How to make your home gym fun and functional

Choosing a room to function as a home gym or personal workout space is just as important as finding the right equipment. The key is to make the space inviting, experts say. - 03/12/2010

Dr. Paul Donohue: Your health

CMT is a common nerve disorder

Dear Dr. Donohue: I recently was tentatively diagnosed with CMT disease. Having never heard of it, I did some research myself but can you give me advice as to what I can expect? I am 53 years old and am awaiting more bloodwork results to make sure it is CMT. - 03/12/2010

Farmington doctor guilty in $18M Medicare fraud case

A federal jury today convicted an Oakland County doctor of an $18 million health care fraud and a judge ordered the doctor -- suspected of faking his own medical ailments at trial -- locked up. - 03/11/2010

CDC uses card data to trace salmonella

Champaign, Ill. -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time -- the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. - 03/11/2010

Ingredient sold after bacteria discovered

Washington -- The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report. - 03/11/2010

When, what you eat affects energy

Follow these rules to keep yourself energized all day long. - 03/11/2010

Today's talker

Too many heart tests are given, research suggests

New York -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. - 03/11/2010

Mich. Republicans push stem cell reporting measure

Lansing -- Michigan's public universities doing embryonic stem cell research would face reporting requirements under a bill that's advancing in the state Senate. - 03/11/2010

40 Days, Phase 2: Exercise

Get your children involved in workouts

My daughter Celine is playing in a basketball tournament and wanted some shooting lessons. So we spent Tuesday morning working on dribbling, shooting and other basketball-related drills. We then did something we've never done together before. We did a full-scale workout to build stamina, strength and balance. - 03/10/2010

Tainted ingredient sold after salmonella found

Washington -- The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report. - 03/10/2010

Officials worry about party drug BZP

It's called "Frenzy" or "Nemesis" in the clubs -- a party drug similar to Ecstasy in its chemical makeup and euphoric effects, legal in Canada and, officials fear, coming to the U.S. - 03/09/2010

Obama urges crowd at college to 'seize reform'

Glenside, Pa. -- Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeve appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday. - 03/09/2010

• Stupak 'optimistic' on health bill

Zumba exercise class benefits Haiti relief

Exercise can bring relief to Haiti earthquake victims through a special fundraiser called Zumba for Haiti Saturday night at Summit on the Park, 46000 Summit Parkway, Canton Township. - 03/09/2010

Feds to warn on baby slings in wake of deaths

Washington -- The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings -- those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents can sling around their chests to carry their baby. - 03/09/2010