via New York Daily News
A New Twist on Yoga in Brooklyn
The Third Root Community Health Center offers yoga classes geared toward the LGBT community.
Tag: Health
via Mott Haven Herald
Teaching Kids to Love Their Greens
Bronx children are participating in a program designed to convince families who live in a community where fast food eateries outnumber playgrounds that they should eat their vegetables and should exercise every day.
Talking Turkey About Calories
There's an effort afoot to alter traditional Thanksgiving Day meals to include more healthful ingredients.
Seniors Gird Against Medicare Fraud
Seniors citizens are being taught to look out for Medicare scams that cost the country billions of dollars annually.
Flu Shot in the Arm for Asthmatic Kids
Doctors urge that children with asthma be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu with a shot – and not the nasal vaccine administered to most youngsters.
via The Queens Courier
The Death of a Hospital
Two longtime employees offer an inside look at Mary Immaculate Hospital as the 108-year-old Queens medical center is sold to a developer.
Bid to Revive La Marqueta
Residents and community leaders are pushing for the redevelopment of the city-owned public market to address the scarcity of fresh foods in East Harlem, where two in three adults are overweight or obese.
via New York Daily News
New Asthma Fears in East Harlem
Some East Harlem residents are concerned a planned mall will bring more pollution to their neighborhood, where one in four children has asthma.