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Health Highlights: Sept. 12, 2006 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Fitness First acquires Fitness Exchange (World Leisure News)
Fitness First, the world’s largest health club operator, has acquired the privately owned UK-based Fitness Exchange chain for an undisclosed sum.

This week's snapshot - Occupational health, safety specialists (NorthJersey.com)
Occupational health and safety technicians collect data on work environments for analysis by occupational health and safety specialists. Usually working under the supervision of specialists, they help implement and evaluate programs designed to limit risks to workers.

Tennessee health officials alert thousands over rabies at horse show (Sun-Sen...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's Department of Health has alerted about 4,200 people in the U.S. and two other countries who attended a Tennessee walking horse show that a horse there tested positive for rabies.

Spheris inks deal with academic health center organization (Nashville Busines...
Spheris Inc. has been named an "awarded vendor" by the University HealthSystem Consortium, an alliance of academic health centers, and will supply clinical documentation technology services to its members.

Steel Fitness steals Taylor Gym's thunder (Brown and White)
The country has become so fixated on health and body image, it was inevitable that an edgy new gym would open in South Bethlehem. Located at 15 W. Second St. in the new Lehigh Riverport, Steel Fitness provides students another easily accessible outlet for exercising other than Taylor Gymnasium.

HHS needs focus despite health IT progress, GAO says (FCW.com)
The Department of Health and Human Services has made progress in its efforts to promote the use of health information technology, but it still lacks the detailed plans, milestones and performance measures necessary to meet President Bush’s goal for electronic health records, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report. The report cites as positive developments the

State health officials concerned about possible rabies spread at horse show (...
Health officials believe the horse was bitten in Missouri and didn't show signs of infection until the animal arrived at the Celebration.

Nigeria: Environmental Health : 'We may miss sanitation, potable water target...
THE health of rural and growing urban populations in the Nigeria and the world at large are particularly at risk, based on the indication that the world may be in danger of missing set targets for providing clean water and sanitation over the next eight years before 2015 except of course there is a dramatic increase in the pace of work and investment, according to a new report from the World

Health Alert: Whooping Cough Cases in Cortland County (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
The Cortland County Health Department says some residents have come down with whooping cough (pertussis), and the county is working with area doctors, child care providers, and school districts to prevent an outbreak.