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Following up on a story we posted yesterday– According to the SF Gate, a Nike representative called Arien O’Connell early this morning and said that they would award her a trophy as well as the same prize awarded to the “elite” winner of the Nike Women’s Marathon.
Importantly, the representative said that they would also be [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Nike Actually Does the Right Thing- Too Little, Too Late?”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/10/nike-actually-does-the-right-thing-too-little-too-late/” });

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Never one to not fuck things up for long, Nike found itself in a little bit of hot water with the running community after this weekend’s Nike’s Women’s Marathon. Shocker? Here’s the scoop:
There were over 20,000 competitors in Sunday’s Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco. And 24-year-old Arien O’Connell, a fifth-grade teacher [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Congrats to the true winner of the Nike Women’s Marathon, Arien O’Connell (and Laine and Judith Fast!)”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/10/congrats-to-the-true-winner/” });

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Runners World reports today on a company that is selling cute, plastic gym equipment for kids. Apparently, they are “looking to capitalise on parental fears that playing computer games produces young couch potatoes.”
You know what produces “young couch potatoes” and fat kids?  Being so terrified of letting your kid (gasp! shock! horror!) go play [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Treadmills for Kids?”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/09/treadmills-for-kids/” });

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Alabama announced that it would start charging state workers for being fat. Overweight workers who suffer health problems and don’t make progress towards losing weight/resolving them in a year will be charged $25 per month for health coverage that is normally free.  Alabama already charges people for smoking.  Other states reward people for making healthy [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “What Do You Think? Fat Tax”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/08/what-do-you-think-fat-tax/” });

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The University of Houston department of health and human performance is launching an international effort to recruit 500 participants for a study promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity.  The research is aimed at helping people develop healthy eating and activity habits.
Great, right?!  Awesome, yes?!
The whole thing takes place in Second Life.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “This is Why Our Kids Are Fat”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/08/this-is-why-our-kids-are-fat/” });

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Kudos to Ruth Parnell, an 88-year-old woman who completely kicks ass at the Sit and Be Fit!  I admit, I harbor a bit of jealousy.
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“Meeeooowww… You’re a Mathematically-Significant 17.4!!” The international gymnastics douchebags, who were just one letter off in choosing the acronym “F.I.G.”, decided to be total tards and do away with the Perfect [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “FitLifeSF Crunches the Day’s Fitness News”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/08/fitlifesf-crunches-the-days-fitness-news/” });

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What has your Board of Supervisors done for you lately?  Well, they made it illegal for pharmicies to sell cigarettes, for one.  They are pushing to prohibit smoking in ATM lines, Farmer’s Markets, common outdoor spaces of apartment buildings, and other shared public spaces.  Oh, and… lobbying to charge a fee for selling sodas containing [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “San Francisco Pushes Legislation to Promote Good Health”, url: “http://www.fitlifesf.com/2008/08/san-francisco-pushes-legislation-to-promote-good-health/” });

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The victim count in the tainted tomato outbreak leaped to 550  last week even as U.S health officials announced that the salmonella contaminant did indeed come from farms in Florida and Mexico. The whole scare seems to be over - “The marked increase is not due to new infections,…

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In the news recently, an experimental vaccine can provide long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically predisposed to the disease, new research indicates.

“By early vaccination, we have basically given these mice life-long protection against a disease they were destined…

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FDA Approves VYVANSE™ (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), the First and Only Once-Daily Prodrug Stimulant to Treat ADHD in Adults. Within the first eight months since its introduction in the United States, VYVANSE has achieved over one million prescriptions. In a clinical study with adults,…

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I just wanted to take a moment and give a quick shout out and congratulations to a very special person, Ambre Lake. She was the recent winner of Bret Michael’s heart on the VH1 reality show Rock of Love. A southern-born performer who struck an equal balance between acting and modeling, I had…

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SMALL amounts of unprotected sun exposure could actually be good for you. Most humans tend to get most of their vitamin D from exposure to sunlight, so people who avoid the sun completely or who always wear sunscreen to protect themselves against skin cancers are at risk for vitamin D…

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We live in an amazing time! Growing up when I was in school, we actually had to go to libraries to do a report! Remember looking things up in the card catalog? And then hoping the library had the item in house?Do you remember reading the newspaper to read about yesterdays news? Now we get news and…



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All patients, whether fighting a deadly disease or managing a chronic condition, live in hope of new medicines and improved therapies. We are meeting these hopes everyday, with new medicines and treatments that improve health and give patients better treatment options.Disease is our common enemy….



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The Food and Drug Administration cannot warn people enough about the possible dangers of buying medications online. Some Web sites sell medicine, such as prescription and over-the-counter drugs, that may not be safe to use and could put people’s health at risk. Counterfeit drugs are fake or…



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                            MRSA, the superbug that is resistant to many antibiotics, has been making headlines recently. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant…



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