Association Publishes Standards

Quad - State Business Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     383 words ......involved in the debate over whether a medical fitness center should be for-profit or nonprofit...Gary Wing, executive director of the Medical Fitness Association in Richmond. She did not...things such as cardiac rehab." The Medical Fitness Association has developed standards...

Medical Fitness Centers Grow in Popularity

AP Online;  July 26, 2004 ;     524 words ......07-26-2004 The rising popularity of medical fitness centers is in line with the growth...Cary Wing with the Virginia-based Medical Fitness Association. "The consumer is becoming...center." There were more than 700 medical fitness centers in the United States, Canada...

Medical fitness centers become increasingly popular

AP Worldstream;  July 25, 2004 ;     530 words ......Skokie, Illinois, joined a Chicago medical fitness center with health professionals...exercise. The rising popularity of medical fitness centers is in line with the growth...Cary Wing with the Virginia-based Medical Fitness Association. "The consumer is becoming...

The Hospital As Health Club; Medical centers offer supervised workouts for...

The Washington Post;  January 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ......pulmonary disease. Most come to these medical fitness centers--some in hospitals, others...million Americans have joined the 550 medical fitness centers around the country, according...others who've chosen to exercise at a medical fitness centers, says she appreciates that...

Medical fitness centers changing focus

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  January 19, 2005 ;     629 words ......hand-in-hand with the rising popularity of medical fitness centers in general. Although they...recently. In 2004, there were 715 medical fitness and wellness facilities in the United...from 550 in 2000, according to the Medical Fitness Association. "Wellness and fitness...

Pittsburgh-Area Hospitals Boost Profits by Branching into Health Clubs.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......building it no longer needed into a medical fitness center. When it opens in December...either recently opened or plan to open medical fitness centers, including Mon Valley Hospital...years ago opened the region's first medical fitness center, an $11.2 million, 70,000-square...

New Edition of CMA's Fitness-to-Drive Guide Now Available

CCNMatthews Newswire;  December 5, 2006 ;     304 words ......fitness-to-drive guide, Determining Medical Fitness to Operate Motor Vehicles. The guide...public awareness of the role that medical fitness plays in keeping our roads safe...cessation. - Sections on assessing medical fitness for railway and aviation workers have...

Steps for health; Good Samaritan hosts fitness week, gives away pedometers

Sun, The: Downers Grove (IL);  April 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Samaritan Health and Wellness Center. MEDICAL FITNESS WEEK: APRIL 24-28 The Medical Fitness Association and Good Samaritan Health...Grove, are sponsoring the second annual Medical Fitness Week. The theme for this year's event...

U.S., CANADA REACH AGREEMENT ON COMMERCIAL DRIVER CONDITIONS

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  January 29, 1999 ;     464 words ......reached agreement on reciprocity of the medical fitness requirements for drivers of commercial...commercial driver's license as proof of medical fitness to drive, thus eliminating the requirement...States adopts a proposal to merge medical fitness determinations with the licensing...

Health and Fitness Industry Makes Commitment to Promote New 2008 Physical...

U.S. Newswire;  October 9, 2008 ;     675 words ......1-617-951-0055, ext. 156, pr@ihrsa.org Medical Fitness Programs Available to Help People...Moore said. "Health club-based medical fitness and other specialty programs can help...for safe and healthy exercise." Many medical fitness and other specialty programs use a...

MFA Opens Medical Fitness Facility Certification to Non-Members

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 22, 2008 ;     98 words ...The Health Forum issued the following news release: The Medical Fitness Association has opened its facility certification program to all medical fitness facilities, regardless of whether they are MFA members. The decision will enable all...

US DOT: US, Canada reach agreement on commercial driver conditions.

M2 Presswire;  February 1, 1999 ;     488 words ......reached agreement on reciprocity of the medical fitness requirements for drivers of commercial...commercial driver's license as proof of medical fitness to drive, thus eliminating the requirement...States adopts a proposal to merge medical fitness determinations with the licensing...

Staying strong: hospital-affiliated fitness centers post healthy growth,...

Modern Healthcare;  September 29, 1997 ;     317 words ......healthy growth, return on investment The medical fitness club business continues to bulk up...on data in the third edition of the Medical Fitness Centers Directory, published this...While the growth in the number of medical fitness centers has leveled off, with about...

New Edition of CMA's Fitness-to-Drive Guide Now Available.

Canadian Corporate News;  December 5, 2006 ;     335 words ......fitness-to-drive guide, Determining Medical Fitness to Operate Motor Vehicles. The guide...public awareness of the role that medical fitness plays in keeping our roads safe, said...cessation. - Sections on assessing medical fitness for railway and aviation workers have...

Breakfast Briefing // Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 21, 1999 ;     558 words ......said it recently formed Lakeshore Medical Fitness, a wholly owned unit that focuses on the medical fitness activities associated with hospitals...the center's 195,000-square-foot medical fitness center in Aurora. Gift Show to open...