Tag: lifestyle
Bessemer mayor kicks off first annual citywide walk
Special to the Times
Mayor Kenneth Gulley kicked off The City of Bessemer’s new spring and summer health initiative — Be Active, Be Fit, Be...
Alabama Organ Center celebrates National Donate Life Month
Special to The Times
National Donate Life Month is about saving and healing lives through organ, eye, tissue and living donation. In April, Donate Life...
2017 Spring Break: Free programs for children at the Birmingham Public...
By Roy L. Williams
Birmingham Public Library
If you're looking for fun, free things to do with your kids while off on Spring Break this week,...
Cycling event to help cancer patients kicks off in Birmingham Saturday
By Beena Thannical
UAB News
The Deep South Cancer Foundation will kick off the Magic City Cycliad a major cycling event benefiting cancer patients, at Railroad...
Violence is a public health concern
By Glenn Ellis
Violence among youths is a critical public health problem. Some of the documented reasons are the early onset of aggressive behavior in...
Patients’ reports may aid prostate cancer treatment choice
By Lindsey Tanner
AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO (AP) -- Men with early-stage prostate cancer face a dizzying quandary over which treatment to choose but two new...
American Cancer Society teams with business leaders on colon cancer awareness
Special to The Times
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and the American Cancer Society has teamed with Central Alabama CEOs on the colon cancer...
$1.4 million grant to UAB School of Nursing breaks down barriers...
By Adam Pope
UAB News
In a continuing effort to serve the health care needs of medically underserved populations across Birmingham and the state of Alabama,...
Despite national initiative, dining out is still unhealthy for kids
By American Heart Association News
Parents frustrated with a barrage of unhealthy meal choices for their children when dining out were supposed to get a...
Laila Ali champions healthier living to fight heart disease in women
By American Heart Association News
Special to The Times
A decade removed from her championship boxing career, Laila Ali is back in the ring. Only now...