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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Posted by Green on January 26, 2012
A Complex Disease
“Another message we keep getting from the media is that if you find it early there is 97 percent survival rate. That message is intended not to frighten women. But the reality is that breast cancer is far more complex than that,” Mayer emphasized.
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For a full year, Musa Mayer, a wife, mother, author and patient advocate, went about her life knowing she had a mass of substantial size in one breast. She knew the lesion was there because she could feel it. And it haunted her.
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They promptly had to gather their belongings and head out to Tribal Council where Jeff continues to do his best to cause a stir. Jake spoke up and basically challenged Chuay Gahn on their reasons for voting Ken out. Penny hated being associated with Jake, “I feel very vulnerable as I’m sure Penny does as well.” WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Green on January 19, 2012
A well-managed boot camp program can provide valuable new revenue, increased participation and variety to your group exercise program, potential new members and a unique esprit de corps among participants. There are other benefits as well, such as increasing exposure to other profit centers in your club. Gold’s offers an initial consultation with a dietitian and free sessions with a personal trainer as incentives for people to sign up for boot camp. The team spirit can also result in merchandising opportunities for items such as T-shirts, water bottles and other pro shop supplies with distinctive boot camp logos. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Green on January 13, 2012
Oral contraceptive pills (OCs) are the birth control method of choice for over 12 million American women. Used as directed, OCs are extremely effective at preventing unwanted pregnancies, and have an excellent safety record. When women fail to follow prescribed dosing instructions, for example by not taking a pill daily, the failure rate increases substantially. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Green on January 11, 2012
To encourage the mature market to participate in strength training, the Cooper Fitness Center organized a group strength-training program called CREST (Classics’ Resistance Exercise Strength Training), which is designed to encourage independence and improve quality of life for participants. CREST concentrates on the stabilization muscles (neck, shoulders, back, abdomen and hips) to “improve core strength, thus improving balance, gait, postural alignment and general body awareness,” says Michael Kolling, mature market director. Measurable results are seen after completing the seven-week program. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Green on January 4, 2012
The challenge is called Temple Transfer. “The temple is made up of 6 pieces. Each tribe has 3 platforms. Your challenge is to transfer your temple from platform 1 to platform 3. You can move only one piece at a time. In addition, you can never have a larger piece on top of a smaller piece.” WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Green on December 29, 2011
Authorities point to increases in year-round consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and to increases in dining out as contributors to increases in “reported” incidents of foodborne illness.
What enables such consumption is food importation, and foods are usually imported from developing regions, where surveillance may be inadequate in terms of food safety. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Green on December 26, 2011
Many people learn to regulate exercise intensity using subjective sensations of how hard an exercise feels, sometimes in conjunction with occasional heart rate checks, but often without. The most common tool for this assessment is the Borg Scale of Perceived Exertion, a scale that runs vertically from 6 to 20. As you exercise, you pick the number that most closely corresponds to your sensation of exertion, with the help of verbal cues such as “fairly light” and “somewhat hard” accompanying the numbers. While the common-sense nature of this approach appeals to many exercisers, others worry that its simplicity compromises accuracy. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by Green on December 14, 2011
Special-case motivation
Although keeping members motivated is never easy, members who participate in Special Case Monitoring tend to stick with the program. “We find that with the education and the lectures we offer, there’s a lot of self motivation going on,” says Assistant Program Manager Glen Newman, who adds that members are always quick to register for new programs. “We just get the wheels spinning — they’re the ones who keep them turning,” he says. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »