Year: 2016

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The former Iowa science teacher and McDonald's Corp "brand ambassador," who preached the virtues of walking and near-daily french fries in presentations to youth, is no longer visiting U.S. schools, the fast-food chain said on Friday. The program presented by John Cisna, author of the book "My McDonald&039;s Diet: How I lost 37 pounds in 90 days and became a viral media sensation," was sharply criticized by teachers, parents and public health advocates who accused McDonald&039;s of trying to hook youngsters on unhealthy food. Cisna&039;s program included a documentary and discussion guide edited by McDonald&039;s, which hired him in 2015 and provides him with a stipend for time and travel related to his speaking engagements.

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By Karen Lema and Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) – The police force in Manila is so underfunded that officers say they have to buy their own bullets and it is not uncommon for funeral service cars to give cops a lift along to murder scenes because they have no vehicles of their own. Enter Rodrigo Duterte, who won this week's presidential election in the Philippines on a single-issue campaign of crushing crime, corruption and drug abuse. Duterte&039;s message, unpolished and peppered with profanities, tapped into popular alarm over a drug-fuelled jump in crime.

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Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2016 –(PR.com)– The hCG diet protocol is a prime example of companies gaining an enormous internet presence without …
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(Reuters) – Belgian biotech firm Ablynx said on Thursday it used up more cash than it made in the first quarter, driven by higher external research and development costs. Cash burn is a closely watched figure for rising biotech companies that generate revenue only from development milestone payments, and not drug sales. The group, which makes treatments based on nanobodies, reported a net cash outflow of 2.5 million euros ($2.9 million) in the quarter and had remaining cash and cash equivalents of 233.7 million euros.
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We've just uncovered five surprise foods that you&039;ll be dying to sink your teeth into… and conveniently, it won&039;t sink your scales. As surprising as it may …
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By Nataly Pak SEOUL, May 11 (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan was left off South Korea’s national swimming team on Wednesday due to a controversial Korean Olympic Committee regulation that tacked three years onto his 18-month doping ban imposed by world governing body FINA. Park completed the FINA ban in March after testing positive for testosterone ahead of the Incheon Asian Games in September 2014 but under KOC regulations he must wait three years from the end of his ban to be eligible for national selection again. Park, who won gold in the 400m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Games to become the first Korean to win an Olympic swimming medal, won all four of his races and met Olympic qualification standards at recent national trials.
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Tovar said that 80 to 90 percent of people regain the weight that is lost while on a diet (assuming they quit the diet), and added: "[T]he body you have …
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