As we grow ever more health conscious with each warning announced on the evening news, wouldn't it be nice to receive positive health information for a change? Now you can. SnowPack recently introduced a free e-newsletter, NewsFlash*SnowPack, with an optimistic approach to staying healthy and living an active life.

Available online at http://home.netcom.com/~newsflash, NewsFlash is also sent as a monthly hyperlinked email version to a subscriber-only list containing highlights of each new issue. Packed with timely health articles, quick tips, and unique links, the newsletter also features book reviews, recipes, a personal hiking journal and a shopping section. Guest writers contribute articles each month under the "Health+" section. The current issue introduces noted freelance sports writer, James Raia, with his insightful article on staying hydrated.

Past articles covered such topics as: the power of ice therapy; the R.I.C.E. technique (rest-ice-compression-elevation); the Baby Boomer athlete; and exercise motivation secrets. On the "Be Informed" page, free-reprint articles are available to newsletter editors. Offering informative health content, these articles are provided at no charge to running, hiking, and walking clubs, as well as to other health-related websites. Archived articles are also available for reprint purposes.

Subscribing to the newsletter is free and can be done through a simple form found on the SnowPack website at http://www.snowpackusa.com or by sending an email request to info@snowpackusa.com.