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Focus on fitness for your New Year's Resolution
Mention New Year's Resolutions and you're bound to get a reaction. It's a loaded topic; we've all welcomed in the New Year before filled with resolve only to see our good intentions...
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Miami Beach's Sabrina Cohen determined to win America Inspired contest
Miami Beach paralysis victim and America Inspired Finalist Sabrina Cohen today enters her second week of campaigning. She is determined to win $50,000 to aid her in her work to help others who are...
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Disabilities panel endorses Sabrina Cohen for America Inspired Contest
Disabilities advocate David New today urged supporters to cast their online votes for stem cell advocate Sabrina Cohen, who is vying for the grand prize in the America Inspired contest."Sabrina is an...
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Q & A with America Inspired Finalist Sabrina Cohen
When I nominated Sabrina Cohen for Examiner.com's America Inspired, I found it easy to write about her many accomplishments, like how she educated herself about stem cell research, lobbied in support...
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Live Ultimate and Equinox South Beach team up to end hunger
Live Ultimate and Equinox South Beach teamed up earlier this month to sponsor the Live Ultimate Ocean Drive 5K Charity Run to raise money to end child hunger.Originally known as the Ocean Drive Run,...
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April culinary fundraisers benefit heart health
The month of April brings two delicious ways to dine and help raise funds to fight heart disease in Miami well, when the Florida Heart Research Institute hosts Driven to Dine, and Heart of a Chef....
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University of Miami to share in $5 million NIH grant for stem cell research
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) has been chosen to a national research network designed to spur the development of stem cell treatments...
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New Barre Burn class blends ballet, yoga and weights for full body workout
Jordanna Dworkin walked around the exercise studio, reaching up gently to make a suggestion. "Lean the body bar against your shoulder, and it will help you balance better," she told one woman, who was...
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Exercise with an NFL star on Sunday for charity
This coming Sunday is the last chance for Miami area football fans to train with a National Football League star as the special month-long program between the football league, Equinox Fitness Clubs...
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Protect your skin from the Miami summer heat
The first official day of summer is June 20, but everyone in Miami knows the weather heats well before that and this year is no exception. Temperatures are already soaring, so it's time to upgrade...
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Free indoor cycling event pumps up the music
If your fitness routine is getting stale, try the free "Mix and Ride," class on Tuesday, May 15 at Equinox South Beach, where DJ Mr. Sandman's music promises to kick up your workout in time for...
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'1985 South Beach Prom' raises funds for stem cell research
Sabrina Cohen did not go to her high school prom, but on a recent May night 18 years later, there she was with a pink carnation corsage wrapped firmly around her wrist as she greeted other prom-goers...
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Sabrina Cohen wins SELF magazine's 'Women Doing Good' contest
Sabrina Cohen, the Miami Beach health activist who runs her stem cell foundation from her wheelchair, is a winner in SELF magazine's "Women Doing Good" contest and will receive $10,000 for her...
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Sabrina Cohen talks regenerative medicine on NBC's Today Show
Miami Beach health activist Sabrina Cohen brought her inspirational message to the Today Show, telling about her life as a disabled woman and her hope that regenerative medicine will someday help her...
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Halloween fundraiser to help children with Rett syndrome
When Gisel Gonzalez's daughter Gia was born, she appeared to be a normal baby, with the same big eyes and curly hair as her two older sisters. But, as time progressed, and the baby seemed to be...
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Miami Beach activist lauds Nobel Prize for stem cell scientists
Miami Beach stem cell activist Sabrina Cohen today lauded the awarding of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to a pair of scientists whose discoveries paved the way for regenerative...
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"Pink" class holds special meaning for Equinox fitness instructor
Although group fitness trainer Philip Gray teaches classes all the time at Equinox South Beach, the annual "Pump It for Pink," event this Friday is special. That's because the class is raising funds...
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University of Miami study finds stem cells repair damaged hearts
Some of the millions of people currently living with congestive heart failure could potentially be helped by stem cell therapy, according to the results of a small study presented by researchers at...
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'Cycle for Survival' comes to Miami to raise money for cancer research
'Cycle for Survival,' which is one of the fastest growing indoor athletic fundraising events in the country, is coming to Florida next month for the first time in its history and will be held at...
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Cycle for Survival raises money for desperately needed cancer research
There was joy and enthusiasm, but also the somber note of reality as scores of indoor cyclists packed Equinox in Coral Gables on Saturday to raise desperately needed research funds by participating in...
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