Recreating retirement: how will baby boomers reshape leisure in their 60s?
When Dylan Thomas advised in 1951, "Do not go gentle into that good night," he was writing to his Welsh father, but the words seem to have been taken to heart by American baby boomers. Some social scientists and leisure professionals say that the 76 million Americans born between...

Behavioral Programs Not Yet Fully Integrated or Accepted.
WASHINGTON -- Disease management programs continue to gain favor with health plans, but health-related behavior programs are still far from being smoothly integrated, Lisa A. Benz Scott, Ph.D., said at a national conference on chronic disease prevention and control sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

Fit and in a family way.
in the 1950s, it was discovered that a widely-used hormonal treatment for bleeding in pregnant women led to cancer risk and reproductive problems in their offspring. In the 1960s, a commonly prescribed sedative was linked to fetal heart and limb defects. Subsequent discoveries about smoking, alcohol intake and nutrition...

PHA starts 'healthy lifestyle' campaign for Heart Month.
Byline: CHRISTOPHER A. DATOL February will be marked as ?Heart Month? not only for couples waiting for Valentine?s, but also for cardiologists of the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) who are renewing their battle to protect the most vital organ of the human body from the threat of...

PHA starts 'healthy lifestyle' campaign for Heart Month.
Byline: CHRISTOPHER A. DATOL February will be marked as Heart Month not only for couples waiting for Valentines, but also for cardiologists of the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) who are renewing their battle to protect the most vital organ of the human body from the threat of...

Behavioral Programs Not Yet Fully Integrated.
WASHINGTON -- Disease management programs continue to gain favor with health plans, but health-related behavior programs are still far from being integrated, Lisa A. Benz Scott, Ph.D., reported at a national conference on chronic disease prevention sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the...

Attitudes of university students toward an integrated campus recreation program.
As noted by DePauw and Doll-Tepper (2000), the concept of inclusion has been the subject of significant discussion and debate among professionals in the adapted physical activity domain. Inclusion refers to the philosophy in which individuals with disabilities are fully integrated into regular education settings. This movement, which had...

Getting into the Swing of it!
Dancing is a great way to have fun--and keep yourself fit at the same time! "Dancing is an amazing way to express yourself and have fun!" says 17-year-old Ayla Brown. "I think everyone has something that really speaks to them deeply. Dance is it for me; it's...

Fit to a tee. (Indications).
People without thoroughbred genes need exercise to improve fitness, so some British physicians are prescribing golf therapy for out-of-shape patients. The program, now underway in Taunton Deane, England, in discounted course fees, personal instruction, and medical supervision while walking the fairways. The idea is that golf maybe more appealing...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy precludes sports: preclinical diagnosis.
BALTIMORE -- Adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should exercise for cardiovascular fitness but must not participate in competitive sports, Dr. W. Reid Thompson said at a meeting on pediatric trends sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. These patients should be told not to compete in intense high school intramural...