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...embarrassment that many women choose to ignore, but incontinence is a widespread disorder that may affect one in four women and perhaps as many as one-third of older women in their lifetime, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). While there are several medical solutions to treat this common problem, the study's authors say that one of the simplest and most effective ways to ward it off is to maintain a healthy weight...
...dispensation from the governor of New York, the state that regulates it, to tap $20 billion in capital from its subsidiaries. Then it paid a visit to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where President Tim Geithner turned down its loan request but, according to the Wall Street Journal, asked Goldman Sachs and Lehman Bros. to organize a $70-billion to $75-billion rescue loan. There's no word yet on whether they'll actually do it, which means AIG's woes are likely to ripple through the market for some time...
...dark about the firm's future. "We don't know what happens on the [executive floors]," says a 31-year-old analyst. After two years at Lehman, he arrived at work Monday morning without any idea of what might happen beyond what he read in the Wall Street Journal. "The really top execs screwed up very badly," he says. "They wouldn't admit defeat. They were macho. Absolute power corrupts absolutely - that kind of thing." Asked whether management had made any announcements on the firm's next steps, another employee responded: "No, but it's over...
Longer growing seasons in a warmer world may further worsen allergies. A study in September's Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology reported data from 1982 to 2001 showing that, for example, increasingly early pollination of the European olive in Spain led to higher overall pollen counts, similar to what is found in warmer parts of the Mediterranean; comparable outcomes can be expected in other temperate parts of the world as climate change kicks in. A similar effect will also be felt in the northward shift of what is known as the hardiness zones - meaning that northern countries where allergies...
...science may be changing, however. In a study published Sept. 16 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a group of researchers led by David Meltzer of the University of Exeter in Britain reviewed data from the U.S. government's comprehensive National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, looking for any connections between BPA exposure and health problems. They found more than a few. The JAMA study indicates higher levels of BPA in urine - the simplest way to test for the chemical - was associated with higher incidences of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and liver enzyme abnormalities. The article represents...