ScienceDaily (Jan. 26, 2009)
— Americans who use illegal diet pills from South America may be taking amphetamines without knowing it and seriously risking both their health and their jobs. Physicians need to be made aware of the range of serious side effects of these drugs to allow them to identify and treat those patients presenting with unexplained symptoms.
These findings, by Dr Pieter Cohen from the Department of Internal Medicine at Read the rest of this entry »

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department tactical narcotics team arrested 106 people and seized $5.5 million worth of drugs last year, the department announced.
Most of the drugs were seized at one time when detectives grabbed 33 pounds of cocaine worth $4.5 million and arrested five people at a home in Aurora that police said was a distribution point for large cocaine sales in Kane and DuPage Counties.
In all last year, the task force confiscated Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday, February 22, 2009
The boom has been lowered, the axe has fallen, the pink slip has landed on your desk.
No matter how grim your financial situation may be, you can’t just ignore your bills and creditors. Prompt action is crucial: Let your creditors know you are having difficulties before you begin missing payments.
Financial experts say that when money is tight, you must prioritize what bills need paying first.
Ask yourself Read the rest of this entry »

BELGAUM: Jogging, walking, meditation
and some gymming. All these fitness activities are part of our netas, who are
camping in Belgaum for the winter legislature session.
The sprawling
lung space on the premises of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, venue for the
session has provided a conducive ambience for the legislators to jog, walk and
gymming. And most of them are utilizing the facility provided by the organizers.
On the second day of Read the rest of this entry »

One in seven Americans under age 65 went without prescribed medicines in 2007 as drug costs spiraled upward in the United States, a nonprofit research group said on Thursday.
That figure is up substantially since 2003, when one in 10 people under 65 went without a prescription drug because they couldn’t afford it, according to the Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, D.C.
The current figure may be even higher because of Read the rest of this entry »

The Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga, 55 minutes, Lions Gate, DVD, $17.99. Available at Amazon.com, www.biggestloser. com and other retailers.
Confessions. Tears. Humiliation. Tears. Public weigh-ins. Tears. Hours and days and weeks of reckoning. Tears. Resolve. Tears. Weight loss. Tears.
Watching contestants on The Biggest Loser television series go through an emotional grinder (a wringer would be too gentle) as they struggle to transform their Read the rest of this entry »

Officials in Howard County thought their low-cost health-care program would be an easy sell in a community where an estimated 15,000 adults are without coverage. But nearly four months later, they are struggling to get people to enroll.
Turns out, Howard is not unique. In Arkansas, a statewide program offering coverage through small businesses has enrolled 5,000 people, even though it can accommodate 10 times as many. And in Massachusetts, where Read the rest of this entry »