| Choir practice, group discussions among religious events offered
The Poughkeepsie Journal is expanding coverage of events sponsored by churches, synagogues and other houses of worship (no services, please). This is in direct response to readers' interest in deeper coverage of local events. Please e-mail information on events to pjevents@poughkeepsiejournal.com or mail: Religious News, Poughkeepsie Journal, P.O. Box 1231, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602. Religious news will be published on Saturday, so we need information by noon Wednesday. We'd also like to publish photos of events your house of worship has held or sponsored recently. E-mail photos in jpeg format, at least 200 dpi, to the above e-mail. Please identify everyone in the photo. If you have questions, call 845-437-4883. Clinton Corners Cornerstone Bible Fellowship Church - 1592 Hollow Road, visit www.cornerstonebfc.org or call 845-266-8057.
Hummingbird Coaching Services to Speak on Health Coaching Models ...
Hummingbird Coaching Services has been invited to speak on health and wellness coaching at the Medical Wellness Summit, scheduled for Monday, April 30, 2007 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cincinnati, Ohio – April 30, 2007 -- Hummingbird Coaching Services has been invited to speak on health and wellness coaching at the Medical Wellness Summit, scheduled for Monday, April 30, 2007 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sean Slovenski, Hummingbird president and chief executive officer and a pioneer in online wellness coaching, will co-present a session titled Health and Wellness Coaching, Successful Models. Slovenski and Margaret Moore of WellCoaches will discuss advantages of various coaching models including tutorial, telephonic, Web and integrated approaches.
NY Harris health poll
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most U.S. adults support approving the use of medical treatments and procedures that can impact people's quality of life, including birth control treatments, in-vitro fertilization, drugs to treat erectile dysfunction and improve memory and to help with weight loss. Large majorities also believe these types of treatments should be covered by health insurance. Support for approval and coverage diminishes for treatments that primarily impact people's personal appearance, such as drugs to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, plastic surgery to help people look younger and growth hormones to help children grow taller. These are some of the results of an online survey of 2,402 U.S. adults, ages 18 and older, conducted by Harris Interactive(R) between March 20 and 22, 2007 for The Wall Street Journal Online's Health Industry Edition (a href" http://www.wsj.com/health">http://www.wsj.com/health/a>).
FDA Announces Audio Broadcasts On Emerging Drug Safety Information
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting health care professionals and consumers to the availability of audio broadcasts that provide emerging drug safety information. The broadcasts, commonly known as podcasts, can be transmitted to personal computers and personal audio players.
The service is part of the agency's ongoing effort to broaden and speed its communications concerning the safety of marketed medications when unexpected adverse events are reported to FDA. The broadcasts are an addition to FDA's traditional print- and Web-based public health advisories (PHAs) and anyone can subscribe to them for free at http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/podcast/default.htm.
"FDA's highest priority is to protect and enhance the health of the American public," said Andrew C.
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