| Sorority promotes healthy, diverse lifestyle
Beauty, food and dancing are part of the focus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.'s annual Total Body Takeover week that kicks off today.
"AKA has always focused on promoting good and healthy practices among women," said Sade Jackson, public relations officer for AKA. "This year we still wanted to promote that but focus on some different events to involve everyone."
Today from noon to 2 p.m., AKA will pass out apples across from Starbucks in the Student Center to promote a healthy lifestyle and to educate people about various cultures and their health issues and practices.
"This week is simply about appreciating and educating ourselves and our peers about the beauty and complexity of other cultures," said Alise Marshall, president of AKA.
The sorority is tackling health and cultural awareness during this year's event, themed "The Color of One," Marshall said.
5W Public Relations Hosts Exclusive Beauty & Wellness Industry Event
5W Public Relations, named the fastest growing PR agency in the U.S., announced today that it will host its annual "Body Beautiful Media Symposium," showcasing exclusive consumer brands from 5W's Health & Beauty Division and beyond. The event is being held on Tuesday, April 22nd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Providence, located at 311 West 57th Street, across from the Hearst building and near the Time Warner Center. .
Signalife establishes early treatment cardiovascular division
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- Signalife Inc. (AMEX:SGN) Friday said it had established a division focused on acquiring and testing therapies that treat cardiovascular disease at an early stage. The unit will be called Signalcare, and the company will consider placing it into a wholly-owned subsidiary. Shares of Signallife, a Los Angeles-based health care company, closed Thursday at 76 cents.Ryan VlastelicaCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News. Newstex ID: AFX-0013-23051154
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The Go-Go's still got the beat
When the Go-Go's released "Beauty and the Beat" in 1981, they couldn't have predicted how successful, and influential, the album would become. On the strength of the hits "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat," the Go-Go's became the first all-female band to top the Billboard charts, inspiring young women around the world to rock out themselves. The group went on to score the hit "Vacation," its video becoming an MTV sensation back when music videos still mattered. Nearly 30 years later, the Go-Go's have still got the beat. Lead singer Belinda Carlisle — on her cell phone en route from Austin to Dallas — talks to us about posing for Playboy and how the band has stayed together all this time (with a few breakups in between). (Founding member Jane Wiedlin recently was forced to drop out of the tour because of her mother's failing health).
Crist propose cheap health insurance
Gov. Charlie Crist announced Tuesday plans to help the uninsured with a new, low-cost health insurance, vastly expanded coverage for children and a pilot program offering low-cost primary care in 14 counties, including Miami-Dade and Broward. Two weeks before the start of the 2008 legislative session, the governor said his top three priorities were healthcare, education and energy/economic development. Healthcare was at the top of the list. His proposal for cheap health insurance would eliminate all of the 50-plus mandates now required, such as including chiropractors and acupuncturists in any plan. The plans would be required to guarantee coverage to all uninsured Floridians age 19 to 64. Crist said the cost would be $150 a month. Insurers disagree.
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