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The new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which the president
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wouldn’t verbally commit to being ready to play Sunday, but his demeanor gave him away. Smiling, practicing, joking, he seemed to be back to his old self. Even defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo noticed.
“He looks like he has been missing football because he is enjoying it again,” Spagnuolo said after Pierce participated fully in his second straight practice. “He says he is fine. I’m going to trust him and believe what he is saying and hope that Read the rest of this entry »
In his first public comments since being suspended one game for backhanding Jazz forward Matt Harpring with a closed fist in an EnergySolutions Arena game last Friday night, Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki took a shot of sorts at the style of coach Jerry Sloan’s club.
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Federal health advisers on Wednesday will debate the merits of two experimental antibiotics designed to fight “superbug” bacteria that have grown immune to older drugs.
The Food and Drug Administration has asked its panel of antibiotic experts to take up drug applications from San Francisco-based Theravance Inc. and Cambridge, Mass.-based Targanta Therapeutics. The agency is not required to follow the group’s advice, Read the rest of this entry »
Sticking strictly to a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables offers substantial protection against cancer, heart disease and other major chronic illnesses.
People who did this had a 9 percent drop in death from heart disease, a 13 percent reduction in incidence of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease and a 6 percent reduction in cancer compared to those who were not as diligent, their study found.
“These results seem to be clinically Read the rest of this entry »
In short, the Bradley-Brooks family has joined the ranks of the underinsured, a growing population of residents who have health insurance but it covers less and costs more than before. The underinsured includes those who spend more than 10 percent of their income on health care or whose deductibles exceed 5 percent, according to the Commonwealth Fund, a private health-care research foundation.
In June, the foundation reported that the number of Read the rest of this entry »
As a national debate over the future of the nation’s health-care system swirls, a new report from a liberal think tank indicates fewer working-age Americans, including Ohioans, are being covered under employer-sponsored health plans.
A briefing paper from the Washington, D.C.-based
, titled The Erosion of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, shows employer coverage for workers and their families dropped for the seventh consecutive year. Read the rest of this entry »
A three-year-old boy from Wolverhampton has died from head injuries in Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
The boy was found on Monday at an address in Bradley and died two days later. A post-mortem examination will take place on Saturday.
A 23-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman have been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child.
They are due to appear before Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on Friday.
Police are appealing for Read the rest of this entry »
Lost in the buzz following Christie Hefner’s resignation from Playboy in December was other, more important news: the appointment of Jimmy Jellinek as editorial director, making him the man in charge of saving the magazine.
Jellinek, 34, is a curious choice to handle the bunny’s rebranding. Cantankerous and prone to fighting, he’s the former editor of lad magazines
. He once described his editing jobs as “bitch-slapping” mainstream culture and Read the rest of this entry »
The Romans of the 4th century B.C. may not have given much thought to the potential health benefits of the diet they consumed. But a couple of millennia later, scientists and nutritionists are taking a hard look at the nuts, fruit and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, olive oil and red wine that, taken together, we’ve come to call the
. They’re compelled by the observation that people in the Mediterranean basin have historically lived longer and Read the rest of this entry »