Daily Archives: June 10th, 2009
Screen sensation Anvil to open for AC/DC
Anvil, the Canadian heavy metal band that spent more than 30 years in near obscurity before the documentary about its struggles became a surprise hit, is getting the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll salute this summer. AC/DC, arguably the most successful hard rock band in history, has personally selected Anvil as the sole support act for [...]
$75,000 Salary Secrets: 5 Careers that Pay Well Even in a Recession
It seems no matter where you turn these days there’s bad news: entire neighborhoods in foreclosure, a volatile stock market, and unemployment rates at their highest in decades. While the recession is affecting us all, professionals in certain fields can feel confident that their skills will be needed no matter how gloomy the financial outlook.
What’s [...]
Watch Your Waistline While Dining Out
Dining out….a favorite American past-time. Research, however, has shown that the more we dine out, the more likely we are to get accustomed to larger portions—and to potentially larger waistlines.
So is it possible to dine out and have your cake too? According to a new report by the Nutrition Action Healthletter, the answer might be [...]
FDA panel backs 3 psychiatric drugs for kids
ADELPHI, Md. - Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that three blockbuster psychiatric drugs appear safe and effective for children and adolescents, despite side effects that can increase the risk of diabetes.
The FDA’s panel of psychiatric experts voted to approve the use of drugs from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Pfizer for treating [...]
Possible compromise emerges in health care debate
The compromise offered by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., would create health care cooperatives owned by groups of residents and small businesses, similar to how electric or other cooperatives operate. They’d be nonprofit, and without the government involvement that troubles Republicans and business groups about the public plan options.
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. [...]
Free Lipitor, Viagra, other drugs for jobless
TRENTON, N.J. – Pfizer Inc. is unveiling a new program Thursday that will let people who have lost their jobs and health insurance keep taking some widely prescribed Pfizer medications — including Lipitor and Viagra — for free for up to a year.
The world’s biggest drugmaker will provide more than 70 of its prescription drugs [...]
Races Differ in Rates of Sleep-Related Obesity
MONDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) — People who get too little sleep are at risk for obesity, and for blacks the risk is greater than for whites, New York researchers have found.
Studying the connection between short sleep duration and obesity, researchers analyzed national data from 29,818 adults aged 18 to 85. The study found that [...]
WHO says it may declare swine flu pandemic soon
GENEVA – The World Health Organization said Tuesday a spike in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce the first flu pandemic in 41 years. It also expressed concern about an unusual rise in severe illness from the disease in Canada.
WHO’s flu chief Keiji Fukuda said the agency wanted to avoid [...]
Best Places to Live 2009
With the decade winding to a close, Americans have grown increasingly reluctant to gas up their moving vans. Last year, the Census Bureau’s national mover rate–which represents the percentage of Americans 1 year and older who moved within the past year–hit its lowest level since 1948, when the bureau began tracking the data. And who [...]
Kirsten Dunst Returning For ‘Spider-Man 4,’ Villain To Be Chosen Soon
NEW YORK, New York — Kirsten Dunst will return as Mary Jane Watson, “Spider-Man 4” producer Todd Black told the New York Post.
The star will rejoin director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker’s love interest in the latest installment in the popular superhero franchise, which is slated for May 6, 2011.
However, don’t [...]
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