
Le Bas said that a formal identification was still to be made, and that process was continuing.
Davis, 15, was last seen at her Bishopdale home on [...]
