April 19, 2012 Engage in a healthy activity to help raise money to keep others healthy. It's the 17th annual Healing Hands 5k run/walk to benefit the Genesee County Free Medical Clinic, and it takes place Saturday, May 19th at Mott Community College in Flint.
April 19, 2012 What is P.A.C.E.S. Day, you ask? Well, it stands for Parents And Children Exercising Simultaneously! It could be just what the doctor ordered for your family! Here are all the details:
April 18, 2012 Are you looking to change your life? Give yourself new insight? Create new levels of energy? Dance you way to fitness? Well, it could be as close as downtown Flint with the "Yoga Loft & Sharp Fitness". Here are just a few of the fantastic ways they can help you:
April 8, 2012 My wife, Shelia Allen is in training to run the Mohican Trail 100-mile race June 16-17 near Loudonville, Ohio. Yes, I said 100 miles. On foot. With a 32-hour time limit. The terrain is hilly, with treacherous footing chock full of roots and rocks. I am planning to pace her through the last 40 miles. How does one get ready to cover 100 miles on foot in a little over a day?
March 29, 2012 It's something that medical science tells us can save our lives. The preparation is actually worse that the procedure, but now there might be changes coming.
March 20, 2012 Normally, the Flushing Township Half Marathon and 5k would be contested in cold and blustery conditions. Not this year. The forecast calls for temps far above normal for the weekend which makes for great conditions to get out and put in a few miles.
March 18, 2012 Over the past few years I've become a regular at Hurley Health & Fitness Center. I was never really into working out until I saw the additional weight I was putting on as I got older. I changed my habits, but most of America didn't. Now, there is a new study which claims that most American exercise patterns haven't changed much since 2008.
March 16, 2012 If you are a smoker, or even an ex-smoker, you might want to have your voice heard about some new commercials that will soon be hitting the airwaves. Trying get people to stop smoking is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does. Sometimes it takes scare tactics to wake someone up to the dangers of smoking. The CDC has a new ad out that some people think may be going too far!
There is a new $54 million national media campaign that has hit the airwaves in an effort to prompt smokers to quit and, what some are saying, scare people away from cigarettes.
March 10, 2012
‘American Idol‘ favorite Phillip Phillips didn't feint this week like some of the other contestatents, but he did have a health scare. It wasn't stress from the show that caused him the problems, instead he was hospitalized for kidney stones, a pre-existing condition that he had. Reportedly, it is one of the most painful things you can experience.
February 27, 2012 There is something about this story that's a little creepy to me. Sometimes, it’s outside forces like magazines or the media that give young women a distorted idea of beauty. And sometimes, it starts at home.
Plastic surgeon Michael Niccole, founder of the CosmetiCare Plastic Surgery Center in Newport Beach, CA, has been doing work on his two adopted daughters for years. When one, named Charm, was only ten- years- old, he turned her belly button from an 'outtie' to an 'innie.' Daughter Brittani got a nose job, and, when she was 18, breast augmentation surgery.
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Having a pet has been found to lower stress levels. Now, a new study finds for those living with chronic disease having a furry friend improves heart health.
Fewer Americans got their health insurance through an employer in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report from the Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index.
