Provides the latest RSS feeds for Fitness News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Knoxville Times.com http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/cat/e1dd7913e128b66a/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 07:33:42 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:33:42 -0400 30 Actor Justin Bartha, who plays Doug, one of the four friends in the popular "The Hangover" film series, is reportedly engaged to fitness trainer Lia Smith. The movie star proposed to Smith early May. "They're the cutest couple. She was completely surprised by the whole thing," usmagazine.com quoted a source as saying. "The trip to Big Sur, the engagement, the ring, everything. So cute," the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609195/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:01 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609195/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill and no wider than a postage stamp. The flexible skin-like monitor, worn under an adhesive bandage on the wrist, is sensitive enough to help doctors detect stiff arteries and cardiovascular problems. The devices could one ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612528/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:10 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612528/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. The findings were true even among safety-net hospitals, which often have an open-door policy to accept patients regardless of the ability to pay. These ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612526/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:09 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612526/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a cholesterol and heart attack risk was weaker for patients with very low kidney function than for patients with higher kidney function. 60 million people globally have chronic kidney ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612533/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612533/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Bicycle engineering guidelines often used by state regulators to design bicycle facilities need to be overhauled to reflect current cyclists' preferences and safety data, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. They say that U.S. guidelines should be expanded to offer cyclists more riding options and call for endorsing cycle tracks - physically ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612532/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:06 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612532/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Usually, an Ayurveda session needs around six hours of interaction between the patient and the doctor, but with a busy work schedule and a hectic lifestyle, no one is interested in investing so much time, and as a shortcut treatment they go for some other alternative, which completes the things ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612096/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:54 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612096/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is publicly calling for an apology from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services Secretary over a remark in which the health official allegedly held Commissioner Goodwin responsible for the state’s rejection of Medicaid expansion. According to press reports, when questioned by a local physician during a public ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612075/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 03:39:29 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214612075/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, Thursday, May 16, 2013, on Capitol Hill in ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610731/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 01:13:17 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610731/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Health insurers predicted a dramatic rise in premiums under "Obamacare," but the requests filed last week aren’t much different than previous rates. However, the requests await state review and could ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610230/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 00:37:17 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610230/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a (AP) – A therapist at a community health clinic in Salisbury has been charged with making unwanted sexual advances on a patient. Court documents show Clarence Green was charged this week with two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree sex offense and indecent exposure. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that the female patient told police he grabbed and hugged her ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610231/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:42 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610231/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a A May 5 letter ("Gun laws won't stop criminals") from Greg Perrine of Reedsville was less than honest in replying to an earlier writer's view that "90 percent of Americans support the Manchin/Toomey plan for background checks on all gun-purchases." Perrine cited information from the "Buckeye Firearms Institute" to claim "90 percent of police ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610236/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sun, 19 May 2013 00:18:41 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214610236/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a OTTAWA - Health Canada says three companies are voluntarily recalling all lots of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine. A Health Canada news release says it's due to potential contamination with the antibiotic product clindamycin during the manufacturing process. Health Canada says quetiapine is used in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adult patients. Health Canada says ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609651/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 23:41:00 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609651/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Work longer, live healthier. Retirement has a detrimental impact on both mental and physical health over time, says a new study.Although initially there may be a small bounce in health, over the medium-longer term retirement causes a drastic decline in health, says the study by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship.The study recommended that the government should help ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609682/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:40 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609682/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Work longer, live healthier. Retirement has a detrimental impact on both mental and physical health over time, says a new study.Although initially there may be a small bounce in health, over the medium-longer term retirement causes a drastic decline in health, says the study by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship.The study recommended that the government should help ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609683/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:38 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609683/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609287/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:42 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214609287/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a SAN ANTONIO ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214611188/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 22:28:09 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214611188/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Three years after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and less than a year before some of ObamaCare's key measures take effect, there are still many unanswered questions about its impact. Obamacare has raised concerns about increases in health insurance premiums, doctor shortages and any number of issues. It has also created debate among investors about which ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214608771/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 22:04:58 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214608771/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a For years, conservatives have pushed for a health-insurance model emphasizing catastrophic coverage. It works as follows: Consumers pay the cost of ordinary care, such as a checkup, a blood test or an eye exam. Insurance kicks in only for major crises - a heart attack, cancer requiring extensive treatment, a kidney transplant, intensive care for a newborn. The Affordable Care Act, also known as ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214608772/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:42 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214608772/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a WASHINGTON -- Political scandals have ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: the president's health care ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214608260/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:07 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214608260/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Preakness Stakes entrant and Kentucky Derby winner Orb gallops on the track at Pimlico Race Course early Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Baltimore with exercise rider Jenn Patterson ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214607701/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:56 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214607701/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a The pattern goes against any notion that moving to America improves every aspect of life. It also demonstrates that at least in terms of health, worries about assimilation for the country's 11 million illegal immigrants are mistaken. In fact, it is happening all too ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214607702/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:10 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214607702/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a The sunny 63-year-old former television engineer now stores far less clutter. His quarter-acre garden in the pretty village of Westcott, Surrey, now holds the rotting hulks of only 16 cars, surrounded by tyres, walking frames, shopping trolleys and chairs. A marquee holds some of his collection of 36 years of newspapers and magazines.Inside the house, three fridges, old TV sets, drinks cans and ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606981/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:33 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606981/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a A large spending bill for health and human service programs is headed to Gov. Mark Dayton for his signature following a Senate vote on Saturday, May 18. It's the first of several budget bills that the Legislature is expected Saturday to complete. With $11.3 billion in net spending on long-term care, health insurance and a variety of social welfare programs, the health legislation is the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214607040/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:59:44 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214607040/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Dr Yaw Ofori Yeboah, Gomoa West District Director of the Ghana Health Service announced this when he briefed members of the Assembly on the project at Apam in the Central ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606503/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:07 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606503/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Accra, May 18, GNA- Dr Joseph Amankwah, Director, Public Health of Ghana Health Service (GHS), has stated the need for policy guidelines for the implementation of the International Health Regulation (IHR) ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606504/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:06 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606504/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Accra, May 17, GNA -E-health initiative, an electronic health delivery system, was launched on Friday to enable doctors reach their patients online and bring health care to the door steps of the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606505/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:06 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214606505/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain has today been declared free from Coronavirus disease-for the time being. The Health Ministry has issued a statement in this regard assuring the public that no cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed to-date in Bahrain. It urged people to abide by hygienic precautionary measures, including washing hands, avoiding touching one's eyes, mouth and ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214605977/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:47 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214605977/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a MOSCOW May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko said he was hopeful that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will restore wrestling in the Olympic ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214605384/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:34 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214605384/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a The aid will be used on emergency health assistance, sheltering, food, water, hygiene, and other basic needs BRUSSELS - The European Union has decided on provide an additional 65 millions euro in humanitarian aid to civil war-stricken Syrians.The aid will be transferred to the victims both in Syria and in the neighboring countries via UN agencies, the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and other ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214605352/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14:03 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214605352/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a ASPEN - A two-night course that was to offer Aspenites certification in mental health first aid has been canceled, due to a lack of interest.The community's disinterest in the class came as a shock to officials who'd planned it in the wake of a string of suicides this winter and spring in Aspen, which prompted appeals from locals to look after one another's mental ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214604019/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214604019/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Manama, May 18th (BNA) -Minister of Health, Sadiq Abdul Karim Al Shehabi left the Kingdom to Genve to participate in the (66) meeting of World Health Assembly of World Health Organization (WHO), which will be held during the period from May 20 to 28, 2013. The Assembly's works will be opened on Monday May 20th, 2013 with appointing the Credentials Committee, electing the sixty-sixth ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214602940/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 12:35:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214602940/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Morgan Arnold poses next to a Scooby-Doo display during a 2012 trip to California with her mother, Cindi Arnold. Morgan, 14, now stands accused of orchestrating a plot with her boyfriend, Jason Bulmer, to kill her father, Dennis Lane, in Ellicott ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214603000/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 12:19:08 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214603000/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, the owner of St. John’s Health Center, plans to sell the Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214602436/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 11:23:19 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214602436/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Most Americans will soon begin to see major changes in health care delivery. The changes will likely be mostly negative for the vast majority, but not for everyone. For example, those without health care insurance or with pre-existing conditions should see improvements. But I would bet that many of the young and healthy who have previously chosen not to buy health insurance might not like ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601836/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:00 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601836/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) interim president Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, shown in this file photo, was elected president of the body in Moscow on Saturday. (File/Associated ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601842/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 10:29:25 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601842/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a The colt will face eight rivals at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday. If the horse wins, he gets a shot on June 9 to try for the first Triple Crown win since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes. Orb will break from the one post during the race. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Friday he was pleased with the horse and does not see any problems ahead of the race. Eleven horses have won the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 09:45:45 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a National health plans so far have announced participation in "fewer than 15 states" to provide benefits under the Affordable Care Act. (Photo credit: ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601289/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 09:35:15 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214601289/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; California will become the first state to offer voter registration through its health insurance marketplace later this ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214600869/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 08:40:23 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214600869/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a schools to jump higher and run faster, the leader of the headteachers' union has said.Bernadette Hunter, president of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214600871/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 08:34:33 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214600871/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine's return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214600348/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 07:35:53 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214600348/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Schools in England are losing their sense of humour under piles of data and spreadsheets as headteachers are forced to "wrestle with an octopus" of government initiatives and reforms, a union leader will warn today.Heads are becoming tired of constant change to the education system, and believe it is being dismantled before their eyes, according to Bernadette Hunter, president of the ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214599439/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 05:07:40 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214599439/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves. Katherine Hertlein of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present her team's findings at the 63rd annual International Communication Association conference in ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598940/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:58 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598940/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a We're off to see my mum. "Navigate to Dorchester-on-Thames," I command, to test out the state-of-the-art, voice-activated satnav. "Navigate to the nearest mountain pass - is that correct?" the car says. What? No! Dorchester-on-Thames. I try again. "Navigate to the nearest government office?" Maybe Mum's village is too small. Let's try Oxford - surely ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598894/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 04:24:17 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598894/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a OTTAWA - Health Canada has completed a safety review of the anti-acne medication Diane-35 and determined the drug's benefits outweigh its risks when appropriately used. In Canada, Diane-35 is approved for the temporary treatment of severe acne in women who are unresponsive to other treatments. The federal agency says it should not be used in patients with a history that puts them at risk ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598331/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 03:08:47 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598331/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Cheer Classes will be offered by the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department. Learn chants, cheers, dance, routines, and other fundamentals of cheerleading. This class combines fitness with fun and is a great opportunity for youth to stay physically active. This is a great opportunity for the youth to gain experience in cheerleading and meet new friends! Come join the party! It's ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598333/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 02:50:23 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598333/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Financial advisers caution about making direct comparisons with retail bonds, such as the Nuffield Health bond, and fixed rate bond savings accounts. Photograph: ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598170/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 02:15:21 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214598170/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a It sounds like something out of a horror story--parents say that their young daughter was murdered at a clinic so the staff could harvest her ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214596983/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 01:09:46 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214596983/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook determines which diagnostic codes medical professionals use for patients and can affect whether health insurance pays for treatment. The latest version has some ... http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214596984/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:22 -0400 http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/sid/214596984/scat/e1dd7913e128b66a