shifts the creative duties in the United States for its flagship soft drink, Pepsi-Cola, from BBDO Worldwide, which has produced campaigns for the brand since 1960.
For decades, BBDO and Pepsi-Cola collaborated on some of the most popular and successful sales efforts ever developed on Madison Avenue. The ads created by BBDO, part of the
, carried themes like “The choice of a new generation” and “The joy of Pepsi.” Many Read the rest of this entry »
Follow the leader? Maybe it’s not such a bad idea when it comes to copying the fitness-focused president-elect and future first lady. It’s impossible to ignore Michelle Obama’s buff arms and Barack Obama’s slim physique when there are pictures of the power couple doing everything from waving to crowds to playing in the waves. With schedules more hectic than most people could imagine, the Obamas have managed to make fitness a priority — the Read the rest of this entry »
Lost your job? How to keep your health coverage:
•See if you can get on your spouse’s company’s plan.
•Check the cost of COBRA coverage. If you have a preexisting condition that could prevent you from getting health insurance on your own, it might be a good bet.
•If you are healthy and have a job lined up, a short-term policy will provide temporary coverage. But it won’t cover preexisting conditions.
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•Breast and Cervical Cancer Kit: Cancer prevention and treatment information.
encourages Spanish-speaking residents to reduce their risk of developing cancer and other serious illnesses by making healthy choices, such as eating a healthy diet, quitting smoking and having regular cancer screenings.
Information (in Spanish): 410-222-4479 or visit aasalud.org.
Chesapeake Treasures, a
consignment shop that benefits Hospice of the Chesapeake, Read the rest of this entry »
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. It is estimated that 186,000 cases will be detected last year, and the dreaded disease will claim close to twenty eight thousand lives.
The Food and Drug Administration has given green signal to Degarelix, a novel gonadotrophin-releasing hormone blocker that lowers the level of testosterone, in a different way than other medicines do it, as well as levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
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The rationale for the ‘A’ rating remains unchanged since Fitch’s last
rating action dated July 24, 2007 and reflects Allina’s leading market
position in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, solid core operating
performance and light debt burden leading to solid debt service
coverage. Allina is the largest health system in Minnesota and in 2007
had a leading 31.9 % inpatient market share in the highly competitive Read the rest of this entry »
The Kaiser Family Foundation is starting a news service to produce in-depth coverage of the policy and politics of health care, both for an independent Web site and in collaborations with mainstream newsorganizations.
With a budget that is expected to reach $3 million to $4 million in two years, the project is one of the most ambitious in a wave of nonprofit online ventures that have emerged as mainstream newspapers and magazines cut jobs andbudgets.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — A kidney specialist who fled Iraq’s bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital — one of some 800 doctors who have returned over the summer.
Doctors are just a tiny group among Iraq’s more than 4 million refugees and displaced, but Iraq’s health minister says their homecoming sends a message to other emigres that security has “improved dramatically.”
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This is the latest in a series of attacks on Human Terrain personnel. In May,
, an Oxford-trained political scientist working in eastern Afghanistan,
,
along with two soldiers, by a roadside
explosive. Less than two months later, a bomb detonated inside the Sadr
City District Council building in Iraq. Social scientist
was inside.
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Each incident has been scarring for the few hundred people in the
tightly knit program. But the casualties are Read the rest of this entry »
RAWL — Residents of a small community in Rawl are concerned about a discharge that is appearing periodically in a stream near their homes.
According to David Miller, environmental inspector with the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Mining and Reclamation, there is a closed coal mine at the head of the hollow. The mine is owned by Rawl Sales and Processing, a subsidiary of Massey Energy. The mine site includes a sediment Read the rest of this entry »