PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15 (UPI) –
Eating an excessively high fat-diet during pregnancy can lead to liver disease in newborns, U.S. researchers have found.
Many Americans assume that being fat during pregnancy equates as being unhealthy for the baby and being skinny results in a healthy pregnancy; however, that is not necessarily true,
Kevin Grove of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Ore., said in a statement.
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By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo, Naugatuck Valley Bureau Chief
SHELTON — Police raided a Howe Avenue apartment Tuesday and charged a 15-year-old girl and her 28-year-old live-in boyfriend with dealing heroin and crack cocaine, police said.
The Shelton police, Valley Street Crime Unit and the Connecticut State Police Narcotics Task Force executed the search and seizure warrant at 248 Howe Ave., first floor, said Detective Ben Trabka.
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Freetown — Executive director of the country’s drugs law enforcement agency Kandeh Bangura has welcomed collaboration but said it was news that Colombia wanted to make Sierra Leone its West African headquarters for anti-narcotics.
It could be recalled that on the 7 of January the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the Colombian National Police Cmdr. Gen. Oscar Naranjo saying he will soon station 10 anti-narcotics police in nine Read the rest of this entry »

If you want to put some sizzle back into your sex life, food can help you set the mood this Valentine’s Day. There’s nothing better than a romantic, home-cooked dinner, featuring some R-rated foods to help turn up the heat.
“There’s a growing body of evidence that some of the vitamins and components in foods can enhance sexual function and sexual experience,” says Jennifer R. Berman, MD, director of the Berman Women’s Wellness Center in Beverly Read the rest of this entry »