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When the doctor is in -- and online Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:05PME-mailing your doctor is not only convenient, but can have significant health benefits, research finds Do you e-mail your doctor? It could improve your health.
Los Angeles Lakers concerned Luke Walton could miss the season Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:15PMLos Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak says the team is concerned reserve Luke Walton could miss the season if his back issues require surgery.
Climate and energy bill delayed as political support withers Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:44PMWASHINGTON — Bowing a lack of support, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Thursday said there'd be no vote this summer on a bill that would put the nation's first limits on the carbon pollution responsible for global warming.
Asbestos in California's State Rock? Not Really Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 2:09PM California lawmakers are expected to vote this week on SB 624 , which could demote serpentine from its lofty place as California's state rock. This is a spectacularly silly decision based on shoddy scientific evidence, and here's why. According to biologist David Lowry: In a misguided attempt to “educate” Californians about the dangers of asbestos, State Senator Gloria Romero introduced ...
Forrester: If You Think Social Media Marketing is Worthless, You're Doing it Wrong Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 12:53PMHas your company spent seemingly countless hours tweeting on Twitter , networking on Facebook and writing the company blog? Have you found yourself wondering if it's all a waste of time? Maybe that last Facebook fan page contest saw fewer entries than you'd hoped for, or that last Twitter-only coupon had fewer redemptions than you'd expected, but perhaps that's not all that matters. According to ...
Second Opinion: A taste of medicine for Wall Street Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 12:10PMAll comments must be approved by the blog author. Please do not resubmit comments if they do not immediately appear. You are not required to use your full name when posting, but you should use a real e-mail address. Comments may be republished in print, but we will not publish your e-mail address.
Heat put finishing touches on Ilgauskas deal Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 4:10PMMIAMI (AP) For the Miami Heat, the first priority of the summer was the big moves, the names like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. It's been all about big men since.
The C-J Sunday College Basketball Notebook Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 1:42AMFor a moment last week, the Washington Wizards held their collective breath, thinking that perhaps their cornerstone player, former University of Kentucky star John Wall, was injured after hitting the floor in an NBA Summer League game.
Horoscope for July 18 Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 1:21AMARIES (March 21-April 19): Don't get pulled into someone else's dilemma. You can offer insight but to take on added responsibility or to burden yourself with someone's financial debt will not help the
Horoscope for July 17 Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 1:18AMARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on what needs to be accomplished or you will end up dealing with a pushy individual trying to take up your time and space. Get out and do something with a friend
The selfish, unsure but goodly nature of charity and good deeds Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 12:07AMAs Shakespeare similarly said of mercy, charity is twice blessed, it blesses both he who gives it and he who receives it -- at least in theory. These are strange times of unprecedented need... read more
Spitz: Too sick to serve prison time? Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:55PMFrank Soffen wants to tell you why he shouldn't be in prison. The families of the men he killed want to tell you why Soffen, who's featured on a prisoners' rights activists' flier as the face of "The Case for Medical Release," should never be freed.
U.S. stocks end mostly up on BP, Goldman reports Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 3:28PMNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks finished Thursday's session mostly higher following a late turn-around as reports emerged that oil from the BP Plc spill had stopped flowing and ahead of a settlement between Goldman Sachs and regulators. Off more than 120 points earlier in the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 7.41 points at 10,359.31. The broad S&P 500 index rose 1.31 ...
Teen Singer Gets Singed in Social Media Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 2:14PMLast week, both bloggers and Twitter users got caught up in an online prank played on a teenage pop star. For the week of July 5-9, fully 19% of the news links on blogs, and 7% on Twitter were about an Internet prank aimed at teen idol Justin Bieber, according to the New Media Index from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Healthy schools Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 2:12PMThe Family Health Clinic will host a free immunization clinic to get students up to date on their vaccinations. The clinic is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. July 23 at 840 W. Clements St. Children between the ages of 4 to 18 will receive free...
Local 2724 lashes back against Essar management Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:57PMThe war of words continues between Essar Steel Algoma and United Steelworkers Local 2724.[...]
FDA to review first of 3 new weight loss drugs Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:43AM(AP:WASHINGTON) Dieters, doctors and investors get their first extensive look at the first of a trio of new weight loss drugs this week. The hope is that the new drugs can succeed where many others have failed: delivering significant weight loss without risky side effects.
Blogs Comment On Berwick Nomination, Birth Control Coverage, Other Topics Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:16AMThe following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "A Pregnant Woman Is Not a Meth Lab," Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, American Civil Liberties Union's "Blog of Rights": According to Kolbi-Molinas, more than 20 Alabama women have been prosecuted in the past four years "for no other reason than that they tried to continue their pregnancies while struggling with addiction...
FDA To Review Three New Weight Loss Drugs Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:08AMDieters, doctors and investors get their first extensive look at the first of a trio of new weight loss drugs this week.
How you can cut expenses in retirement Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 5:43AMFew Americans are saving enough money to finance a retirement that could last 30 years or more. That leaves a couple of options: delaying retirement from the workforce or learning to live on less.
City OKs design work Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:51AMSeymour Board of Public Works and Safety approved several requests during a brief meeting Thursday morning at city hall. Two of those requests came from Tony Akles, a consulting engineer with Strand & Associates, Columbus. Akles’ requests involved...
FDA to review first of 3 new weight loss drugs Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 11:15PMDieters, doctors and investors get their first extensive look at the first of a trio of new weight loss drugs this week. The hope is
Conway leans left, but not always Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 9:39PMThe Courier-Journal analyzed years of U.S. Senate candidate Jack Conway's public statements and found that he isn't as left-wing as opponent Rand Paul makes him out to be -- but Paul has ammunition just the same.
Basis of Ruling on Gay Unions Stirs Debate Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 1:13AMA judge's decision on Thursday declaring that a state law allowing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts should take precedence over a federal definition of marriage has exposed the fractures and fault lines among groups working to bolster states' rights.
Basis of Ruling on Gay Unions Stirs Debate on the Right Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:58PMA judge’s decision in favor of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts has created an awkward new debating point within the less-government movement.
Workshop teaches participants how to treat birds affected by oil Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:01PMBROWNSVILLE — The Gladys Porter Zoo held its third Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop on Thursday, with more than 60 participants learning how to treat birds affected by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and similar disasters. “I’ve...
Patients removed from second city nursing home due to heat Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 4:11PMAir conditioning fails at Liberty Heights facility; 74 relocated Afternoon temperatures in Maryland eased back into the mid-90s on Thursday, but not before a week of extreme weather claimed the cooling system at another Baltimore nursing home.
Study: Little progress in reducing cigarette use among high schoolers Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 3:28PMATLANTA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one in five high school students still smokes, and that hasn't changed much since 2003.
UW’s eye on protected activity Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 3:23PMUniversity of Washington police have been spying on activists like Jane Mee WongCampus police kept tabs on student groups, records show
Is OSHA on the job in the Gulf? Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 1:51PMAs progressives demand respirators for cleanup workers, the agency says breathing problems so far are heat-related
The Unsettling New Era Of The Individual Journalist Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 11:33AMLet’s get one thing out of the way up front. No one doesn’t have an opinion on things they know something about. I may have no opinion on who the best NASCAR driver is (and I don’t) but that would certainly change if I started paying attention to the sport. Coming in to last month, [...]
Website all about shale info Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:15AMTwo health and environmental organizations have teamed up to host a new website with a web-based tool for tracking and visualizing data related to gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale region.
Community calendar Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 8:04PMThis listing is of events of interest to the community. Submit items by noon Fridays in order to run in the next week's issue. Phone: 801-629-5220. Fax: 801-629-5238. E-mail: community@standard.net . read more
CNN fires Middle Eastern editor over tweet‎ Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 6:36PMCNN is firing an editor for its Middle Eastern coverage after she tweeted admiration for a late Lebanese cleric considered an inspiration for the militant Hezbollah movement.
Kevin Smith sits down, scores big Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 4:30PMKevin Smith is our kind of film guy. Sure, he'll shmooze about his cult-classic flicks Clerks and Mallrats, about his comic-book creations, about his SModcast podcast, about his fear of flying -Southwest Airlines.
Settlement Reached in GA Refinery Blast Lawsuit Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 12:09PMImperial Sugar has reached a settlement with federal regulators seeking to fine the company for safety violations after a 2008 explosion at its Georgia refinery killed 14 workers near Savannah.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Where are the Anti-Choicers at the Kagan Hearings? Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:59AMby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begins her second week of confirmation hearings, Mother Jones' Stephanie Mencimer wonders why...
European Union Seeks a New Approach to Biotech Crops Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:35AMAfter decades pushing nations to surrender more and more power, the European Union is about to throw in the towel on one highly contentious issue: genetically modified foods.
New and Exciting in PLoS this week [A Blog Around The Clock] Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 11:07PMThere are new articles in four PLoS journals today. As always, you should rate the articles , post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites ...
Hospital raising money, teaching physicians and community Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 8:29PMEDINBURG — Doctors Hospital at Renaissance sold close to $19,000 last week at its first Masquerade Fundraising jewelry sale, but only about $4,000 will benefit the hospital’s cancer foundation. The hospital partnered up with Masquerade...
Heat wave has NH thermometers flirting with 100 Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 8:15PMAs temperatures enter "nasty" territory in the Granite State, people get creative when it comes to chilling out.
PHOTO: Flying free for the Fourth Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 7:18PMHARTFORD - Friends and family members of the late Roger Murphy of Holiday Shores met Saturday with representatives from TreeHouse Wildlife Center to release an American bald eagle back into the wild.
Press release: Interim committees now broadcast live Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 6:18PMState lawmakers are in Santa Fe right now, discussing behavioral-health services. A live, streaming audio feed of interim legislative committees is now available online at http://www.nmlegis.gov
FDA clears first implantable telescope for vision Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 4:58PMWASHINGTON -- U.S. health officials have approved a first-of-its-kind technology -- a tiny telescope implanted into the eye -- to counter a leading cause of old-age blindness.
NYC still considers smoking ban in parks, beaches Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 4:58PMNEW YORK -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city is still pursuing the idea of banning smoking on beaches and in parks. Health commissioner Thomas Farley revealed last year that parks were the next place the city would look to extend its smoking ban.
Executive 'away day' to decide on cuts Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 8:58AMThe First Minister Peter Robinson says the Executive will be rigorously examining its future spending, during a so-called 'away day' on Tuesday.
Blogs Comment On Sex Education Policies, Kagan Confirmation Hearings, Other Topics Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 7:28AMThe following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Significant National Shift Found in Sex Education," Joseph DiNorcia, RH Reality Check: On Thursday, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States released a report that can be "most accurately described as a testament to the incredible work that advocates across the states are doing to promote ...
Pick Up Artists: Driving Across America, Picking Up Garbage Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 5:09AMIn just three months, they have picked up 37,000 pounds of garbage. That's just the beginning.
Column - Jon Mark Beilue: Simple advice from a wise married man Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 4:04AMSuzy Simpson's wedding day 25 years ago at Paramount Baptist Church was such a blur that she can barely remember pastor Shad Rue pronouncing her as married to Kent Winter, much less anything else the wise man might have said.
The role of third parties and independent candidates Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 1:05AMUnder Arkansas Election Law, the deck is stacked against those wishing to form third parties or pursue office as an independent candidate. However this year, Arkansas will see a wide variety of both on the November ballot.