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...their health-insurance plans. North Carolina this year became the second state to approve an increase in out-of-pocket expenses for state workers who smoke and don't try to quit or who are morbidly obese and don't try to lose weight. Alabama was the first to pass what critics call a fat fee, in 2008, and several state insurance plans have started imposing a $25 monthly surcharge on smokers...
...early to know whether raising the cost of insurance will lead to behavioral changes. But dangling carrots seems to work. In 2005 the Safeway supermarket chain implemented a voluntary wellness plan. Employees who take and pass tests for such things as blood pressure and cholesterol levels can reduce their annual insurance premiums by nearly $800. The company credits the plan with keeping its insurance costs flat on a per capita basis for the past five years...
Five minutes later, senior Desmond Mitchell nearly latched onto a cross from classmate Adam Rousmaniere, but the pass skidded inches in front of Mitchell’s outstretched...
After receiving a pass from Michael Biega, Moriarty fed the puck to Fallstrom, who sent a shot at the Dartmouth net. Goaltender Jody O’Neill denied the rookie’s attempt, but Moriarty pounced on the rebound to put the Crimson on the board...
...that they had produced color vision in squirrel monkeys, which are normally born colorblind. Using a tiny syringe, researchers injected the single missing gene for color vision into the monkeys' eyes. The result was clear: monkeys that previously could not distinguish red, green and gray were easily able to pass a simian equivalent of a color-detection test. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...