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South Central Regional Medical Center, Family Health Center and Wesley United Men hosted the event that drew about 100 men in the first 45 minutes of the three-hour event.
Dan Diers, a physical therapist at SCRMC, said the golf swing analysis is a way to assist those with and without medical problems to be able to [...]

As the presidential campaign debate over health care intensified, I heard from seven different friends with the same problem: They had loved ones who had recently moved and, like many others across the U.S., could not find a primary care doctor. Three were in Washington where, according to 2006 data from the Department of Health, [...]

By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A top “American Idol” contestant was taken to a hospital emergency room after Tuesday night’s show suffering from heart palpitations and high blood pressure, a source close to the show said on Wednesday.
David Cook, who performed country legend Dolly Parton’s ballad “Little Sparrow” on Tuesday’s [...]

By Terri Coles
TORONTO (Reuters) — There is little debate that obesity
presents a public health issue in North America — obesity
rates have more than doubled over a generation in the United
States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. But the causes of obesity — and therefore, the
solutions — are [...]

By Terri Coles
TORONTO (Reuters) — There is little debate that obesity presents a public health issue in North America — obesity rates have more than doubled over a generation in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the causes of [...]

Colleagues who caught a glimpse of the child-sized treadmill were amused. Or incredulous. Or outraged. But when Mira Ghabiel, 5, saw it in the gym of the Downtown Alternative Public School, she exclaimed, %26quot;Wow! That is cool! %26quot;Little kids on a treadmill?Yes – and the tiny non-motorized treadmill with a detachable, big-button plastic pedometer is [...]

When one of my doctor buddies is asked what to take to avoid heart disease he answers: “I find a good cardiologist, and ask what they do”. So, in honour of heart month, I share here years of research and confessionals: the secret habits of cardiologists. They are culled from 25 years of observations of [...]

By Terri Coles
TORONTO (Reuters) — There is little debate that obesity presents a public health issue in North America — obesity rates have more than doubled over a generation in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the causes of [...]

By Terri Coles
TORONTO (Reuters) — There is little debate that obesity presents a public health issue in North America — obesity rates have more than doubled over a generation in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the causes of [...]

Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf Kalla has arrived at the hospital treating Suharto and was expected to address a news conference. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is currently in Malaysia.Mr. Suharto, 86, was taken to Jakarta’s Pertamina hospital a week ago suffering from anaemia and low blood pressure due to heart, lung and kidney problems. His health [...]