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...jail, for retailers to sell or rent games with certain sexual or violent content to kids under 18. The $7 billion video-game business, says Blagojevich, is an industry that "targets its products at kids. Just as a child buying cigarettes is inappropriate, just as a child buying alcohol is inappropriate, just as a child buying pornography is inappropriate, the same kind of thinking, in my judgment, applies to violent video games and graphic sexual video games." If passed and upheld in court, the laws would be the first statewide measures to impose fines and jail time for selling...
...prescription that can work. The NHLBI promotes an eating plan called the DASH diet (for dietary approaches to stopping hypertension), with menus low in fats, salt, cholesterol, red meat and sweets and high in fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, poultry, nuts and low-fat dairy foods. Alcohol consumption should be limited, with men having two drinks or fewer a day and women--or men with small body mass--just one. In the very short term, alcohol may lower blood pressure; over time, however, it elevates it. Exercise is important, with aerobic activity--as little as 30 minutes of brisk walking--recommended...
...including his father John and his daughter Drew Barrymore; of undisclosed causes; in Los Angeles. He started acting at 17, landing roles in westerns like The Sundowners and High Lonesome, and appearing in a string of low-budget films in the U.S. and abroad. But he abused drugs and alcohol, frequently got into fights and was jailed several times for drunkenness and domestic violence. By the late 1960s his career had fizzled, and he spent his later years largely as a recluse...
eyelids start to droop more severely, and by the 20-hour mark you begin to nod off. Your reaction time, studies show, is roughly the same as someone who has a blood-alcohol level of 0.08--high enough to get you arrested for driving under the influence in 49 states. You forget to do things like double-check the spelling of a name or set the brake when you stop on a hill...
Bottoms up! According to a study in the journal Diabetes Care, there's a new benefit from indulging in a bit of the drink. People who consume moderate amounts of alcohol appear to be less likely to develop metabolic syndrome--a cluster of symptoms including a large waist, high blood pressure and low levels of good cholesterol--which can lead to diabetes and heart disease. In a study of 8,125 subjects, those who sipped up to 19 drinks a month were 35% less likely than nondrinkers to have the syndrome. Consuming more than 20 drinks a month--beer...