Misfit Shine Fitness Tracker Review: Small And Perfectly Formed

Life Time Fitness brings 200 jobs to Montvale

The $40 million facility in Montvale is one of more than 100 Life Time centers.

Included in the box is a rubberised plastic bracelet so the Shine can be worn comfortably on the wrist. There’s also a magnetic clasp so you can clip it to pretty much any piece of clothing. If you’re performing a specific activity, such as running, playing tennis or sleeping, for instance, a triple tap sets the Shine into activity mode for more accurate recording of your motions and exertions. The Shine then syncs with an iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth place the Shine directly onto the glass of the screen of your phone or tablet, on the spot indicated by the sync circle, and tap down to initiate a sync.
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Misfit Shine fitness tracker review - wearable on the wrist using the sportband

So on the one hand SweatGuru looks to expedite the sign-up process by using existing social networks, but then demands your email address anyway. That small issue aside, SweatGuru does actually offer a neat platform for instructors and fitness centers looking to market their wares. Its easy to set locations, schedules, start/end dates and times, and payment options. While creating a business profile and listing classes on SweatGuru.com is free in itself, there is a monthly fee starting at $19, which essentially gives businesses (or freelancers) access to an out-of-the-box e-commerce platform for one to twenty employees.
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SweatGuru: An easy way to search, book and list fitness classes online

Screenshot 6 SweatGuru: An easy way to search, book and list fitness classes online

It was built on a 9.3-acre tract and includes two indoor pools and one outdoor pool, a salon, a cafe, child care, and spaces for team sports, dance, exercise and martial arts classes, and other activities. The center is starting out with 200 employees, including fitness instructors, personal trainers, child care workers, lifeguards and others, according to General Manager Phil Zerante. The center is expected to have more than 300 employees next summer, when the outdoor pool is open. The club is the third Life Time center in New Jersey, joining clubs in Florham Park and Berkeley Heights.
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Christina Aguilera’s Extreme 80 Pound Weight Loss Explained — Drastic Diet And A Boob Job, Top Docs Claim

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The 32-year-old former Mouseketeer had struggled with her weight for the last few years, weathering difficult criticism including claims that she was pregnant because of extra pounds, but shes shed the weight from exactly a year ago and is rocking a much slimmer frame lately. I think she was 165 to 170 and now is a perfect 110 to 115, Dr. Fred Pescatore , who has not treated Christina, told RadarOnline.com about the 52 star. The Dirrty singer has been happily flaunting her lithe figure and told Redbook magazine that she doesnt always make hitting the gym a priority. If I have to choose between working out and spending time with my son after a hard day, its not even a question, she said in the November issue of the magazine. One way that Xtina may have been able to slim down is by going under the knife.
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Why Weight-loss Apps Are a Waste of Money

I do a little of this, a little of that, some biceps here, a few push-ups there, 10 minutes on the treadmill and maybe some sets of assisted pull-ups. But Garcinia Cambogia Extract I tend to blank on more complicated exercises that I’ve done a million times and can’t pull them out of my brain’s vault to actually do them at the gym. Then I feel like I didn’t have a “real” workout because I didn’t go in with a plan. No matter how many years of workouts I have under my belt, my brain lacks the part that commits exercises to memory. I need to have a list in front of me, or a trainer pushing me-something to keep me on track.
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Unusual Skin Care Products Growing More Popular

European Wax Center Woodbridge Introduces New Skin Care Package

Diana uses snail extract to moisturize the skin. It actually comes from snail slime, and it’s turned into a powder, which she mixes along with collagen and Vitamin C: for facials. “It’s great for sensitive skin, for dry, deyhdrated, but most New Yorkers are sensitive to their aging,” Seo said. And a painless machine called “Dep” helps the snail slime mixture penetrate the skin and plump wrinkles. Diana is Korean, and apparently snail slime is not unusual in Korea. The version at Diana’s B Spa Salon may be preferable.
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“Hands down, acne is the No. 1 skin problem to hit women during pregnancy — but there are also a variety of bumps and rashes and discolorations that occur as well, most of them due to hormone activity,” says Ellen Marmur, MD, chief of dermatologic and cosmetic surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Moreover, you might also find that at least some of the tried and true beauty products Derm Exclusive Reviews you relied on to keep your skin glowing before pregnancy are unsafe to use after baby is on board. But fear not — help is on the way! With just a few small changes to your grooming routine, you can get the glow going and join the ranks of the some the world’s most beautiful pregnant divas! Pregnancy Acne: What to Do Even if it’s been years since you’ve seen a zit, don’t be surprised if pregnancy brings out a bumper crop, particularly around your mouth and chin. “These are the most common areas for acne to occur during pregnancy, and if you don’t treat it right away, it will continue until you deliver, and sometimes even after baby is born,” says Marmur.
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Pregnancy Skin Care: Get That Glow!

The Beauty Bag Makeover Promotion is valid on European Wax Center Woodbridgeas entire line of beauty products, from tweezers to skin care. Fan favorites like the Exfoliate and Slow IT Body Lotion help keep skin polished and smooth by scrubbing away dead skin and slowing signs of hair growth. European Wax Center prides itself on providing the best in skin care by offering both quality waxing and professional skin care products with skin nourishing ingredients. To learn more about the Beauty Bag Special, visit European Wax Center Woodbridge at 853 St Georges Ave Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095 or call (732) 602-8900.
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Killer Gang Member Starts Snoring As He Is Executed In Texas Prison

Concertina razor wire guards against escape from the facility, located 75 miles northeast of Houston

In the case that sent him to death row, Garza was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the slayings of the four women. Evidence showed the women were living in the U.S. without legal permission just outside Donna, about 15 miles southeast of McAllen. In his statement to investigators, which Garza insisted was coerced, he said he carried out the ‘hit’ with three other gunmen in two vehicles who opened fire on six women in their parked car. The Allan B Polunsky Unit has capacity for 2,900 inmates and contains 23 buildings Garza was killed by lethal injection on a trolley similar to this (stock picture) MACABRE TALES FROM AMERICA’S DEATH ROW Killer Danny Robbie Hembree Jr sparked a public uproar in January last year when he wrote to his local newspaper, the Gaston Gazette, gloating about how cushy his life was at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Snoring: A New Tip-Off To Stroke and Heart Disease

And he hopes doctors will now add snoring to the list of risk factors which currently includes high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and family history they use to initiate testing and treatment. Our study adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that isolated snoring may not be as benign as first suspected, Deeb said in a statement. Patients need to seek treatment in the same way they would if they had sleep apnea, high blood pressure or other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. While obstructive sleep apnea (which often develops from snoring) has long been known as an indicator of cardiovascular disease, theres been little evidence up to now to show the damage starts earlier with snoring. While Deeb and Yaremchuk studied the carotid artery, thickening of one type of artery is considered an indication of atherosclerosis in general. Hence the conclusion that snoring is also a tip-off to coronary artery disease, or CAD.
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Robert Gene Garza Execution: Texas Inmate Snoring During Lethal Injection

In this July 24, 2013 photo, Texas death row inmate Robert Gene Garza speaks on the phone in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit  in Livingston, Texas. Garza faces execution Sept. 19, 2013, for his involvement in the deaths of four women gunned down in their car in Donna in the Rio Grande Valley in September 2002. (AP Photo/Michael Graczyk)

A judge recently refused the death row inmates appeal amid Facebook page scalling for the abolition of the Texas death penalty. Garza was convicted of killing four women. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) A former South Texas street gang member was executed Thursday evening for his involvement in a gang ambush in which four women were gunned down 11 years ago. Robert Gene Garza, 30, became the 12th condemned inmate executed this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state. Garza smiled and blew a kiss to friends and relatives as they entered the death chamber.
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Turtle Eye Muscle Adapts To Deal With Obstructed Vision

Of the six muscles that move each eye, the muscles that move lateral eyes differ from the muscles of animals that move eyes viewing forward. In an earlier study, Ariel and his research team made an unexpected observation that a nerve that moves one of the pond turtle’s eye muscles, the superior oblique muscle, was active when that turtle moved its head from side to side, much like that of animals whose eyes view forward . In the current study, Ariel and the research team tested his theory that the pond turtle had characteristics of a front-eyed animal in three ways: physiologically, looking at the eye movement response to nerve stimulation; anatomically, examining how muscles were attached to the eyes and head; and behaviorally, examining eye positions. And, indeed, the researchers found that a turtle pulls its eyes in different directions when its head is out of its shell compared to when its head is retracted deep within its shell.
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Eye health and vision screening guidelines for adults and children: when should eyes be examined?

Follow up exam frequency will depend on the findings of your initial exam. If your eyes are found to be healthy at the initial exam, follow up exam frequency is typically once a year Pupillary dilation and eye pressure check are important components of yearly exam to evaluate the health of your retina, optic nerve, and to detect early glaucoma. If you dont have any eye symptoms and you had LASIK or PRK to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and/or astigmatism, you should continue yearly examinations with your eye doctor. Laser vision correction changes the shape of your cornea. The shape of your eye, however, remains the same. Therefore, you should have a dilated eye exam once a year to continue monitoring the health of your retina and optic nerve. Eye pressure needs to be checked once a year as well to continue monitoring for glaucoma.
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Pregnancy + Booze = A-ok?!

Commenters call out Oster and others who would dare to follow her lead, selfish, morally bankrupt and undeserving of their children and all over a few nibbles of sushi. Additionally, critics malign Oster for doling out advice despite not being a doctor. Yet, not having an MD is precisely why I think we should listen. Most women who get pregnant are not doctors. Most of us don’t have formal medical training and, quite frankly, even the ones that do don’t have all the answers. Two of my doctors during my pregnancy gave me conflicting information on alcohol and caffeine.
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‘Expecting Better’ pregnancy advice

At 35, the probability of a chromosomal problem is about equal to the risk of miscarriage from the amniocentesis. In fact, this decision should be more about the preferences and values of the pregnant woman, and her spouse, than about an age cutoff. Women need to consider their personal assessment of the risks of a miscarriage versus a developmentally delayed child when making this choice. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists agrees . Myth 3: Having sex can jump-start labor FALSE Although there is a chemical reason to think this might work, randomized trial data doesn’t support it . When doctors randomly encouraged couples to have sex late in pregnancy, women didn’t go into labor any faster than couples who weren’t encouraged to do so. On the other hand, nipple stimulation has been shown to bring on labor, but it takes a few hours a day.
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Gestational Diabetes Risk Pointed Out With Pre-Pregnancy Hormone Testing

Hedderson, PhD, principal investigator of the study and research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif. “Adiponectin levels are easy and inexpensive to measure and could potentially be used to identify women who are at risk for gestational diabetes.” The relationship between low adiponectin levels prior to pregnancy and the risk of diabetes was highly significant among the study group, according to the researchers, and it increased among women with higher body mass indexes (BMI), even after the data was adjusted for confounding factors such as family history of diabetes, race, smoking and blood glucose and insulin levels. This study included women who volunteered to participate in Kaiser Permanente’s multiphasic health check up exam, therefore the population may be more health conscious than the general population. However, the study cohort was very diverse in terms of race-ethnicity and education level. Gestational diabetes, or glucose intolerance during pregnancy, is common and can lead to adverse outcomes including larger-than-normal babies and subsequent delivery complications. Women with gestational diabetes are seven times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life, and their children are at greater risk of becoming obese and developing diabetes themselves. “Low adiponectin levels were linked with gestational diabetes even for women without traditional diabetes risk factors such as being overweight, so this could be an important clinical marker for women who may become pregnant.
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Hormone therapy makes menopause easier

Usually the hot flashes last up to two years, though some patients complain of them for years. What about natural, bioidentical, and synthetic hormone replacement therapies? The difference between the terms can be confusing; bioidentical means the plant-based molecular structure is the same as the hormone produced in the body, but there are differing definitions about what constitutes natural. Its a discussion best held with your physician for clarification. For example, Bioidentical is believed by some to be safer, says Tursman, but its still a hormone. So a patient with a personal history of cancernot a relativesmay not be a candidate (for that treatment). And, Synthetic doesnt mean its not natural, says Wolf Miller, who uses soy- and yam-based products. That doesnt mean you can pick a soy and/or yam-based natural product off the shelf with confidence, because not all are FDA-approved. I only use the one thats FDA-approved, cautions Wolf Miller. As for the effectiveness of soy and yam products, Arthur says, Its half and half: Some patients say it helps, some say it doesnt. Its Arthurs initial go-to treatment for hot flashes and other post-menopausal symptoms.
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Government panel: Hormone therapy ‘not recommended’

Hot flashes are a symptom of menopause for which some women may seek treatment with hormone replacement therapy.

A randomized, controlled clinical trial the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS) exploring estrogen use and heart disease in younger postmenopausal women was recently completed, with results expected soon. For women who experience menopause naturally, estrogen is typically prescribed along with progesterone or progestin (progesterone-like medication). This is because estrogen alone, when not balanced by progesterone, can stimulate growth of the lining of the uterus, increasing the risk of uterine cancer. Women who have had their uterus removed (hysterectomy) don’t need to take progestin. What are the risks of hormone therapy?
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Hormone therapy: Is it right for you?

One of those groups is younger women with menopause symptoms, whose risks may be different. “We use menopausal hormone therapy for women with moderate to severe hot flashes interfering with their lives,” Crandall said. “It’s a subjective thing. Only women can say how disturbing is this to me.” Youth — or a person’s specific risk factors for disease — may also affect their risk for developing heart disease and dementia.
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Tips to prevent hair loss

Hair Loss – Causes of Hair Loss in Children

Beautician Shahnaz Husain says, “I am often asked, how often the hair should be washed and if washing hair regularly can lead to hair loss. It is not washing of the hair, but the products one uses, that can have a detrimental effect. The hair should be washed according to hair type and season. In hot and humid weather, the hair should be washed more often, in order to remove sweat and oil deposits, along with dirt. If the hair is oily, it should be washed three or four times a week. For dry hair, wash twice a week. This is important in order to remove dirt and chemical air pollutants.” It is also important to choose the right products.
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Fortunately, hair growth often eventually occurs on its own, too. alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis are similar to alopecia areata, except that the child loses all scalp hair (alopecia totalis) or all scalp hair and all body hair (alopecia universalis). The chances for treatment success and hair regrowth are less for alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis than they are for alopecia areata. A pediatric dermatologist can help treat your child with any of these disorders. In addition to the treatments already mentioned for alopecia areata, other treatments might include ultraviolet light therapy (PUVA), oral steroids, or oral cyclosporine. A high-quality wig is sometimes the best treatment though.
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Female Hair Loss Tackled Ahead of Autumn Party Season

Markets closed Female Hair Loss Tackled Ahead of Autumn Party Season Press Release: Hair Solved UK LTD Fri, Aug 23, 2013 5:10 AM EDT Print MANCHESTER, England, August 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — With autumn fast approaching it is time for a lot of people to start gearing up for the party season. The team at HAIR SOLVED are excited about all the great events brought by the transition from summer to autumn and they are encouraging all women to feel the same – even if they are affected by hair loss. Hair loss is a more prevalent issue among women than most people are aware. Studies have suggested that mid-frontal hair loss affects 57% of women and 73.5% of men aged 80 or over, demonstrating that the condition cannot be filed away as a male problem. However, for many people, the signs of hair loss appear long before old age due to a variety of triggers. In some cases, the cause of hair loss remains unknown to the sufferer, but there are a number of conditions that are recognised as leading to hair loss.
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Thinking About Pregnancy Like an Economist

When it came time to think about the epidural, I decided not to have one. This wasn’t an especially common choice, and the doctor told me something like, “Okay, well, you’ll probably get one anyway.” I had the appearance of decision-making authority, but apparently not the reality. “I had the appearance of decision-making authority, but apparently not the reality.” I don’t think this is limited to pregnancy–other interactions with the medical system often seem to be the same way. The recognition that patient preferences might differ, which might play an important role in deciding on treatment, is at least sometimes ignored. But, like most healthy young women, pregnancy was my first sustained interaction with the medical system. It was getting pretty frustrating. Adding to the stress of the rules was the fear of what might go wrong if I did not follow them.
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Pregnancy week by week

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When you get your flu shot, request the flu shot not the nasal spray vaccine. The flu shot is made from an inactivated virus, so it’s safe for both mother and baby during any stage of pregnancy. The nasal spray vaccine is made from a live virus, which makes it less appropriate during pregnancy or while you’re trying to conceive. If you’re allergic to eggs, check with your doctor before receiving a flu shot. The flu vaccine contains tiny amounts of egg protein. If you have an egg allergy or sensitivity, you’ll likely be able to receive a flu shot but you might need to take special precautions, such as waiting in the doctor’s office for at least 30 minutes after vaccination in case of a reaction.
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Mead Johnson Nutrition Upgraded by Zacks to Neutral (MJN)

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. logo

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded shares of Mead Johnson Nutrition from a neutral rating to an outperform rating in a research note to investors on Wednesday, August 7th. They now have a $90.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of Mead Johnson Nutrition in a research note to investors on Wednesday, July 31st. They set a market perform rating on the stock. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Finally, analysts at TheStreet reiterated a buy rating on shares of Mead Johnson Nutrition in a research note to investors on Thursday, July 11th.
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McDonald’s® Tri-State Owners Announce Recipients Of Second Annual Nutrition Program Grants

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