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Diet drug urged off market

LOS ANGELES — The prescription diet drug sibutramine, sold under the brand name Meridia, should be taken off the market because it raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some patients, the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine said Sept. 2.

Daily TWiP - TV Dinner Day

Welcome to Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays and history we couldn’t cram into The Week in Preview. In the spirit of today’s (Sept. 10) holiday, TV Dinner Day, we invite you to defrost this piece from the Daily TWiP archive, flash-frozen at the peak of freshness for maximum flavor, and heat it up for your mealtime enjoyment. Thanks to TV dinners, the diet of the culinarily ...

Economist's views on Muslims spark controversy in Germany

BERLIN - The most talked about man in Germany is a 65-year-old economist whose hot new book and sudden groundswell of popular support have the media dubbing him a folk hero. But that is not the only thing they are calling Thilo Sarrazin these days. Muslim - Germany - Islam - Religion and Spirituality - Social Aspects

Northern aboriginal diet lacks nutrients: study

Northern aboriginal people aren't eating as much ptarmigan stomach, caribou guts or bear liver as their grandparents did, and that might not be a good thing, a new study says.

Haley Barbour, race, Ole Miss _ from black perspective

WASHINGTON — It's hard to believe that Haley Barbour and Verna Bailey attended the same University of Mississippi in 1965, and even sat next to each other in a class.