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...that a link has been found, researchers will be looking to confirm the British study and build upon it. "My guess is that if we do similarly systematic work with other additives, we'd learn they, too, have implications for behavior," says Dr. James Perrin, professor of pediatrics at Harvard. "My friends who study the food industry say we have about 70,000 new products a year, so children are facing tremendous numbers of new opportunities for things that may not be good for them." The study, he says, is one more reason to cheer the movement toward organic...
...much so that, according to the Journal, gamers complained of "aching backs, sore shoulders - even something some have dubbed "Wii elbow." Nintendo spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan downplayed the report, saying the company hadn't received any complaints from users about soreness. "If people are finding themselves sore, they may need to exercise more," she said. "It was not meant to be a Jenny Craig supplement...
...months after dismissing the Wii's exercising potential, Nintendo spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan now embraces it. "One of our hopes was that people would find a way to enjoy the Wii sitting on the couch or getting up and moving their body around," she says. "This huge fitness craze was more than we had anticipated...
...your 4% raise is actually closer to 3%. Of course, employers tend to look at it differently. "It's a phenomenon we call the hidden paycheck because companies have essentially been substituting health-benefit dollars for salary and merit increases," says Ron Fontanetta of the benefits-consulting firm Towers Perrin...
...continue to push older workers out the door by penalizing or just not rewarding service beyond a given date. Some younger workers assume seniors can't keep pace with fast-changing technology and business pressures. Many also believe older workers strain payroll and benefits packages, although a recent AARP/Towers Perrin study showed that keeping older workers costs employers just 1% to 3% more than the cost of replacing them. Half of employers make no attempt at all to retain older workers--even those who are key to the business, according to the Society for Human Resource Management...