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NFL PLAY 60 and volunteermatch partner to encourage adults to volunteer for kids` health and wellness
NFL PLAY 60 has teamed up with VolunteerMatch, the Web's most popular volunteering network, to help make it easier for fans to discover volunteer opportunities in the youth health and wellness space. The NFL PLAY 60 VolunteerMatch Web site is now accessible at http://www.nflrush.com/play60. At the site, interested parties may find local volunteer opportunities from VolunteerMatch's national ...
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Dr. Andy Baldwin to run for something better at the ING New York City Marathon 2010
U.S. Navy physician, humanitarian, television personality and endurance athlete, Lieutenant Commander Andrew Baldwin, M.D., announced that he will join forces with financial services leader ING and New York Road Runners as he takes on the 26.2 mile ING New York City Marathon. Dr. Baldwin will serve as this year's ambassador for the ING Run For Something Better® program, a charitable ...
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KaBOOM! play days presented by Mott’s are back!
To ensure that kids across the country get active and playful, national non-profit KaBOOM! is kicking-off the second annual KaBOOM! Play Days presented by Mott"s. KaBOOM! Play Days encourage communities to come together for fun activities and to improve local parks and playgrounds. KaBOOM! Play Days run from September 18 – September 26, but event planning starts now. KaBOOM! is the national ...
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NextEra Energy Honored with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles® Award by the National Business Group on Health
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) has been honored for the eighth time by the National Business Group on Health for its ongoing commitment to promoting a healthy work environment and encouraging its workers to live healthier lifestyles. The company was one of just two Florida-based companies and one of only two companies in the energy sector to receive the 2013 Best Employers for Healthy ...
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Older adults benefit from Flywheel Training
Unfortunately, muscle strength and -power decrease with aging. This affects daily living, stability, posture and therefore mobility. Research however shows that flywheel training is very suitable for elderly who want to reduce this decrease in strength and power. They can even become stronger and gain better results with flywheel training, compared to “traditional training” with ...
By Kynett BV
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Mojo Vision Partners With Fitness Brands to Elevate Sports and Fitness Experience and Performance via Its Smart Contact Lens
SARATOGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mojo Vision, the Invisible Computing Company, today announced strategic partnerships with leading sports and fitness brands to collaborate on next-generation user experiences that combine augmented reality, wearable technology and personal performance data. The companies will work together using Mojo's smart contact lens technology, Mojo Lens, to find unique ...
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The national alliance for caregiving and metLife foundation honor exemplary programs that support and educate family caregivers
Representatives from leading aging organizations and agencies from around the nation convened in St. Louis, MO today to honor the 2010 winners of the National Family Caregiving Awards, sponsored by the National Alliance for Caregiving with support from MetLife Foundation. The programs were recognized for their innovation, effectiveness, and response to caregiver needs in their communities. "We ...
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Synbiotic Health deemed “Most Innovative Probiotics and Prebiotics Development Company” in Global Health & Pharma’s annual awards
The Synbiotic Health team is pleased to receive the award for “Most Innovative Probiotics and Prebiotics Development Company” in Global Health & Pharma Magazine’s Fitness and Nutrition Awards 2021. According to Global Health & Pharma, the Fitness & Nutrition Awards were developed to highlight companies that “demonstrate the ability to create innovative ...
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Health & Wellness: What Urinalysis Could Say About Your Well-being
Most people would agree that only looking at your bank account once a year is a bad idea, yet when we look at our own health, the only data many of us collect is from a once-a-year checkup, in which doctors will run a series of laboratory tests. These tests are a single data point describing the very dynamic systems that are our bodies, which change throughout the year. In order to start ...
By Fluxergy
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Antea Group Among Top 100 Healthiest Workplaces in America
Over 18,000 employers applied, and out of 800 finalists just 100 were named to the final list. Organizations were evaluated on six criteria related to wellness in the workplace: culture and leadership commitment, foundational components of a strong program, strategic planning, communications and marketing, programming and interventions, such as engagement and motivation strategies, and ...
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Antea Group among top 100 healthiest workplaces in America
Antea Group is excited to announce that we have been named one of the Top 100 Healthiest Workplaces in America, an honor presented by Healthiest Employers, LCC to companies committed to creating a healthy workplace. Over 18,000 employers applied, and out of 800 finalists just 100 were named to the final list. Organizations were evaluated on six criteria related to wellness in the workplace: ...
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Effects of prosthetic limb prescription on 3-year mortality among Veterans with lower-limb amputation
Method: Retrospective observational study on 4,578 Veterans hospitalized for LLA and discharged 2003- 2004, looking at time to all-cause mortality from the amputation surgical date up to the 3 yr anniversary. Results: 1,300 (28.4%) persons received a prescription for a prosthetic limb within 1 yr after the surgical amputation. About 46% (n = 2,086) of all Veterans w LLA died within 3 yr of the ...
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Pacific Edge Announces Agreement with Northern Health in Australia
Pacific Edge is pleased to announce today that it has reached its first commercial agreement of scale in Australia with Northern Health, a major provider of healthcare and hospital services to Melbourne’s rapidly growing outer northern suburbs. Northern Health provides healthcare services to the rapidly growing suburbs in Melbourne’s outer north through four campuses across the ...
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Cority Announces New Solutions for Organizations to Manage the Healthy and Effective Recovery from COVID-19
Cority, the most trusted provider of environmental, health, safety, and quality (EHSQ) software today announced the immediate availability of its newly packaged COVID-19 Workplace Health and Continuity Solutions to help organizations effectively manage critical business processes during the graduated easing of restrictions and resumption of regular activities. The post-peak period is anticipated ...
By Cority
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American cancer society choose you day engages employers nationwide in focusing on cancer prevention
On May 12, employers nationwide will participate in the American Cancer Society"s first Choose You Day by offering their employees the opportunity to take 30 minutes during the workday to focus on their personal health, and to make a five dollar donation to the Society"s lifesaving work of helping create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Choose You Day is part of the American Cancer ...
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