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Such home monitoring, says Dr. George Dailey, a physician at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego, "could someday replace less productive ways that patients track changes in their heart rate, blood sugar, lipid levels, kidney functions and even vision...
...more than 10,000 other patients are using, says that almost any vital sign could, in theory, be monitored from home. But, he warns, that might not always make good medical sense. He advises against performing electrocardiograms remotely, for example, and although he acknowledges that remote monitoring of blood-sugar levels and diabetic ulcers on the skin may have real value, he points out that there are no truly independent studies that establish the value of home testing for diabetes or asthma...
...chemist for General Foods, he patented more than 70 inventions, including concoctions that led to the development of Cool Whip, quick-set Jell-O gelatin and the drink mix Tang. In the 1950s, while attempting to create an instant soft drink, he discovered Pop Rocks when he placed sugar flavoring mixed with carbon dioxide on his tongue...
...Botsacos. Pour a shot of ouzo and a few drops of coffee liqueur (Botsacos uses Tia Maria) into a shaker. Add half a teaspoon of instant coffee, some whole milk (or cream) and ice. Shake vigorously, strain into a martini glass, top with sprinkles of coffee and brown sugar, and enjoy. Botsacos, a Greek-Italian-American who will be in Athens for the Games to serve up Olympic meals at the Hotel Grande Bretagne on Constitution Square, also created the ouzotini, an aperitif combining ouzo with lime juice, vodka and peach schnapps. "The objective," he says, "is to break...
...INDICATORS Sweet Victory A preliminary ruling by the World Trade Organization has outlawed E.U. sugar subsidies. The decision marked Brazil's second successful complaint in as many months, after the WTO prohibited U.S. cotton subsidies in June...