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Students, parents and community members in every state demonstrate the role walking and bicycling to school can play in student health and safety CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, hundreds of thousands of students, parents and communities representing more than 3,700 schools across America will walk and bicycle to school to celebrate International Walk to School Day. This one-day event in the United States is part of an international effort in more than 40...

Walking to school is the first step in creating a healthy future for our region. BikeWalkKC is helping schools across the region celebrate walking to school. Kansas City, Missouri (PRWEB) September 30, 2011 October is International Walk to School Month and October 5, 2011 is International Walk to School Day. Join BikeWalkKC and thousands of local children as they celebrate walking to school as a healthy way to start their day. Students will form walking school buses and bike trains and...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and about one in two men and one out of every three women will get a cancer diagnosis at some point in their life. That means that in the Inland Empire, with a population of about four million, well over a million individuals can expect someday to receive a cancer diagnosis. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110222/LA52553LOGO) Because of this, Inland...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Trade your car keys for comfortable walking shoes and take to the streets in celebration of the first Every Body Walk! Week September 19-23. Every Body Walk! Week is a national movement to counteract increasingly sedentary lifestyles that contribute to the growing number of people diagnosed with heart disease and diabetes. Research has proven that walking as little as 30 minutes a day reduces the risk of these chronic diseases, as well as...

  Every person’s gait is so unique that their way of walking could be used as a way of identifying them, according to a new study published on Wednesday. The study, led by Todd Pataky at Shinshu University in Japan, looked at the barefoot walking characteristics of 104 volunteers, such as the way the heel strikes the ground, the way the forefoot rolls and how the foot pushes off. The researchers found that footstep patterns identified each person with 99.6 percent accuracy, nearly as...

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) is pleased to announce the second round of Runner Friendly Community® designations: Allen Park, MI; Carson City, NV; Decatur, IL; Knoxville, TN; Lawrence, KS; Lynchburg, VA; Missoula, MT; Reading, PA; Salem, MA; and The Woodlands, TX. These communities have shown they meet the program's criteria, including community infrastructure, community support, and local government support for...

Pedestrian-related accidents a leading cause of severe injuries among children ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the start of the school year quickly approaching, physicians from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital are urging parents and drivers to do their part to keep kids safe as they walk to school. To avoid potentially fatal accidents, both pedestrians and drivers need to take extra precautions this fall. According to the Centers for...

CHICAGO, Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dog walking customers in California can now find out exactly what time and where their dog was walked. Pet Check Technology(TM) is the first and only software and mobile application solution for the dog walking industry to provide both dog walking companies and dog walking customers with 100% transparency of when and where their dogs are walked. With Pet Check Technology dog walkers simply scan a barcode when they arrive and depart their client's home...

Measure a Good Step, but More Work is Needed to Enhance Community Livability CHICAGO, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making Chicago streets safer for pedestrians. Yesterday, Mayor Emanuel proposed a City ordinance that would require drivers to come to a full stop when a pedestrian is crossing an intersection with no traffic signal or stop sign, rather than just "yielding" to pedestrian traffic as the ordinance currently states. AARP applauds Mayor Emanuel...

DogWalker.com, a leading directory of dog walking service providers, added its 600th dog walker listing and has seen a tremendous increase in visitors during the last year. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 22, 2011 DogWalker.com received its 600th listing since launching just over a year and a half ago in December of 2009. The new listing was created by Frances Walks Your Dog, a dog walking service in Grand Rapids, Michigan. So far in 2011, there have been 263 listings from dog walking services...