Health News
- Study says smoking bans don't hurt bars and restaurants
- LANSING (AP) - A study of smoking bans in other states says the bans don't have any net economic effect on bars and restaurants.
The study was released Tuesday by former Michigan Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema, now of Public Sector... Full story
- Helping Children with a Restricted Diet
- Steph
- The Psychological Effects of a Restricted Diet and the Parent-Child Relationship
By: Judy Brady PhD, Child Psychologist: MSU, Sparrow Health System
Tuesday March 25th at 7pm.
Community of Christ, 1512 W. Miller rd. (On Miller Rd... Full story
- February Recognized as Heart Awareness Month
- The number one killer of women
- Steph "The Intern"
- As the leading cause of death in Michigan and the leading killer of woman, the Michigan Department of Community Health recognizes February as Heart Health Awareness Month to bring attention to this critical health issue.
Heart disease kills more... Full story
Focus on Fitness
- Fine-tune workout to rule slopes
- Milo Bryant - The Gazette
- Folks, ski season is coming. And more than a few of you have asked questions about getting in skiing shape.
Even when we're in great shape there are things we can do to help improve our ability to ski better and, if you ski as badly as I do,... Full story
- U.S. needs czar to coordinate health efforts
- America needs a trainer.
- By Milo Bryant, The Gazette
- America needs a trainer.
The country needs somebody qualified to help whip our butts into shape. That somebody would have the power to command, influence and draw resources from various aspects of the government to help us get in better shape.... Full story
- Gradual shift in habits helps avoid fitness-program rebellion
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
- By Milo Bryant, The Gazette
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
Folks are aware that too many kids in the United States are overweight or obese. We even know how to reverse the situation and how to prevent it. We know that more physical activity helps. We know... Full story
Health News (AP)
- Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer....
- Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps WASHINGTON (AP) -- First mammograms. Now - in an apparent coincidence - Pap smears....
- Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S....
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