| B'ville: Candy or carrot?
It looks like some Baldwinsville teachers got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.A program designed to help students learn healthier eating habits got off to an uncontroversial start more than a year ago. But now it�s running smack into tradition. And it�s not clear which side will win: healthy lifestyles, or a teacher�s prerogative to reward students with candy, cookies and other tasty but fattening treats for good behavior and hard work.Baker High School nurse and Baldwinsville wellness council co-leader Shannon Cavedine said changing the status quo, even with the best intentions, isn�t always easy.�Sometimes, there�s resistance,� said Cavedine. �There�s that feeling that it�s never going to happen because it�s one of their (teachers�) big incentives. Maybe they think parties, pizzas, cakes, cookies and candy make the school year more fun.
Acai - the new fruit of the moment
All hail the acai, the latest of a variety of trendy fruits that are finding their way into drinks like smoothies, teas and juices, along with the promise of giving your health a boost. A few years ago, pomegranate was suddenly everywhere, but new options like goji berries and mangosteen became popular once the bright red seed-filled fruit went mainstream. Now the buzz fruit is acai, pronounced "a-sigh-ee". It's the latest trend in an increasingly popular food category: functional foods, defined as those that provide some benefit outside of basic nutrition. A dark purple Brazilian berry promoted as packed with fibre, phytochemicals and essential fatty acids, acai has been called "nature's perfect energy fruit" by well-known nutritionist Dr Nicholas Perricone.
Keeping cat burglars out of the bird feeder
Dear Dr. Fox: I would like to offer a suggestion to C.B.S. of Salisbury, Md., who had the problem of neighborhood cats hanging around the birdhouses and feeders.Try laying down chicken wire on the ground under them in whatever diameter needed. It's said that cats don't like the feel on their paws; and the birds can still feed off the ground.My birds have learned to be somewhat aware of my cats -- I have eight. Luckily, the cats have outgrown stalking the birds, but I still try not to encourage ground feeders.I used the chicken wire a few years ago when a Carolina wren insisted on nesting on my kitchen window ledge. All seven babies flew off safely, so it must have at least helped.It's worth giving the chicken wire a try; but, truthfully, controlling outside cats is next to impossible.-- S.R.C, Great Falls, Va.Dear S.R.C.: Thanks for the good advice.
U.S. Health System is Unprepared for Large-Scale Disaster, Warns PricewaterhouseCoopers
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Those on the front line in a disaster -- hospitals, medical personnel, public health officials and local emergency workers -- will be unprepared to seamlessly handle a surge of patient casualties or to orchestrate a timely, cohesive recovery effort, concludes a report issued today by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute on the state of the nation's health system preparedness for disaster. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, despite progress since 9/11 and nearly $8 billion in federal funding for emergency preparedness activities performed by healthcare facilities and agencies, the medical response to a natural or man-made disaster or an act of terror remains sporadic and disconnected. PricewaterhouseCoopers conducted extensive interviews with nearly 50 leading policymakers, a survey of almost 250 health care executives and practitioners and a poll of 1,000 American adults to identify gaps in the system in the event of terrorist attacks, pandemic disease or increasingly extreme weather.
The CNN Wire: Tuesday, Nov. 20
Saudi pipeline fire death toll at 40 CNN) -- A gas pipeline fire in eastern Saudi Arabia killed 40 workers and injured nine others, the state oil conglomerate, Saudi Aramco, said Tuesday. Five of those killed in the Sunday incident were Saudi nationals employed by the company, while 35 were contractor employees, all but one from outside Saudi Arabia. The list of the non-Saudi workers killed included 18 Pakistanis, seven Bangladeshis, seven Indians, one South African and one Nepali, the company said. The pipeline was about 18 miles (30 km) from the Hawiyah Gas Plant, and Saudi Aramco said the fire happened "where maintenance work for new tie-ins was being conducted" by a contractor for the company on the Haradh-Uthmaniyah gas pipeline. (Posted 10:46 p.m.) Donda West's plastic surgeon walks off 'Larry King Live' LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr.
Train derails in Athens County
ALBANY (AP) -- Authorities have closed a couple of roads in Athens County after a coal train derailed this morning. County Emergency Management Agency director Fred Davis said officials want to keep vehicles out of the area in the town of Albany to make cleanup easier. .
No smoking to stop scourge of cancer
MUMBAI: According to Dr. P C Gupta, Director, Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, the biggest change in cancer scenario will occur with control of tobacco use, a sobering thought worth chewing on the occasion of World Cancer Awareness Day.
Frequent reports on spiralling cases of cancer due to tobacco use often creates a stir. And, the figures each time only get worse. Yet, no one including celebrities ever pay any heed to keep away from excessive tobacco use.
Tobacco-related cancer reportedly constitutes 48% and 20% of all cancer in men and women respectively. In India, the principle impact of tobacco smoking is seen in cancer of the lung, larynx, esophagus, pancreas and bladder. Oral and pharyngeal cancer is directly related to tobacco chewing which constitutes to one of the highest in the world.
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