Wellness/fitness

Check your waistline: Obesity raises red flag for employers | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), The | 15 hours 39 minutes ago
Perhaps you're working extra hard these days to hang onto your job, or if you're looking for work, you're using every avenue you know to find a job.

Some People OK With Obesity
ABC News | 15 hours 58 minutes ago
Nearly One Obese Person in 10 Feels No Need to Lose Weight, New Study Says

Chef Michael Smith advises home cooks to keep it simple
Canada.com | 17 hours 4 minutes ago
Celebrity cookbook author and Food Network chef Michael Smith, 42, dropped by Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa recently to speak with students on his cross-Canada tour as food ambassador for his home province, Prince Edward Island.

Democrats Press Ahead on Debate Before Health Vote
New York Times, The | 1 day 3 hours 52 minutes ago
WASHINGTON Senate Democrats made a forceful case on Saturday for legislation to revamp the nation?s health care system, condemning the practices of insurers and decrying the plight of the uninsured in a parade of floor speeches aimed at cementing party unity ahead of a first crucial vote.

Seasonal flu could be lurking until H1N1 abates
Canada.com | 1 day 12 hours 8 minutes ago
Canadians should be prepared to roll up their sleeves a second time for the seasonal flu shot when it's available for them, experts say.

Miami Dade College faculty member named top Florida professor
Miami Herald, The | 1 day 13 hours 54 minutes ago
Sandra L. Schultz, a 30-year Miami Dade College North Campus professor, has been named the 2009 Florida Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins medical talks to go head to head
Palm Beach Daily News (Fla.) | 1 day 21 hours 20 minutes ago
It's like having to pick between front-row seats to shows by Karl Lagerfeld or Giorgio Armani. Or having to chose between a Lamborghini and a Maserati. On Dec. 3, doctors representing two stellar medical institutions will be in the Palm Beaches to discuss

Problems of health care system still exist
Business Insurance | 2 days 1 hour 46 minutes ago
No reform proposal addresses the core problems of the nation's health care system, says Chandler J. Rapson, president and chief executive officer of Lakeland, Fla.-based First Service Administrators Inc. Health care reform must address networks that hamstring the ability of regional insurers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers to contract with enough quality providers to make serving an individual market financially feasible, he says.

Health Buzz: Plastic Surgery 'Botax' May Help Fund Reform and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report | 2 days 2 hours 47 minutes ago
"Botax" on Plastic Surgery May Help Fund Reform A piece of the proposed Senate health reform bill could levy a tax on elective cosmetic proceduresand plastic surgeons are not happy about it, the Associated Press reports.