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...SLOW BURN By now most of us have heard that moderate alcohol consumption--about a drink a day--can lower the risk of heart disease. Now researchers say the risk is reduced even further in men who carry a gene that slows the rate at which alcohol is metabolized. The longer alcohol stays in the bloodstream, the more it can exert such beneficial effects as raising levels of good, HDL cholesterol. Who has the gene? Mostly white guys; 1 in 6 is thought to carry...
When Nutrition Action began in 1974, jogging was something you did to your memory, and watching what you ate meant making sure your steak didn't burn. The first big medical newsletter, now called Harvard Health Letter, arrived a year later. Today the Oxbridge Directory of Newsletters 2000 lists 40 pages of health and nutrition newsletters, priced generally from $20 to $40 a year...
...fats, nutritionists say, we'd probably use up all of our stored fat between big meals, and we wouldn't have any weight problems. But in our sedentary society, most of us struggle to exercise at all - let alone perform all the hunting and gathering it would take to burn off all the fatty foods tempting us from the supermarket aisles...
...hard piece of wood to rub between the hands, and a softer piece on the ground. "We used to do it in school," he says. "We would take wooden rulers and rub them really hard on the desk. If you did it hard enough, you'd actually burn the desk." Speaking of fire, the bush fire rumored to be heading for "Survivor" territory could be a good thing. "When the grass starts to grow afresh after burning off, all the animals will come to feed on it, whereupon you beat them over the head with something," says Lilley. Start putting...
Luring new hires with signing bonuses and in-house masseuses was the game less than a year ago. But today, as the economy staggers, it's slash-and-burn--perks, pay and personnel. The numbers are getting ugly. Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas says announced job cuts for December were the highest since the firm began tracking them in 1993. And January's are bound to be even higher. General Electric is poised to idle 75,000, according to BusinessWeek Online, though GE disputes that figure...