In Sunday's Chicago Tribune, we ran a list of
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But if you can spend a little more, here are a few more ideas:
(I'll be updating this periodically over the next several weeks. Send your ideas to
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If you know someone who’s already navigating the lakefront with an iPod Nano, Nike+ is a possible gift option. Developed in partnership with Apple, Nike+ works with the nano to tell runners everything they need Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget Barack Obama's staff making contact with a governor charged with corruption. What's got everyone talking is the president-elect's fine first form.
"FIT FOR OFFICE: Buff Bam is Hawaii hunk," the New York Post gushed on its cover Tuesday above a photo of the future president strolling without a shirt in Hawaii. The Drudge Report called him "President Beefcake" while TMZ said the president-elect is "still humble enough Read the rest of this entry »
The days get shorter. The temperatures drop. The snow covers the streets. Welcome to winter. Upon its arrival, many outdoor enthusiasts rush to hot and crowded gyms. However, something seems amiss. Where's the fresh air, where's the scenery, where's the love? Without negating the fitness benefits of indoor workouts, outdoor winter exercise has some unique benefits.
During winter, reduced exposure to sunlight causes some people to suffer from Seasonal Read the rest of this entry »
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — Gold-incrusted weapons, children's clothes decorated with LSD-laced stickers, and religious paintings packed with cocaine offer a glimpse into Mexico's growing drug culture in a unique museum.
As Mexican drug traffickers spread their influence from Peru to Panama and contribute to their country's spiralling murder rate -- with more than 5,000 killed in suspected drug-related attacks this year -- the Mexico City drug museum Read the rest of this entry »
WHEN I'm pitching my Web site, I'm often asked what my "cash-burn rate" is.
That's startup speak for: "How long can you keep going until you run out of money?"
But cash burn isn't my problem.
My costs are low: You can run a Web site with laptop, an Internet connection and $6.95 web-hosting account.
The wall I'm facing is my COBRA.
COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, is the law that lets you stay in your employer's Read the rest of this entry »
"We all think that we should be taking vitamins because it makes us more healthy, and yet we can't prove that."
The new research involves preliminary findings from the U.S._Physicians' Health Study II. Researchers tracked 14,641 doctors, aged 50 and older. Each was given either 400 IU (international units) of vitamin E every other day, 500 milligrams of vitamin C daily, or their placebos.
After an average eight years of treatment and followup, Read the rest of this entry »
Published:Sunday, December 28, 2008 12:00 a.m.
BOARDMAN — Humility of Mary Health Partners is offering a nutrition and fitness eduction program for overweight children ages 8 to 12 at St. Elizabeth’s Boardman Health Center, 8401 Market St. and the Davis Family YMCA, 45 McClurg Road, Boardman.
Two sessions of six classes will be available from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The first session will be on Mondays beginning Jan. 12 through Feb. 16 and the Read the rest of this entry »
FDA Announces Recalls of Weight-Loss Pill, Dietary Supplement
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday the recall of a weight-loss product -- Zhen De Shou Fat Loss Capsules -- and a dietary supplement -- Starcaps Diet System dietary supplements, according to published reports.
San Diego-based Fashion Sanctuary said it was recalling all lot codes of Zhen De Shou Fat Loss Capsules sold in 10-count blister cards. The recall was prompted Read the rest of this entry »
The Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto has been given a $100,000 grant from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and its parent company, Sutter Health, so the clinic can expand its diabetes management program.
The number of diabetes patients at the East Palo Alto clinic has increased more than 100 percent in the last four years, with the clinic currently treating more than 1,000 adults with diabetes. Of those patients, 58 percent are Read the rest of this entry »