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State Workers Told to Lose Weight or Pay Up
The Associated PressMONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The state is giving its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit - or they'll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. Alabama will be the first state to charge overweight state workers who don't work on slimming...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Obesity, Medicine, Columbia University, Health Treatments
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Former Met great Tom Seaver not sad to see Shea go
barbara.barker@newsday.comThere are memories everywhere for Tom Seaver at Shea Stadium. When he looks out at the field, he sees the ghosts of teammates past. When he looks into the stands, he hears the fans who cheered him during his 11 seasons as a Met. When he walks the hallway...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Diseases, Major League Baseball, Tom Seaver, Greg Norman
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FDA investigates possible Vytorin link to cancer
From the Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Federal drug safety regulators said Thursday they are investigating whether the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin can increase patients' risk of developing cancer. However, the Food and Drug Administration said patients should not stop...Tags: Medicine, Schering Plough Corporation, Western Medicines, Diseases, Medical Research
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Business Planner - August 21, 2008
TODAY WHITEHALL AREA CHAMBER of Commerce program on reducing the risk of heart disease, obesity and diabetes, 6-8 p.m., Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, Bethlehem, Educational Conference Center, Room B. RSVP by Tuesday to Maria Sweeney at execdir@...Tags: Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Diseases, Toshiba Corporation, Berks County, Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Dark-hued fruits, veggies are good for the brain
Neuroscientist James A. Joseph is one of those lucky people who gets to have his cake and eat it, too. At the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts), Joseph revels in his research demonstrating that dark-hued...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Dietary Supplements, Health Treatments, Diseases, Maine
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Fruit juices may foil absorption of some drugs
WASHINGTON - Grapefruit, orange and apple juices can harm the body's ability to absorb certain medications and make the drugs less effective, according to a Canadian study released here this week. The research shows these juices can decrease the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Medicine, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Pharmaceuticals, Western Medicines
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In music, Confesor Martinez Sr. of Orlando relived memories of Puerto Rico
Sentinel Staff WriterConfesor Martinez Sr. was a family man who worked as a fisherman in Puerto Rico and as a baker in New York, but his true love was performing Puerto Rican folk music. The east Orlando resident played his cuatro, a guitarlike instrument with 10 strings,...Tags: Puerto Rico, Diseases, New York, Folk Music, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Unconventional Politics On TV
Courant TV CriticThey won't have thousands of drummers or lip-synching little girls. Instead, some nifty balloon drops, no doubt. But the two parties' political conventions, running back-to-back the next two weeks from Denver and St. Paul, will represent the Olympics of...Tags: Political Candidates, Diseases, Movies, NBC, Multi-Sport Events
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Lilly releases study results for cardio drug
AP Business WriterThe cardio drug prasugrel outperformed its competition, the blockbuster Plavix, in preventing recurring events like heart attacks for some patients, drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. said Thursday. Indianapolis-based Lilly, which developed prasugrel with its...Tags: Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Western Medicines, Sanofi-Aventis, Diseases
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Simulation training prepares Hopkins teams for emergencies
Sun reporterIn the office of Dr. Elizabeth "Betsy" Hunt, words attributed to Louisa May Alcott hang on the wall: "I am not afraid of storms for I have learned how to sail my ship." For Hunt, or "Dr. Betsy," as she likes to be called, her storms are pediatric...Tags: Medical Research, Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, Maryland, Hospitals and Clinics
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Cookbook encourages heart health
Forum Publishing GroupThe "WomenHeart's All Heart Family Cookbook" features 40 foods proven to promote heart health. One recipe from the book, which caught my attention, was the quick vegetable macaroni and cheese. Who ever thought that could be made heart healthy? You will...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Diseases
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Wis. lawmakers try but can't block mercury rules
Assoicated Press WriterRepublican lawmakers took a symbolic stand Wednesday against a plan to reduce utilities' mercury emissions, voting to demand revisions amid businesses' concerns the rules will drive up electric bills. The Republican-controlled Assembly Natural Resources...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bodies of Water, Environmental Pollution, Diseases, Natural Resource Industry
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