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National Athletic Trainers' Association Offers Guidelines For Parents To Ensure A Safe Environment For Youth AthletesThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:32PMParents are naturally concerned about the health and safety of their children, and that's especially true when their children are athletes. With nearly 7 million high school students participating in sports today, there are a reported 715,000 high school sports-related injuries experienced each year, and 8,000 children are treated in emergency rooms each day for sports-related injuries.1 To ...

State Budget Cut Could Mean Job CutsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:27PMThe Huntsville City School system is looking at cutting close to 200 positions. That's after the state announced it's cutting more than $20 million from the system's funding. Needless to say many

White House Launches Apps for Healthy Kids Development ContestThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:25PMAt this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy analyst Kumar Garg announced the Apps for Healthy Kids game development challenge promoting healthy lifestyle changes in young adults. Part of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" campaign to end childhood obesity, the Apps for Healthy Kids competition "challenges software ...

Great Outdoors: Safety Tips for Wild BearsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:22PMSpring is just around the corner and that means bears are about to wake -- that means they'll be looking for food!

NZ food innovation initiative aims to fast-track new product commercialisationThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:20PMSmall and medium-sized food and beverage companies will have access to state of the art research and development facilities with a new government initiative, Food Innovation Network New Zealand.

11 schools join WHO programmeThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:17PMDOHA: In a major initiative to promote a healthy lifestyle among students, the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) will develop “health promoting schools” in Qatar, in line with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.

Talkin about our schoolsThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:12PMIt is no secret that California schools are enduring greater budget cuts year after year. The annual reduction and reallocation of funds throughout our district challenges our schools in a variety of ways. Often times, the community can feel misinformed or confused by the various streams of information that trickle through the grapevine about the shape our schools are in. Id like to begin to ...

Professor makes “Top 25” on popular student Web siteThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:09PMStudents rate UNLV professor twelfth in the nation Students using the popular Web site RateMyProfessors.com have ranked UNLV’s Dick Tandy as the 12th-best professor in the United States for 2010. Tandy, a health science professor in the department of kinesiology and nutrition sciences, appears on the Web site’s list of the top 25 professors in the nation. Tandy, [...]

Spain: FC Barcelona's Messi named Goodwill AmbassadorThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:06PMBARCELONA, Spain, 11 March 2010 – Lionel 'Leo' Messi, one of FC Barcelona's bright young stars – and a member of the Argentine national football team – joined the ranks of celebrated UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors today.