Betting On Health

Carrie Taylor: High blood pressure can be reduced by reducing sodium in diet (The Republican)
Editor’s note: Because understanding a Nutrition Facts label is vital to a healthy diet, Carrie Taylor has updated a previously published series of columns. Q.How can I use the Nutrition Facts Label to help me with my blood pressure?

Posh Sues Over Diet Pill Claims (Hollyscoop)
The Beckhams are used to hearing rumors about themselves, but one magazine has taken it too far, and Posh is taking them to court for it. Now magazine claimed that Victoria Beckham uses diet pills to stay slim and her …

Victoria Beckham sues over diet pill claims; Chris Kattan splits from wife; Lily Allen in street brawl (San Francisco Chronicle)
Victoria Beckham sues over diet pill claims; Chris Kattan splits from wife; Lily Allen in street brawl

Posh in a Snit Over "Blatantly Untrue" Diet Pill Story (E! Online via Yahoo! News)
Victoria Beckham has had it up to here with tabloids trying to get the skinny on her figure.

Japanese PM to convene Diet session in mid-September (People’s Daily)
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukudatold reporters Tuesday that he will convene the next Diet session in mid-September, but the opening date will be determined early next week. The decision came after Fukuda held a meeting earlier in the day with government officials and senior members of the coalition bloc. At the meeting, the prime minister raised such issues as economic measures, the …

Posh in a Snit Over "Blatantly Untrue" Diet Pill Story (E! Online)
Victoria Beckham has had it up to here with tabloids trying to get the skinny on her figure. The glamorous Brit is reportedly gearing up to sue the U.K. magazine Now over an article that…

Fukuda looks to restart Diet next month (The Japan Times)
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda indicated Tuesday he is looking at a mid-September start for the extraordinary Diet session, during which the ruling bloc hopes to introduce emergency economic steps and continue Japan’s contribution to antiterrorism efforts. But Fukuda avoided mention of the exact starting date and length of the session, according to lawmakers who attended a meeting between …

Fukuda: Extra Diet Session To Be Convened Mid-Sep-Kyodo (Nasdaq)
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- The next extraordinary Diet session will be convened in mid-September, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told a meeting of senior members of the government and ruling coalition parties Tuesday, Kyodo News reported.

Study Reveals How Diet, Antioxidants Prevent Blindness in Aging Population (Newswise)
New study reveals how a diet rich in antioxidants can prevent the leading cause of age-related blindness in developed countries. Age-related macular degeneration affects more than 1.75 million people in the United States and is predicted to affect 3 million by 2020.

Unexpected lessons from a detox diet (The Charlotte Observer)
A strawberry has never tasted as good as the one I ate right after my detox diet ended. My first meal with solid food was the fruit salad at Panera’s, with a big glass of orange juice. I felt like I had re-set my relationship to food: I ate slowly; I tasted everything as if for the first time, and when I was full, I was done eating. The beauty of food and sacredness of eating had returned to my …

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Uganda: Nutrition Assists ARVs to Fight HIV/Aids (AllAfrica.com)

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Uganda: Nutrition Assists ARVs to Fight HIV/Aids (AllAfrica.com)
If you are on ARVs, it is important to note that eating well is a very important factor in living a healthier and longer life.

Grocery Costs Spur Consumers to Seek More Nutrition for their Dollars (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Skyrocketing gas prices and escalating grocery costs have put getting more for a dollar top-of-mind for many consumers. Many Americans are tailoring their grocery shopping lists to ensure they get more bang for their buck.

Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

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Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Baptist Health buys four acres in Hoover from U.S. Steel (BizJournals)
Baptist Health System recently completed its land acquisition to build a proposed 140-bed hospital in Hoover with a $2 million purchase of four acres from U.S. Steel Corp.

Health-care providers brace for Medicaid cuts (BizJournals)
A proposal by Gov. David Paterson to cut $506 million in Medicaid spending has sent area health-care providers scrambling to figure out how to make up millions in potential lost revenue halfway through the fiscal year.

Puget Sound Health Alliance prepares second report card for doctors (BizJournals)
The Puget Sound Health Alliance shortly plans to issue its second public report on how well local medical clinics are treating patients in relation to 22 standards of care as recommended by the latest scientific research.

St. Barnabas, Excela Health adding hospice care services (BizJournals)
Two health care institutions in the region are adding hospice services, reflecting a rise in the availability of end-of-life care services nationwide.

Linda Roney: Indiana farm girl grows from project manager to development exec for High Point health system (BizJournals)
A native Indiana farm girl, Linda Roney’s early experiences shaped her future work life at High Point Regional Health System.

Analysis: Nixon makes health care key campaign issue (The Kansas City Star)
As unemployment rises, gas prices climb and the mortgage crisis deepens, Jay Nixon is betting that health care is the problem that Missouri’s next governor can actually address.