From fatter to fitter: Woman regains her youthful figure by running
McClatchy Newspapers
3/13/2009, by Mark St. John Erickson/Daily Press
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - Watch Nina Stickles push herself through a 6-mile training session along Chesapeake Avenue in Hampton, Va., and it's hard to believe she was ever anything but a runner. Ditto for the energy she shows on the job at Hampton's Sentara Center for Fitness & ...
Cardiologist weighs time with family against saving lives
McClatchy Newspapers
3/13/2009, by Janet Moore
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) - Outside, snow fell silently as the neighborhood slept. Inside, Dr. Shalini Bobra had been up for hours, her Edina, Minn., home buzzing with activity. Bracing herself for the day with a belt of chai tea, she shook out a handful of Cheerios for her 10-month-old ...
Ask Dr. Denton: Advice to a Cancer Survivor on Losing Weight
Catholic Online
3/13/2009, by Dr. Denton D. Weiss, M.D.
The food you eat and the daily exercise should be considered as part of your daily medicine. I'll be praying for you tonight. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Catholic Online) - "Ever since my radical hysterectomy and lymphectomy a little over a year ago I have put on over 60 lbs and I rarely eat much. I have ...
Job losses jeopardize health coverage
McClatchy Newspapers
3/11/2009, by Sabine Vollmer
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Nettie Shafer has a house, a car and about $1,000 left in savings. But the 59-year-old divorced bank teller risks losing all if she doesn't find a job with health insurance soon. Shafer, who lives in Raleigh, is on about a dozen medicines, seven of them to prevent a ...
Ask Dr. Denton:'I Really Want to Lose Weight, Can you Help?'
Catholic Online
3/10/2009, by Dr. Denton and Michelle Weiss
I am going to be 30 this July. I am between 6'-1" and 6'-2", and the worst part is I am about 300-305 lbs. I really want to lose weight. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Catholic Online) - I am going to be 30 this July. I am between 6'-1" and 6'-2", and the worst part is I am about 300-305 lbs. I really want to ...
A library of integrative health books
McClatchy Newspapers
3/6/2009, by Julie Deardorff
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - I love reading books on integrative health _ treatments that blend the best of conventional and alternative medicine _ because they give me some semblance of control. It's my body; I'm the one who should take care of it. And by researching my ailments, I've learned ...
Teen depression may have links to TV, study says
McClatchy Newspapers
3/6/2009, by Linda Shrieves
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) - TV has become a great scapegoat for these stressful times. But is a teenager who watches hours of daily television more likely to become depressed? Yes.
In a study conducted at University of Pittsburgh, researchers interviewed 4,142 adolescents _ none of whom showed ...
Can you handle a male model's circuit training class?
McClatchy Newspapers
3/6/2009, by Nick Sortal
Sun Sentinel (MCT) - He has been the cover model for Men's Health magazine a record 18 times. And his book, "Muscle Chow," is a bible for trainers and fitness fanatics. But Gregg Avedon is ready to turn his focus elsewhere, which explains why he walks around a dim Sunrise, Fla., gym in a deserted ...
Singer Maiysha's new lifestyle has no room for her old career — or her eating disorder
McClatchy Newspapers
3/2/2009, by Julie Deardorff
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Maiysha is not a person who loves the gym. But after a two-week layoff stemming from a fall, the Grammy-nominated singer has found her way back to the elliptical trainer. "Kill me now!" Maiysha pleaded during our recent workout at the Lakeshore Athletic Club Illinois Center. ...
Balance and perspective can help us hold on during hard times, experts say
McClatchy Newspapers
3/2/2009, by Karen Shideler
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Are you happy? It's not such a silly question. Given the mountains of bad news around us, feeling down seems like a natural reaction, even if our own lives haven't been directly affected. For some people, the feeling goes beyond glum:
Some providers say they're seeing ...
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