Word: digests
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...several medications on the market that limit the body's ability to digest fat, Xenical (also called orlistat) was approved for adults in 1999. In fact, it was the FDA that originally encouraged Xenical's manufacturer, Hoffman-La Roche, to study its effectiveness in the pediatric population. The company selected 357 obese kids ages 12 to 16 and put them on both Xenical and a low-fat diet. As a control, 182 equally overweight teens were put on the same diet and a placebo. At the end of the study, the Xenical children had lower body-mass indexes than...
...were "demimondaines," and press releases were preceded by the phrase, "The tom toms have it ..." His signature sign-off was, "But I don't give a hoot." The column was one of the most popular on the Bangkok Post's website?on average, 30,000 readers logged on to digest it every week?but the Post has decided to drop it. Said editor Veera Prateepchaikul: "Do you want something that's modern, or something from 30-40 years...
KELLY CONLIN Magazine Maven In October Primedia, publisher of more than 250 specialty magazines like Motor Trend and Soap Opera Digest, named Conlin, 43, its CEO, ending a seven-month search. He had previously headed technology publisher International Data Group, where he helped launch the popular For Dummies book series. Conlin hopes to leverage Primedia's enthusiast titles in a new way, through toys. Gamemaker THQ will release a PC game under Primedia's Hot Rod name, while Radio Shack is selling a Super Street remote-controlled...
...Once I got to digest it all, and talk to the people in Minnesota, I started to see that maybe this would be a good fit for me,” Bala said. “It’s giving me a chance at a fresh start, to make first impressions all over again.” By all indications, Bala’s confidence is up, which was the first goal that Minnesota assistant general manager Tommy Thompson had when the Wild acquired...
Implementing the service should be a snap. Server space just gets cheaper. And the number of broadband homes in the U.S. and Europe will quadruple to 122 million by 2007, according to media-research firm Screen Digest. As for how to cash in, the BBC charter says nothing about having to give away the goods overseas. So while Web viewers in Britain will be able to watch gratis, BBC viewers abroad may have to pay up--assuming the BBC can foil large-scale file swapping. "The government's sure to force them to do this," says Peter White of Rethink...