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Scientists have known for a while that having a close relationship with an obese person, whether a friend or a spouse, makes you more likely to become obese. So how to break the cycle? Perhaps by drawing inspiration from the same person who helped get you into this mess: your better half. Amy Gorin, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, published a study last year that showed if one spouse participates in a weight-loss program, the unenrolled spouse tends to lose about 5 lb. Now Gorin is exploring whether enlisting the support of spouses...
Republicans worry that a public plan would amount to a "government takeover" of health care that would bureaucratize the doctor-patient relationship...
...Italy Berlusconi's Troubles Deepen More allegations of sexual misconduct were hurled at embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, whose wife filed for divorce in May, citing his purported relationship with an 18-year-old female. Three women said Berlusconi had paid them to attend his parties; one also alleged that he had sex with a paid escort last November. Berlusconi dismissed their statements, saying that paying for sex would ruin the "pleasure of conquest...
Indeed, doctors have so far managed to avoid such reform in their own practices, and lawmakers may be running full speed into a minefield with any efforts to change their behavior. Physicians will accuse politicians of getting in the way of the doctor-patient relationship; devicemakers will say a "bundled" fee structure will force providers to use cheap, outdated equipment; and hospitals, already strapped for cash, will resist any reform that decreases their reimbursements...
...everything in their power to take her down," says state senator Gene Therriault, a Republican who represents the town of North Pole. "We started seeing a proliferation of ethics complaints against her. It was an orchestrated effort to take her down." Either way, all sides agree that the relationship is irreparable...