JACKIE WARNER Health and Nutrition
'Dicey' health workers nabbed in Kandy (Daily News)
COLOMBO: Four health workers attached to the Kandy Teaching Hospital were nabbed by Kandy police while gambling during duty hours. Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva ordered an inquiry into the incident last night, a Ministry spokesman said.
Taguig nutrition program wins award (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines – For having the best managed nutrition program for its residents, Taguig City won the Green Banner Award from the Department of Health’s National Nutrition Council, an agency that annually recognizes groups in the field of nutrition.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Brings Importance of Nutrition to the Forefront of Treatment (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
This year more than 186,000 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. That's 522 new diagnoses every day. In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Nestle HealthCare Nutrition is raising awareness surrounding the importance of nutrition prior to-and during-various treatment options, most notably, surgical options.
Four Online Interactive Tools Added by AARP to Website's Health Section (Senior Journal)
Aug. 27, 2008 - AARP has added four health tools to its Web site. The data sources, which the organization says provide “trusted, reliable online health information,” are outside providers and their data is made available through the AARP’s Health Section.
Monthly health and wellness magazine celebrates vitality (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
Spry, a new monthly health and wellness magazine dedicated to “celebrating the vitality in all of us,” will debut Sunday, Sept. 7 in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza as an insert in the newspaper.
Boomers Connect for Better Health through Online Conversations (Palatka Daily News)
(ARA) - Want advice on how to train for a marathon or treat depression? Baby boomers are increasingly finding answers to these kinds of health questions online, and not necessarily just on medical Web sites.
Take Control of Your Future Health (Palatka Daily News)
(ARA) - A quick fix -- it's the American way. If we want to lose weight, we try the current fad diet. If we get a new diagnosis, we hope the cure is as simple as popping a pill. When it comes to health, understandably, we all want the instant fix.
Health, wellness conference set for Sept. 6 (Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum)
BUCYRUS -- Victory In Truth Ministries, 485 Ohio 4 South, will present a health and wellness conference with Dr. Scott E. Griffin, DC, on Sept. 6. Registration will begin at 8:45 a.m., and the conference will end at noon.
Health calendar (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
SEPT. 5 Robin Carnahan: Breast cancer survivor and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan shares her story of survival as part of Missouri Baptist Medical Center's Hope, Health and Healing educational forum. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Sheraton Westport Hotel Lakeside Chalet, 191 West Port Plaza.
Nutrition News (The Shelby Star)
As fresh pears are coming in, recent calls indicate that residents of Cleveland and surrounding counties want to learn more about the nutrition, selection and preparation of pears.