Prevention brings its marathon walking program to the ING Miami Marathon for the first time this year. The health magazine figures you need an incentive to get walking.

Marathon Health, a leading provider of onsite health services and technology solutions, has announced that New Balance, the athletic products company, has selected Marathon Health to develop, implement and manage onsite health clinics and to provide health services to workers at New Balance facilities in Maine

A Mosinee community organization plans to open a free clinic in February for residents of southern Marathon County.

Kolkata, Dec.1 : Scores of people took part in a marathon here on Sunday to spread awareness about AIDS.

You probably won't find a more loyal fan or a more involved person in the Dallas White Rock Marathon than Marcus Grunewald. But he won't be running in it on Dec. 14. That's because Mr. Grunewald, 50, is the race's executive director.

The Capital District Health Authority has revealed its plans to deal with a mounting deficit. A marathon meeting last night came up with several ideas. One of them will see about a thousand fewer surgeries.

Conjoined twin Hope Williams has died during an operation to separate her from her sister Faith.

Upcoming road races: The RiverTown Reindeer Run race set for Saturday in Conway has been canceled.

POZNAN, Poland, Dec 1 (AFP) Dec 01, 2008 Representatives from almost every country on the planet were to start 12 days of tough talks in Poland on Monday aimed at getting the ball rolling for a new global climate change pact.

By Asit Srivastava, Lucknow, Dec 3 : Guess where you can see some pulse-racing bullock cart races, gulli danda, kite-flying and other traditional Indian games? At the first-ever homegrown 'Rural Olympics' being organised in Uttar Pradesh later this month.

This Thanksgiving, for the first time I cheered the family on in a 7K race instead of running it myself. That 4.4-mile New Webster Turkey Trot can be a trying ordeal, more because of the cold, snow and freezing rain that has at times accompanied it than the actual running.

Health Analytic Services today announced its TheCarrot application for tracking health, nutrition, and fitness information on iPhone and iPod touch is now available from the Apple App Store.

A little over a year ago, I was killing time on an elliptical machine at a local gym, using a wristwatch heart rate monitor to track the workout. The monitor had settings for my age, weight, sex and height, and kept a running count of the estimated number of calories used.

Youth are more likely to utilize recreational facilities when they can access them quickly and safely, according to a study in the December issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official scientific journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Mollie Greves Grow, M.D.

Around 80 HBA, MBF and Mutual Community employees and their family and friends put their feet where their mouths were on Sunday to promote the benefits of exercise and to raise funds for charity in the inaugural HBA Great Australian Run.

Body Language: Advice on physical fitness from a personal trainer

TORONTO - Walking in a winter wonderland can be one of the great pleasures of life in a northern climate, although stepping out for exercise or enjoyment involves some extra consideration when the temperature drops.

For a gift that keeps giving long after the holidays, try a certificate to a class that can jump-start a healthier lifestyle in the new year. If you can afford it, buy a certificate for yourself, too, and become healthier together. Here are some of our faves.

What if sideline rage could be nipped in the bud with a quick genetic test that told Mom and Dad what sports – if any – Junior could master? The Boulder, Colo., company Atlas Sports Genetics today began selling just that sort of product: for $149, it says it will screen for variants of the gene ACTN3, which in elite-level athletes is associated with the presence of the muscle protein ...

Consumers are more likely to check the labels on their food than the labels on their health advice.