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HCM – Health Club Management magazine

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Our highly experienced teachers are always available to support you. / The Health and Fitness Institute Our courses are practically focused on ensuring you’re ready to hit the ground running. / The Health and Fitness Institute Our immersive learning platform allows you to learn anywhere, anytime. / The Health and Fitness Institute About us All fitness education providers currently out there are one and the same. They vary in price, or how they deliver the course, but the end result is the same piece of paper at the end of the course with no meaningful difference on who you work…
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The best smartwatch 2024: Wearables you should buy today

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The best smartwatches are excellent fitness gadgets. They’re built to track your activity levels, record your workouts, and show you health and recovery insights. But they also do much more. The top smartwatches around today connect to your smartphone, delivering notifications, and even phone calls, to your wrist, as well as give you quick and easy access to a range of apps, like meditation apps, timers, weather insights, and so much more. Whether you need a workout companion or simply want a stylish-looking watch with some extra features, a smartwatch is a great piece of tech to invest in, the…
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Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say

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Of the many young people whom Cathy Eng has treated for cancer, the person who stood out the most was a young woman with a 65-year-old’s disease. The 16-year-old had flown from China to Texas to receive treatment for a gastrointestinal cancer that typically occurs in older adults. Her parents had sold their house to fund her care, but it was already too late. “She had such advanced disease, there was not much that I could do,” says Eng, now an oncologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Eng specializes in adult cancers. And although the teenager, who…
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Tea Gardens Lions donate airbike to boxing gym

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Kiara, one of the avid boxers, uses the new airbike. YOUTH physical and mental fitness has been augmented by Tea Gardens Lions’ significant donation of an ‘airbike’ to the local Boxing Club on Wednesday, 6 March. “We originally approached the Tea Gardens Lions to ask them for help funding the airbike’s purchase,” Rob Wylie from the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Boxing Club told NOTA. “At their next meeting, the Lions voted unanimously to pay for it entirely. “The kids, Steve Pietsch, Phil Wallis and I are very appreciative of the Lions and Lionesses, who have been big contributors from when…
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National League news – March 2024

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BBC Sport tracks the latest news stories from the National League, including managerial announcements, new signings and contract extensions. 15 March York City have signed Barnet midfielder Marvin Armstrong for an undisclosed fee. The 25-year-old worked under Minstermen boss Adam Hinshelwood during his spell with Worthing and had made 20 appearances for the Bees in all competitions this season. Meanwhile, the National League struggles have terminated the contract of fellow midfielder Mitch Hancox by mutual consent. The 30-year-old was part of the team promoted from National League North in 2022 but has not featured since October. 12 March Burton Albion…
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Healthcare data breaches are piling up 3 months into the year

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March 14, 2024 – As of the first week of March, 116 healthcare data breaches have been reported to the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in 2024, impacting over 13 million individuals. The most common breach types were hacking and IT incidents at healthcare systems across the United States. In the following article, HealthITSecurity highlights some of the bigger breaches reported to OCR this month. UNITE HERE In February, labor union UNITE HERE reported a data security incident that may affect the privacy of information of members of certain local unions and health funds. The organization became aware on…
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WHO report reveals gender inequalities at the root of global crisis in health and care work

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`A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work” illustrates how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes . The report outlines underinvestment in health systems results in a vicious cycle of unpaid health and care work, lowering women’s participation in paid labor markets, harming women’s economic empowerment and hampering gender equality. Women comprise 67% of the paid global health and care workforce. In addition to this paid work, it has been estimated that women perform…
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Women’s World Curling Championship: Scots suffer third straight defeat

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Speaking before their latest loss, Morrison retained hope of reaching the latter stages but admitted that the games against Denmark and Sweden were “very important”. But Madeleine Dupont’s rink was in control after scoring three at the fourth end to lead 4-1 and, when the Swiss skip also scored three at the seventh end, the Scots conceded to fall to a 9-2 defeat. It was another blow to Morrison’s hopes after losing 8-6 to Jessica Smith’s New Zealand, for whom it was their first-ever win at the world finals after losing all their games in their debut last season. The…
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