In the Portfolio Diet, a Combination of Foods Will Cut Cholesterol
With the free-fall of the stock market, who would want to have anything to do with a portfolio these days? Still, Dr. David Jenkins says you might want to bet on his new
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Dr. Jenkins, from the University of Toronto, goes beyond saying in his Portfolio Diet that certain foods such as oat bran (Cheerios) will help to lower your cholesterol. He has found that if we combine these Read the rest of this entry »

show that 59% of Americans want single-payer health coverage, and by over a 2 to 1 margin they think that it is more important to provide universal health care than to avoid a tax increase for it. An overwhelming majority believe the present system to be seriously flawed.
This is one of those issues where Congress acts independently of the wishes of the people. Congress is not giving serious consideration to a single-payer plan. Instead what Read the rest of this entry »

There was more drama today in the trial of Vincent Fumo after the former Pa. state senator had to be taken out of the courtroom on a stretcher.
The trial was halted Thursday afternoon after Fumo complained of dizziness and had trouble breathing, according to a source in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Fumo originally said that he was feeling better, but then agreed to go to Hahnemann University Hospital.
Hahnemann spokeswoman Coleen Cannon said Read the rest of this entry »

In a letter written to affected patients last week, the hospital’s chief financial officer warned that their information had been found during a search of the home of 44-year-old James Allen Wilson, who had been an employee of the billing department.
District attorney’s office spokeswoman Jane Robinson tells the Los Angeles Times Wilson is believed to have netted at least $69,000 in the scheme but the probe is continuing.
Wilson was arrested Nov. Read the rest of this entry »

MILAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Napoli winger Daniele Mannini and
striker Davide Possanzini have been banned for a year after
arriving late for a drugs test when playing for Serie B side
Brescia, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on
Thursday.
The pair, who were late for a doping test at a match against
Chievo in Dec. 2007, were banned for 15 days in March by an
Italian Olympic Committee judge but the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) appealed Read the rest of this entry »

Heartless mom of N.J. cop charged in DWI death blames couple
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Monday, February 9th 2009, 1:08 AM
cop who plowed into a young couple – killing a recent law school grad – tried to blame the victims for the crash Sunday.
and her boyfriend were crossing West St. against the light when her son,
, 25, struck them.
“It was her fault,” said the woman, who identified herself only as the officer’s mother.
Cops pointedly refused to say whether Read the rest of this entry »

Even as controversy rages over a series of incidents in which local prosecutors appear to have withheld evidence, Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr has adopted a combative response that appears to strain her campaign vow to end a “win at all costs” office culture.
Carr responded to outside criticisms of prosecutors’ conduct, including state disciplinary attention, by assuring a gathering of county prosecutors last week that none Read the rest of this entry »

There was no statement available from the company and the company’s bankruptcy attorney, Andy Goldstein, could not be reached for comment.
So far, 654 people in 44 states have been officially recorded as sickened with salmonella traced to the Georgia plant contamination, which is also linked to nine deaths. Separately,
health authorities have linked at least nine cases of salmonella poisoning to the Texas plant.
One food manufacturer affected Read the rest of this entry »