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Two Dietitians Wonder What’s the Healthiest Way of Eating

September 10, 2022 · 7:00 AM A couple of dietitians did and massive literature review looking for evidence that diet has an effect on major health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Sounds interesting, and similar to my own obsessive review done between 1995 and 2005. It bothers me that “hypertension” is misspelled in the abstract. For the researchers’ conclusions, you have to pay $27.95 USD. Abstract from the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Appropriate diet can prevent, manage, or reverse noncommunicable health conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Consequently, the public’s interest…

by •06/03/202329/12/2022

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Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says Jerome Powell is making one of the biggest policy mistakes in the Fed’s 110-year history, and it could lead to a major

Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.Scott Mlyn/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The Fed is making the same exact mistake it made a year ago, and possibly the biggest mistake in its history. That’s according to Jeremy Siegel, who criticized the Fed’s inability to recognize that inflation is easing. “It makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever, way too tight!” Siegel said. Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel has a big issue with the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes in its bid to tame inflation, and worries that the central bank is making…

by •13/02/202329/12/2022

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Euthanasia Soon to Be A Leading Cause of Death in Canada?

February 7, 2023 · 7:00 AM From DailyMail: Last year, more than 10,000 people in Canada – surprisingly that’s over three percent of all deaths there – ended their lives via euthanasia, an increase of a third in the previous year. And it’s likely to keep rising: next year, Canada is set to allow people to die exclusively for mental health reasons. Only last week, a jaw-dropping story emerged of how, five years into an infuriating battle to obtain a stairlift for her home, Canadian army veteran and Paralympian Christine Gauthier was offered an extraordinary alternative. A Canadian official told…

by •08/02/2023

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Zelenskiy Meets With Biden as US Adds More Aid

(Bloomberg) — Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived at the White House to a red-carpet welcome by President Joe Biden in the Ukrainian president’s first trip outside his country since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. The two presidents later took part in a joint press conference. Zelenskiy was scheduled to make an evening address to Congress before leaving Washington. Most Read from Bloomberg Before the two leaders met in the Oval Office, the Biden administration confirmed nearly $2 billion in military assistance and said it would deliver a Patriot missile battery to help Ukraine bolster its defenses this winter. President Vladimir Putin said…

by •21/12/2022

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Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) Shares Gap Up on Insider Buying Activity

Runway Growth Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:RWAY – Get Rating) shares gapped up before the market opened on Friday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The stock had previously closed at $11.92, but opened at $12.25. Runway Growth Finance shares last traded at $12.55, with a volume of 600 shares traded. Specifically, insider Thomas B. Raterman purchased 6,415 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 13th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $11.73 per share, for a total transaction of $75,247.95. Following the acquisition, the insider now directly owns 91,747 shares…

by •17/12/2022

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Stocks climb after soft inflation print

US stocks rose Tuesday, climbing on the strength of fresh inflation data showing prices rose less than expected last month. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) advanced by 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 0.3%, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rose 1.0%. Stocks fluctuated throughout the day, paring significant early gains in the session before ending comfortably on the green. The session’s jump came after data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics showed prices in November rose 0.1% over the prior month and 7.1% over the prior year. Tuesday’s data was seen by investors as potentially encouraging for…

by •13/12/2022

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Should You Eat With Your Hands and Eschew Cutlery?

November 22, 2022 · 7:30 AM “Me Grok” DailyMail has an interesting article that promotes eating with your hands instead of forks, knives and spoons. After all, caveman Grok didn’t have eating utensils. Those who are a stickler for etiquette should look away now. That’s because we’ve all been eating the wrong way and should be eating with our hands, according to a psychologist. Professor Charles Spence, from the University of Oxford, said giving up cutlery is the secret to enjoying food. He says eating with our hands can ‘heighten the dining experience’ – even for meals like pasta and…

by •23/11/2022

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What happened in the midterms? Breaking down 2022’s “election influencers”

before the midterm elections, the contest had been framed — by the parties and voters alike — as concerns about economic forces set against concerns about rights and democracy. Those forces remained through Election Day, when our key groups of influencers really held sway. Here we unpack some of that influence from our exclusive CBS News election voter poll, which was unveiled on election night. What gave Republicans their (narrow) edge? “Pressured Parents” The Republicans will probably win the national house vote in part helped by these voters, albeit narrowly. These were parents who have experienced post-pandemic stress over their…

by •13/11/2022