Keeping a good weight will help you get the strength to play and work. Carrying extra weight can lead to serious health problems, including high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and arthritis. This can make those things worse as well. If you carry extra weight and your health […]
Month: December 2020
COVID-19: Outbreak declared at Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg – Peterborough
[ad_1] A coronavirus outbreak has been declared at Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg. According to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, a second staff member at the hospital has tested positive for COVID-19. The first case was reported on Wednesday. Read more: COVID-19: Staff member at Northumberland Hills […]
Coronavirus vaccine should go to health care workers, long term care facilities first, CDC panel recommends
A panel of independent experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a public meeting on Tuesday voted that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities will be the first to receive the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine. The vote was 13-1. The recommendations now must be approved […]
Ohio’s fitness centers have critical role in COVID-19 fight
Dr. Kenneth P. Moritisugu | The Columbus Dispatch The COVID-19 virus has increased its grip on the country as states experience surges in new cases. Ohio is in the thick of this new surge with confirmed cases quadrupling in the past 30 days and hospitalizations doubling. In response, Gov. Mike DeWine has threatened to close […]
Community Hospital In Munster Will Be Among First In Indiana To Get COVID-19 Vaccine For Healthcare Workers – CBS Chicago
[ad_1] CHICAGO (CBS) — With Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on track for approval as early as next month, Community Hospital in Munster could be among the first hospitals in Indiana to distribute the vaccine to frontline healthcare workers. The Indiana State Department of Health has identified five hospitals that will be the […]
CDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days or 7 with test
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to shorten the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19, as the virus rages across the nation. According to a senior administration official, the new guidelines, which are set to be released as soon as […]
Planet Fitness, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2020 Results
HAMPTON, N.H., Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:PLNT) reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2020. “Today over 95% of our locations are open, with our team members working hard to deliver a safe and healthy in-store environment for our members,” said Chris Rondeau, […]
College of Human Medicine student receives Diversity in Medicine Scholarship | MSUToday
College of Human Medicine student Michelle Walls is the first recipient of a Diversity in Medicine Scholarship under a program created by Dr. Mehmet Oz to inspire future doctors in underserved communities. Walls learned she would receive the scholarship during an appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show,” which aired Nov. […]
Burnaby Hospital Emergency Department re-opens to walk-in patients following fire
[ad_1] Burnaby Hospital Emergency Department has reopened to walk-in patients as of Monday night, following a fire that caused extensive smoke damage that forced evacuation of patients and staff Sunday night. In a statement released Monday evening, Fraser Health says: “Thanks to hard work of staff and medical staff, Burnaby […]
Panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday. The panel voted 13-1 to recommend those groups get priority in the first days of any coming vaccination program, when […]
Navy physical fitness assessments to resume in March, CNP says
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Sailors can expect physical fitness assessments to pick up again in March 2021, according to Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell Jr. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Navy initially announced in March 2020 that it was postponing its spring cycle of the Navy’s PFA. Ultimately, the […]
North America Sports Medicine Market 2020 to Witness Excellent Long-Term Growth Outlook
Pune, New York, USA, November 24 2020 (Wiredrelease) Research Dive :According to a new report published by Research Dive, titled, Sports Medicine Devices Market : North America Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2018-2025,the North America sports medicine devices market was valued at $3,580 million in 2018, and is expected to […]
Parents accuse Bedford, N.S., dentist of malpractice, call for licence to be revoked – Halifax
Parents in Nova Scotia are accusing a dentist in Bedford, N.S., of malpractice while doing dental work on their children and are calling for his licence to be revoked. Ryan Binder from Glace Bay, N.S., says his six-year-old daughter had a referral from the Mayflower Mall Dentist in Sydney to […]
Ascension Genesys hospital stops elective surgeries amid COVID-19 surge
[ad_1] GRAND BLANC TWP., MI — Ascension Genesys hospital has told its medical staff not to schedule new elective surgeries until at least Nov. 30 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. In a message to doctors Thursday, Nov. 12, the hospital said it was making the move “due to the […]
CDC panel says first Covid-19 vaccine doses should go to health workers, long-term care residents
Determining priority is crucial given the limited initial supply of vaccines and the surging U.S. outbreak. So far 13.6 million people in the country have been infected and nearly 270,000 have died. Health care workers have been hit hard, with at least 243,000 infections and 858 deaths, according to CDC […]
Club Fitness Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Club Fitness Holdings, Inc. (“Club Fitness”) is notifying members of the Club Fitness Community of a data security incident that may have involved certain individual’s personal information. Club Fitness is notifying the potentially impacted individuals of this incident and providing resources to assist them […]
Dr Michael Korn Discusses Precision Medicine Progress in Various Cancers
There are certain diseases, like lung cancer, that are leading the way in precision medicine and where broad molecular testing is recommended, said W. Michael Korn, MD, of University of California, San Francisco, and Caris Life Sciences. There are certain diseases, like lung cancer, that are leading the way in […]
Dentist turns Pilgrim to fill Thanksgiving food baskets
SHELTON — While it’s been a family tradition for the past 34 years, Bruce Sofferman said he knows the Valley needs him more than ever this year. Wednesday, as he has done for decades, the Shelton dentist will don his Pilgrim clothes and friend Brendan Carey of Carey and Guarrera […]
Two People Killed in Explosion at Connecticut V.A. Hospital
[ad_1] At a time when hospitals across the country have been upended by a deadly pandemic, the work that two men were performing at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut on Friday morning was relatively routine. The workers — one a Navy veteran who was employed by the Veterans Affairs […]
How fitness influencer started training TikTok’s Sway LA, Hype House
Fitness influencer Alex Hager, 24, trains some of TikTok’s biggest stars, including residents of the Hype House and Sway LA. Hager has built an audience of around 250,000 TikTok fans by regularly posting videos with some of the app’s top creators. He uses TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to promote his […]