Archive for January, 2008
Crash diet ads mislead the desperate
Health 24 - It is exactly this attitude on which many of the producers of diet pills, diet shakes, patches, electric pads, injections and diet books capitalise. The promises that are made seem too good to be true and it is really tempting to believe them when
Source: www.health24.com
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The Independent - As a child, I was fed a constant diet of classical music and light opera by my parents, one of my dad’s favourites being Gilbert and Sullivan, which I loved, too. As I grew older and our tastes diverged, he did not take on my obsession with Bob Dylan
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lip gloss that could help you lose weight
Xinhua News Agency - Similar ingredients are found in Fuze diet drinks, a range of low-calorie fruit juices reputed to be a favourite of actresses Katie Holmes and Jessica Simpson. Costing 9.50 a tube, the brightly-coloured gloss is made by Californian make-up
Source: news.xinhuanet.com
Shock treatment offers Alzheimer s hope
Times Online - He had previously failed to respond to diet, medication and psychological help. He had refused gastric surgery and doctors decided that deep brain stimulation, although experimental, was his best option. The procedure involves electrodes being
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
AP NewsBreak: Met plans to stage 2 of Donizetti’s 3 Tudor queens
International Herald Tribune - I had sung Elisabetta in Geneva a couple of years ago and really, really took to this idea of big bel canto, understanding that I wasn’t ready for a complete steady diet of it yet, but knowing that this was a direction that I’d be going in,” DiDonato
Source: www.iht.com
January 31st, 2008
S.C. primary marked by talk of race
Miami Herald - Health In a Democratic primary sure to attract a large number of black voters, race remained a persistent subtext as Barack Obama
Source: www.miamiherald.com
Stretching benefits
Boston Globe - Over the last 20 years, many employers have developed wellness benefits as a way to stave off rising insurance costs by improving worker health. Generally, they include discounted gym memberships, diet groups, or smoking-cessation courses. But in
Source: www.boston.com
Woods has 4-shot lead over rookie
Miami Herald - Food | Health | Home & Design | People | Travel | Style | Books | Family & Parenting | Pets | Religion & Values Editorials | Editorial Cartoons | Kevin Streelman, the last alternate to get into the Buick Invitational, hits his tee shot to the par three third hole hole
Source: www.miamiherald.com
January 26th, 2008
Alliance Imaging to Present at the 2008 Wachovia Health Care
Forbes - Alliance Imaging, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ), a leading health care services provider of diagnostic imaging services, announced that Paul S. Viviano, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the 2008 Wachovia Health Care
Source: www.forbes.com
Mich.: Prison Health Care Needs Reform
Forbes - Michigan should seriously reconsider having a private company provide health care inside state prisons because doctors and others aren’t productive enough, investigators said in a report released Tuesday. The Chicago-based National Commission on
Source: www.forbes.com
Wal-Mart plans to take leadership role in energy, trade, health costs
International Herald Tribune - KANSAS CITY, Missouri : Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which launched a broad environmental push in late 2005, wants to expand that focus to other issues including energy prices, international trade and U.S. health care costs. Chief Executive Lee Scott
Source: www.iht.com
Reproductive Health Policy’s Sorry State
CBS News - It’s one of the most hotly debated political and social issues in America. Review a history of that debate since the historic Roe v. Wade decision. It’s been thirty-five years since the Supreme Court put the jewel in the crown of reproductive rights
Source: www.cbsnews.com
January 24th, 2008
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