Tough times mean more help from hospitals - Detroit Free Press

These basic, consumer-friendly services are growing as health system officials look for ways to help people in a difficult economy. They include: • Door-to-door shuttles for downtown workers and their families. A 2008 Buick Lucerne will pick up you ...

Start a home gym in 2009 - Jamaica Gleaner

If you cannot make it to a gym improvise with things around the house, like a mop stick which can be used when doing squats. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer. If you prefer to exercise at home, you and your family could enjoy and benefit from a ...

Board meeting too boring to sit through? Take a hike on a treadmill ... - Calgary Sun

CLARENCE, N.Y. — For anyone who has ever sat through a meeting with long-winded speakers and diet-busting doughnuts, Jennifer Baran offers an antidote. In her “walking conference room,” there is no sitting through anything. Everyone is walking ...

A little effort goes a long way - Boston Globe

Health club locker rooms everywhere are bulging with extra bodies ready to start losing a few pounds. Every January, holiday indulgences and the passing of youth seem to converge in the mirror, prompting new resolve at the table and the gym. By ...

Woman discovered heart problem during Charleston City Hall workout - Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Mary Sizemore says she might not be around today if not for a chance discovery while working out last October in City Hall. Sizemore, a computer operator for the city, was riding a bike in the new fourth-floor fitness center when ...