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Preventing Gun Violence: We Must Act

 KAREN JUDY, M.D.
Working in a trauma center at Loyola, I see gunshot victims often—I see the devastation that guns cause. As I was working with a medical student on a Grand Rounds presentation on gunshot violence, I came across some of the following information.

 

 

Sunday dinners feeding diabetes epidemic?

 By Rep. Elijah Cummings
The benefits of eating to live (FCN, 12-10-2006) I grew up looking forward to joining my family after church for a delicious feast of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and other southern delights. For all the joys of these traditional dinners, however, even thinking about them now is enough to clog my arteries. How we eat is all too often related to how we will die; we must change our lifestyles now in order to save our lives later.

 

Oral ‘Speed Bump’ Slows Eating; Aids Weight Loss

 FRAN LOWRY (Orlando Bureau)
NEW ORLEANS — An oral device that fits in the mouth much like a retainer could help overweight individuals eat more slowly and, in the process, eat less and lose weight, according to a poster presented at the annual meeting of NAASO, the Obesity Society.

 

Thank you Dr. King, you will always live in our hearts.

Alert Issued on Drug for Helping Smokers Quit

ELIZABETH MECHCATIE (SeniorWriter)
 The Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert about postmarketing reports of suicidal thoughts, aggressive and erratic behavior, and drowsiness associated with varenicline, the smoking cessation drug marketed as Chantix.

 

DASH Diet Shown to Lower Risk of MI, Stroke in Women

DOUG BRUNK (San Diego Bureau)
 Women who followed the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet had significant risk reductions of coronary heart disease and stroke, results from a cohort of participants in the ongoing Nurses Health Study showed.

 

Amid Gov't apathy, AIDS epidemic ravages Black America

By Adrianne Appel BOSTON (FinalCall.com) -
 The United States has slashed the AIDS death rate among White and wealthy U.S. citizens, but the disease continues to ravage the Black community at full force, according to government health statistics.