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Does it matter what the doctor weighs?Some say it matters to
patients that physicians practice what they preach. But heft and ill health aren't always synonymous. As a registered dietitian, Sharon Salomon of Phoenix teaches clients how to eat right and lose weight. But despite her expertise, Salomon says there's just one word to describe her own physique: "fat." To some, Salomon's 5-foot-2, 170-pound body would be a professional deal-breaker. After all, are chubby dietitians or portly physicians in any position to advise others how to get healthy?
LA Times Monday, August 10, 2009Eating with the enemyModern food production gives salmonella, E. coli and Listeria an advantage in causing food-borne illnesses. But Congress and the FDA are fighting back. Ground beef, romaine lettuce, cilantro, Anaheim peppers, granola nut clusters, alfalfa sprouts and a seeming host of products featuring nonfat dry milk, including yogurt, chai tea, shake mixes, frosting packets, drink powders and cocoa, gravy and sauce mixes -- all have been recalled in the last two months because of possible salmonella contamination.
LA Times Monday, August 10, 2009He sees dead people, but never gets used to itHe helped retrieve a corpse from a lake, saw dozens of cadavers in
medical school and has been there when 'patients' became 'bodies,' but he never became numb to death's pain. The first time I saw a dead body I was groping around in the dark in 125 feet of water looking for a drowning victim. A few members of my diving club had volunteered to help the grieving family find her: Collectively, we had enough brashness coupled with the insouciance of ignorance to go looking for this poor soul after the sheriff's divers said it was too dangerous at that depth. That's testosterone at work for you.
LA Times Monday, August 10, 2009The Caucus: Tumultuous Environment Makes a Health Care Compromise More UnlikelyThe rowdiness at lawmakers' town-hall-style meetings on health care overhaul signaled the demise of bipartisan negotiations.
New York Times Monday, August 10, 2009Northern Hemisphere Braces as Swine Flu Heads NorthAs the first influenza pandemic in 41 years has spread during the Southern Hemisphere's winter over the past few months, the United States and other northern countries have been racing to prepare for a second wave of swine flu virus.
Washington Post Monday, August 10, 2009Face it: you'll stay in better shape with regular featuresMEN with regular features are likely to be in better mental shape at the end of their lives, research has shown.
Scotsman Monday, August 10, 2009Meet the miracle boy who had a one-in-ten chance of surviving rare illness - and wonWHEN Jack Pearson collapsed in agonising pain "like being kicked in the head" the teenager was given a one in ten chance of surviving.
Scotsman Monday, August 10, 2009Steroid injections cut by clinicA GROUNDBREAKING clinic for steroid users has convinced about 30 per cent of
people accessing its services to stop injecting.
Scotsman Monday, August 10, 2009NYU researchers explore how power influences interpretation(New York University) A newly completed
new york University study of public reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks concludes that
people in positions of power, from
government officials to managers working on Wall Street to military personnel, tended to interpret the events in more abstract terms and with more certainty and positivity than ordinary individuals.
Eurekalert.org Monday, August 10, 2009Facebook can threaten relationships, study saysA Canadian report finds that postings on the social media site can trigger escalating feelings of jealousy between romantically involved individuals. Never mind the perils of cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying and posting photos that could endanger your future job prospects: Facebook could be ruining your relationship and driving you toward compulsively jealous behavior.
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