Posted in GENERAL, tagged Cheerios, Food and Drug Administration, General Mills, HEALTH on Tuesday, May12, 2009 | Comments Off
Cheerios not as heart-healthy
as cereal box claims, says FDA
BY Carrie Melago
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 2:50 PM
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Cheerios are not as healthy as advertised, says the Food and Drug Administration.
It’s enough to make you just bust out the bacon and eggs.
Cheerios, the best-selling cereal in the world, isn’t as [...]
Posted in Afro-American, GENERAL, HARLEM, HARLEM HAPPENINGS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE BRONX, UPPER MANHATTAN, tagged Bronx, GENERAL, HARLEM, HEALTH, UPTOWNFLAVOR on Friday, February6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
3 Month Suspension for Phelps – But What if He Was Black?
Posted by JB
Michael Phelps
The whole Michael Phelps disaster showing him in the news smoking a marijuana bong at a party is simply ridiculous. The opportunity he squandered is, not only one of the dumbest moves in history, but will set him in the [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, GENERAL, POLITRICKS, SHOPPING, tagged HEALTH on Tuesday, December30, 2008 | Comments Off
One of the best ways to stay sharp is to exercise that muscle between your ears, research indicates. And discussions with some of the top scientists studying the brain reveal that you can work your noggin in many different ways, every day.
Here are 50 of them:
1. Snack on almonds and blueberries instead of a candy bar. As [...]
Posted in GENERAL, HEALTH, tagged Drug abuse, Generations and Age Groups, HEALTH, Recreational drug use on Tuesday, November18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BABY BOOMERS’ DRUG BOOM
By CHUCK BENNETT
November 17, 2008 –
Baby boomers are smoking pot and popping pills at an alarming rate, even as drug abuse among teens is decreasing, according to federal and local health data.
Some 5 percent of Americans in their 50s reported abusing drugs “in the past month” in 2007, compared with just 2.7 [...]
Posted in GENERAL, HEALTH, tagged Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn, HEALTH, Lower East Side, Madison Avenue, New York, NY Times, Tuck School of Business, United States on Monday, July14, 2008 | Comments Off
The City Visible
Suddenly, a Sculptor
By FRANCESCA CAO
Published: July 13, 2008
IN New York State, a person with AIDS is eligible to receive food stamps and housing assistance, along with a small daily stipend. Eleven dollars is what Wayne Starks, who is 52 years old and lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, receives every day to improve the quality [...]
Posted in GENERAL, tagged Addictions, Cigarette, HEALTH, New York City, Smoking cessation, Substance Abuse, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking on Friday, July11, 2008 | Comments Off
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Health E-News July 10, 2008
After Cigarette Price Increase, Calls to 311 for Help to
Quit Smoking Tripled
When the price of cigarettes topped ten dollars a pack at some city outlets last month, thousands of smokers knew it was time to quit. More than 2,700 New Yorkers called for help in the week starting June [...]
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