Health and Fitness

An official with Franciscan University in Steubenville said Wednesday that another reason for the decision was higher costs resulting from other provisions of the federal health care overhaul. The school's vice president for advancement says the ...

(CNN) -- Citing a potential health risk, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers Friday to not eat certain bagged salads manufactured by River Ranch Fresh Foods and sold under various names. The company, based in Salinas, California, voluntarily recalled ...

America's hybrid health care system is inefficient, but it's the best we've got. The United States is unique among developed nations in the extent to which it has resisted a government-run health care system. Nevertheless, it has often been said that the United ...

Nashville’s first personal fitness training center, STEPS Fitness, has improved its web presence with a new website. The new website offers in-depth information on fitness, health and other wellness programs.Nashville, Tenn. (PRWEB) May 19, 2012 ...

SAN DIEGO, May 18 (UPI) -- Fitness professionals are helping keep U.S. military personnel and their families fit, officials of the American Council on Exercise say. As a way of encouraging people to live their most fit lives, the American ...

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7-ElevenFanta Mango is the first flavor of Lite Slurpee. Next up: Strawberry Banana and Cherry Lemonade.It probably says something more about America than it does about 7-Eleven, but starting this month the retailer is rolling out a product that seems ...

The heads of several of Canada's leading health-care organizations have written a strongly worded letter to the federal immigration minister, urging him to rescind plans to cut health services to refugees and refugee claimants. "We are extremely concerned over the ...

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Posted at: 05/18/2012 7:25 PM By: Katie Eldred Print Story  Email to a Friend (ABC 6 NEWS) -- Minnesota state health officials are reporting a dramatic rise in whooping cough cases. Just in the past few months officials statewide have seen over 670 cases. ...

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CHICAGO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicagoland-based Charter Fitness is opening its newest club in Mokena, IL. Charter Fitness of Mokena is located at 19816 La Grange Rd, Next to Brookhaven Marketplace, and is scheduled to open late summer of 2012.  ...

Monika Graff / Getty ImagesVendors offer organically grown produce at the Union Square farmers market in New York City. Renate Raymond has encountered her fair share of organic food snobs, but a recent trip to a Seattle market left her ...

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Study Casts Doubt on 'Good' Cholesterol Raising levels of "good" cholesterol ...

By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff Massachusetts senators, in a near-consensus vote yesterday, passed their version of a bill to control the growth of health care costs in the state. The bill calls for bringing the rate of growth of health care ...

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