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3/9/2010

Study: Women who drink moderately tend to gain less weight in midlife
LA Times
Women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol don't gain as much weight in midlife as those who abstain, a study has found. However, drinking should not be heralded as a new diet, said the authors and alcohol abuse experts.
 
State Insurance Experts See Flaw in Obama’s Plan to Curb Health Premiums
New York Times
WASHINGTON — At the heart of President Obama’s drive to rein in health costs is a proposal for federal review and regulation of health insurance premiums, with a new agency empowered to block excessive rate increases.
 
Study: People would lose 5 pounds a year if soda cost extra 18%
USA Today
If the price of regular soda and other sweetened beverages increased by 18%, people would consume an average of 56 fewer calories a day and lose about 5 pounds a year, according to projections in a study out Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
 

  
Obama Turns Up the Volume in Health Care Bid
New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — President Obama challenged wavering members of his party on Monday not to give in to political fears about supporting health care legislation, asserting that the urgency of getting a bill through Congress should trump any concern about the consequences for Democrats in November.
 
Dr. Barton Childs, Who Studied Inherited Diseases, Is Dead at 93
New York Times
Dr. Barton Childs, a founder of pediatric genetics and an important contributor to the understanding of inherited diseases, died on Feb. 18. He was 93, lived in Baltimore, and taught at Johns Hopkins University for nearly 70 years until shortly before his death at its hospital.
 
Report: Minorities more likely to suffer Alzheimer's disease
USA Today
As deaths from heart disease and many types of cancers have dipped, living longer is putting more people at risk for Alzheimer's disease, the brain-wasting condition that a new report shows African-Americans and Hispanics are particularly vulnerable to as they grow older.