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Be Your Best At Any Age
(ARA) - As women age, we realize that staying healthy takes some work on our part. Good nutrition, regular activity, sound sleep and less stress are all important factors in maintaining good health, no matter what your age. "Women have other specialized health needs, which change depending on their stage of life," says Dr. Robert Berkow, editor-in-chief of "Your Health Now," a consumer health magazine published by Merck & Co., Inc. Whether you're burning the midnight oil at your first job, sending your last child to college or enjoying retirement, make your health a priority. Here's a checklist to help you stay on top of your game at every age. Your 20s And 30s Get revved: Exercise six times a week for at least 30 minutes at a time, but whatever you can fit in is better than nothing.
Buzz! The Sports Quiz review
As attention falls firmly onto the next-generation of machines with the Xbox 360 clocking up a year of service, the Wiis arriving on the scene last week and the PS3 expected in Europe within the next four months its easy to forget what a wonderful contest between the last generation of machines has actually been.
Of course, although the PS2 was the clear winner, as expected, the Xbox, after a slow fight put up an admirable fight in a contest it was always playing catch up.
Indeed, something that helped the PS2 enormously was Sonys pursuit of the middle ground, to get the casual gamers and the family around the console to conquer the mass market. While Xbox flaunted its significant assets to the hardcore gamer. .
Victim of car crash dies in hospital
A young man seriously injured in a car crash in Halifax early Sunday morning died in hospital Monday. Police didn’t release the victim’s name but said he was 20 years old and from Windsor Junction. The driver was alone in a Ford Escort that hit a utility pole at 3 a.m. on Barrington Street just south of Artz Street. "It does appear that speed was a factor and the possibility of alcohol having been a factor will be a part of the investigation," said Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const. Jeff Carr. A witness, T.J. Peric, said the victim’s car drove past the taxi he was a passenger in before leaving the road. "As we came out of the turn in front of Brunswick Towers, where it straightens out, that’s where he lost control of the car .
Facility to focus on prevention
A proposed $3.5-million "wellness centre" within the South Okanagan Event Centre represents an investment in Penticton's future health, says Dr. Gerry Karr. Details of the wellness centre were revealed by city council last week when it signed the event centre contract. Pending funding approval, the two-storey, 10,000 square-foot facility will be added onto the east side of the new community rink. Karr, medical director of kidney services for Interior Health, said Wednesday the wellness facility would focus on preventative health care in an ideal location a few steps away from fitness facilities in the adjacent community centre. It would be double the size of the current Integrated Health Centre on the basement floor of the OSNS Child Development Centre next to Penticton Regional Hospital. Instead of dialysis or other treatment facilities, it would focus on the prevention aspect of health care.
McDonald's eyes gyms for kids
OAKBROOK, Ill., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Restaurant chain McDonald's, based in Oakbrook, Ill., has been considering replacing its PlayPlace indoor playgrounds with gyms for children. The R-Gyms, named for the chain's mascot, Ronald McDonald, would include stationary exercise bikes, rope climbing and other aerobic exercise activities to help children burn off their Happy Meals, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Prototype R-Gyms are in use in Woodridge, Ill., Chillicothe, Ill., and locations in Oklahoma, California and Colorado. "The intent is to provide games that allow children to use their imagination in an active lifestyle," said William Whitman, a McDonald's spokesman. "This is a continuation of what we have been doing for more than 20 years with the PlayPlace, providing a safe place where children can come and have fun." However, Susan Linn, a psychologist at the Harvard Medical School and the co-founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, criticized the gyms as an attempt to make the restaurant look like it is tackling the issue of childhood obesity while avoiding the real problem.
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