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WellBalance Weight Loss Camp for Kids & Teens Promotes National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week WellBalance fitness and weight loss camps reinforce the impact mental health ailments can have on childhood wellnessAsheville, NC (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 WellBalance, a leading adolescent and adult health & wellness organization that operates fitness, health, and weight loss camps for kids and teens aged 10-20 is supporting the 2012 National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. An event ... news.yahoo.com
Health Happenings Looking for a certain support group or workshop? Check out our local roundup of everything from health screenings to child car-seats. www.star-telegram.com
Support Groups ADOPTIVE FAMILIES TOGETHER: A group for pre- and post-adoptive families; meets fourth Sun. each month, 7-9 p. www.lowellsun.com
Protecting kids from diabetes A new report says that the number of teens with diabetes or prediabetes more than doubled between 1999 and 2008. Here are some tips for keeping your kid off the list. www.philly.com
Fitness, diabetes and gluten-free summer camps If children are overweight or obese, diabetic or gluten-intolerant, typical summer camps are often not great options for them. But three Indianapolis summer camps — Forever-Fit Summer Camp, American Diabetes Association Camp John Warvel and Camp Gluten Freedon — can offer support and guidance, as well as a good time, for those children. Forever-Fit Summer Camp In its second summer, this day camp ... blogs.indystar.com
Broomfield Enterprise upcoming events -- May 24 Upcoming events www.broomfieldenterprise.com
Teen triumphs over obesity Westmont High School student drops 150 pounds after new, life-saving surgery www.mercurynews.com
Park Ridge Community Calendar for the week of May 24, 2012 Submissions for Community Calendar are required two weeks preceding the date of publication. Send to: Mary Ann Bottari, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; mbottari@pioneerlocal.com. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495. Agenda City of Park Ridge: The following meetings take place in City Hall, 505 Butler Place, unless otherwise noted. For a complete agenda, call City ... parkridge.suntimes.com
Doctors restore some hand function to quadriplegic patient For the first time, surgeons have restored partial mobility to the hand of a quadriplegic patient. www.myfoxmaine.com
The Mathematician’s Obesity Fallacy As I write, this interview with mathematician Carson C. Chow is the number-one most-emailed story on the New York Times Web site. Chow, a researcher at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, had no experience in the health sciences before he came to study the problem of why so many Americans [...] blogs.scientificamerican.com
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