Archive for the ‘Fitness Resources’ Category.
January 24, 2012, 12:09 am
Fitbit, a maker of a digital health and fitness devices, announced today it has raised $12 million in Series C funding.
The round of funding, which will be used to fund growth, was led by existing partners Foundry Group, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, and Felicis Ventures.
“This funding will help us accelerate the hiring of the best hardware and software engineers, designers, product managers and marketers,” Fitbit CEO and co-founder James Park said in a statement. “This is the perfect time for passionate and smart people to join us as we create devices and services that improve the health of millions.”
Founded in 2007, the company wowed attendees at the TechCrunch50 conference in 2008 with a personal motion sensor and associated online service that tracks your physical activity.
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January 18, 2012, 2:34 pm
Congo is experiencing one of the deadliest conflicts on earth; four million people have been killed in the war there. What can we do about it? Yoga for Congo Women is a not-for-profit that helps women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was started by Ann Richmond, who read an article in Yoga Journal about a woman who had traveled to Rwanda with Women for Women International, an organization that helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives. She went to the website and learned about the violence in Congo. “I was stunned, and felt ripped open inside. I had to do something,” she recalls. Soon after she participated in a Run for Congo Women, inspiration struck: “I could see how yoga could interweave with knowledge and empowerment in a truly unique and beautiful way. Read the full article…
January 9, 2012, 8:24 pm
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari / National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
ONC earned its nickname as the “Office of No Christmas” during the 2009 Holiday season roughly two years ago when we, along with our colleagues at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the proposed regulations to govern the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs (EHR Incentive programs) established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). CMS’s
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December 30, 2011, 10:25 pm
Nutritionist Joy Bauer is celebrating the release of her new health book titled Joy Bauers Food Cures. Bauer’s book focuses on how many common foods can help to cure health issues. The Today Show nutrition expert lays out what she calls five powerful food cures that you will not want to pass up.
Joy says:
By eating the right foods, you can boost memory and mood, alleviate aches and pains, lower your cholesterol, get better sleep, combat migraine headaches, even achieve more radiant skin and stronger hair
Joy’s five tips for a better you include eating these healthy foods:
1. Blueberries to boost your memory Blueberries are a great source of memory enhancing antioxidants. The
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December 12, 2011, 3:57 am
In recent months, the federal Justice Department has engaged in concerted efforts to crack down on the proliferation of medical cannabis related activities in states that allow for its therapeutic use under state law, including California, Montana, and Washington.
Nonetheless, the imprimatur of the state apparently carries little if any weight with the Obama administration at this time despite promises (reiterated before Congress just last week by US Attorney General Eric Holder) that such prosecutions are not a (federal) priority and that the Justice Department only intends to target those entities who use marijuana in a way thats not consistent with the state statute.
Predictably, todays CBS special report tells a different story.
Federal authorities are planning to crack down on the medical marijuana business in Colorado on a large scale for the first time.
Warning letters will be going out to dispensaries and grow facilities near schools, CBS4 investigator Rick Sallinger has learned.
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