Forget the Diet! Make These 7 Small Changes Instead
Two of the most common New Year's resolutions are to lose weight and get healthier. In order to achieve these goals, many folks jump on the fad diet …
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Month: January 2017
Damascus water shortage threatens children, U.N. says
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Children are at risk of waterborne diseases in Syria's capital Damascus where 5.5 million people have had little or no running water for two weeks, the United Nations said on Friday. "There is a major concern about the risk of waterborne diseases among children," UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac said.
Trump presses Democrats on Obamacare, urges bipartisan fix
U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump kept up his attacks on Democrats and Obamacare on Thursday while calling for a bipartisan congressional effort to come up with a healthcare alternative that would lower costs and improve care. In a series of tweets, Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, blasted Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer and his fellow Democrats, who have vowed to preserve President Barack Obama's legacy-defining healthcare law even as Republicans move ahead with their long-running bid to scrap it. Taunting Schumer as "head clown," Trump said on Twitter that Democrats are doing "the typical political thing" and casting blame.
Sarbananda Sonowal asks DCs to review NRC update exercise every week
Chairing a review meeting of the NRC update process, Sonowal asked top officials to visit the districts so that no error remained in the final print.
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What is the Milk Diet and does it work?
The so-called 'Milk Diet&039; is not a new concept, but lots of people are talking about it this week, and there&039;s been a spike in Google searches on the …
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Legislation would license alternative medicine practitioners
A measure that emerged in the last moments of the Massachusetts Legislature's session Tuesday would create a licensing board for naturopaths …
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Slovenia confirms first case of H5N8 bird flu
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia confirmed on Wednesday its first case of H5N8 bird flu, detected in a swan in the town of Pragersko some 120 km (75 miles) northeast of the capital Ljubljana, officials said. Farmers in the area will be required to keep their poultry indoors to prevent the spread of the virus to farm animals, Matjaz Emersic, a spokesman for the National Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary and Plant Protection, told Reuters. …
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No proof diet drinks help in losing weight – study
Diet drinks can contribute to the problem, as “characteristics related to ASB composition (low nutrient density and food additives), consumption …
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A Sectoral New Year's Resolution—Exercise Civic Muscle
Some of the sense of helplessness many feel this New Year comes because too many nonprofits have relied for so long on national politics to deliver …
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Doctors Update Guidelines to Protect Hearing
They warn against putting anything—including cotton swabs—into the ears and against using “ear candles”—an alternative medicine method of …
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Inotek’s glaucoma treatment fails late-stage study
(Reuters) – Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp said its experimental glaucoma treatment failed a late-stage study, citing a stronger-than-expected placebo effect. The company’s stock slumped 64.8 percent to $2.15 in premarket trading on Tuesday and was set for its worst day ever. Inotek’s lead drug, trabodenoson, was no better than a placebo in reducing fluid pressure in the eye in patients with the most common form of glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
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Diet Res-Illusions: Weight loss tips from the pros
We make 'em, we break &039;em. New Year&039;s diet resolutions fall like needles on Christmas trees as January goes on. Genes can work against us.
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