Monthly Archives: February 2012

Diabetes, memory loss warnings added to statins

By doris | Published: February 29, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com U.S. health regulators will add warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, to indicate that they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss. The Food and Drug administration announced the changes to the safety information on the labels of statins such [...]

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Sweet satisfaction: Diet Pepsi chocolate chunk cookies

By doris | Published: February 28, 2012

Full Story at Bites.today.msnbc.msn.com We know, dear readers, how much you love melding your soda and snacks into oh-so-decadent creations (remember these Coke and Ruffles cupcakes?). So when we came across chef Hedy Goldsmith’s recipe for Diet Pepsi chocolate chunk cookies, we had to feature it. Goldsmith, the celebrated pastry chef from Michael’s Genuine in [...]

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22 Carnival Cruise passengers robbed at gunpoint on ship-sponsored tour in Mexico

By doris | Published: February 27, 2012

Full Story at OverheadBin.msnbc.msn.cpm Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET — Twenty-two passengers on Carnival Splendor were robbed at gunpoint Thursday while on a ship-sponsored tour in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. At least one Mexican media outlet said the passengers were returning by bus to their ship at approximately 5 p.m. after spending time in El Nogalito, [...]

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Oranges, grapefruits lower women’s stroke risk

By doris | Published: February 26, 2012

Full Story at TODAYHealth.today.msnbc.msn.com A diet rich in citrus fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits, may reduce women’s risk of stroke, a new study says. In the study, women who ate the most citrus fruit had a 19 percent lower risk of having an ischemic stroke than women who ate the least. In an ischemic [...]

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Paula Deen on diabetes backlash: Some ‘were kinda mean about it’

By doris | Published: February 25, 2012

Full Story at Bites.today.msnbc.com When Paula Deen revealed to Al Roker that she had type-2 diabetes in January, response from the public was fast, furious and largely negative. Now, just over a month later, Deen says that she was taken aback by the reaction. “I think it was from a few people that were kinda [...]

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35,000 Postal Service jobs on the chopping block

By doris | Published: February 24, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The U.S. Postal Service announced on Thursday new plans to consolidate or close 223 mail processing plants, putting 35,000 jobs at stake starting in late May or June. The processing plant consolidations would save $2.1 billion and are a part of the agency’s broader effort to save $20 [...]

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Months later, deaths from cantaloupe outbreak continue to climb

By doris | Published: February 23, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com Five months after the first report of listeria infections tied to contaminated cantaloupe, victims of the outbreak continue to die. But just how many isn’t clear. A lawyer representing those sickened says four more people have died after lingering illnesses linked to eating the tainted fruit last summer. But officials with [...]

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Man arrested after alleged ‘fight’ in front of Disney ride

By doris | Published: February 22, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com A man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly attacking workers in front of the Tower of Terror ride at Disney’s California Adventure Park in Anaheim. In a YouTube video of the encounter, the man is seen flailing at a security employee and struggling to keep his balance outside the ride. [...]

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Mardi Gras beyond bare breasts

By doris | Published: February 21, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — If you’ve never been to Mardi Gras, you may think it’s all about beads for boobs. That’s pretty much what artist Cree McCree expected. But that was before the Crescent City transplant actually experienced it, in true New Orleans style. “I was completely seduced by the [...]

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Australian airline runs out of money, stranding thousands

By doris | Published: February 20, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Thousands of travelers have been left in the lurch around the world after the carrier Air Australia went into administration and grounded its fleet Friday. “It currently appears that there are no funds available to meet operational expenses so flights will be suspended immediately,” the company said in joint [...]

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Get your kids into the kitchen and feed them for life

By doris | Published: February 19, 2012

Full Story at Eatocracy.CNN.com It’s a sweet, sticky, crunchy, ooey-gooey, chocolate-drizzled, cheese-stuffed, deep-fried world out there, and we can’t pretend it doesn’t tastes pretty darned delicious. Nearly from birth, American kids are blasted with ads for foods that send their taste buds into overdrive, but don’t do them any nutritional favors. These treats might be [...]

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Hospitals scramble to get scarce kids’ cancer drug

By doris | Published: February 18, 2012

Full Story at Vitals.msnbc.msn.com An Ohio drugmaker began releasing limited supplies of a crucial medication to treat childhood leukemia Thursday, sending hospital pharmacists facing life-threatening shortages scrambling for their share. Jerrod Milton, chief of pharmacy at Children’s Hospital of Colorado, was among those first in line as Ben Venue Laboratories began accepting new orders for [...]

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Immigration agent killed in shootout at federal building in Long Beach

By doris | Published: February 17, 2012

Full Story at usnews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 3:03 a.m. ET — LONG BEACH, Calif. — Two immigration agents were involved in a shootout at a federal building in Long Beach Thursday, leaving one dead and another wounded, the FBI said. The injured officer was taken to a nearby hospital and was listed in stable condition, according [...]

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Nigerian underwear bomber to be sentenced in Detroit

By doris | Published: February 16, 2012

Full Story at Yahoo.com DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge is set to decide on Thursday if the Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit in 2009 will spend the rest of his life in prison. A bomb hidden in the underwear of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, [...]

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Burglar breaks in, folds clothes, cooks dinner

By doris | Published: February 15, 2012

Full Story at US.News.msnbc.msn.com When a South Bend, Ind. mother returned home Monday night with her son, she discovered Keith Davis, 46, had neatly folded her clothes, swept the floor and cooked dinner. The problem? Davis was a burglar. “I seen my living room light on and the bedroom light on, so once we came [...]

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Judge orders man to take his wife on a bowling date

By doris | Published: February 14, 2012

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a Florida judge ruled on Tuesday that a man involved in a scuffle with his wife treat her to an evening at a local bowling alley and a romantic meal at Red Lobster. Click here to read the original story on NBCMiami.com Judge John Hurley [...]

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Cake for breakfast? Study says go for it

By doris | Published: February 13, 2012

Full Story at TODAYHealth.today.msnbc.msn.com Good news for the kid in you: Not only can you eat cake for breakfast, doing so may actually help you keep weight off, a new study suggests. In the study, obese participants who ate a breakfast high in protein and carbohydrates that included a dessert were better able to stick [...]

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For food lovers, think exotic Valentine’s Day chocolates

By doris | Published: February 12, 2012

Full Story at Bites.today.msnbc.msn.com We’re all bombarding our sweethearts with delicious, decadent chocolates this time of year. But if your love is a discriminating chocolate connoisseur, don’t show up at the door with a box of cocoa-flavored sugar from the drugstore. Here are our favorite outside-the-box confections that scream “I love you” – even if [...]

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‘Crisis’: Supplies of life-saving drug used to treat children could run out in 2 weeks

By doris | Published: February 11, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com How can a drug company run out of medicine because of quality concerns? They must have people checking everything that goes on in the company. Do you think it is like everything else it boils down to money. Cut back here cut back there and work the employees as much as [...]

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Catholic TV network sues US over birth control mandate

By doris | Published: February 10, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msn.com The Obama administration’s rule requiring religious employers to cover birth control services is going to court after a Catholic TV network sued Thursday to block the mandate. The order, which the Department of Health and Human Services finalized last month, eliminates a federal exemption that allows religion-affiliated institutions to opt out [...]

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