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BEAM held a Cinco de Mayo fiesta in the parking lot at the Ritz at Jacksonville Beach. Party volunteers included Mary Jane Brown (from left), Ritz Manager Perry Brown, Phyllis Johnson, Karen HIcks, John Ellis, Sue and Rick Glawe, BEAM Executive Director Cindy Funkhouser, Kathy Maloney and board President Vivian Southwell. .
Brain Patterns of Former Anorexics Reveal Clues to Disorder’s ...
Even after more than a year of maintaining a normalized body weight, young women who recovered from anorexia nervosa show vastly different patterns of brain activity compared to similar women without the eating disorder, Walter H. Kaye, M.D., professor of psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues report in the December issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Studying these differences in brain function could lead to a better understanding of why some young women, who are typically worriers and perfectionists in childhood, are at greater risk of developing the disorder. Evidence also shows that such patterns of temperament persist even after recovery. �Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain is providing new clues to why people with anorexia nervosa are able to deny themselves food and other immediately rewarding pleasures,� said Dr.
Haryana lures NRIs with industrial land reservation
More investments are coming up as the state government is promoting a dozen industrial estates in the national capital region around New Delhi.
An industrial corridor is on the anvil along the 135-km long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway being constructed in the state. This expressway would make transportation easier as vehicles would have faster access to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The focus areas for industrial investment now will be automobile, food and agro-processing, textiles and apparels, and electronics and IT.
Software exports from Haryana, which were just about of Rs 3 billion nearly five years ago, touched Rs 140 billion in 2007.
Haryana already boasts of big time industrial success stories in companies like Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL), Honda, and top IT and software companies.
Redefining The Human: The Upgradable You
VAGUS NERVE Last year, Texas-based Cyberonics won FDA approval for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)--mild, intermittent pulses through the vagus nerve to the brain-to treat depression. VNS is already used for epilepsy, and may prove effective in treating Alzheimer's disease and obesity. MUSCLES Tiny capsules called Bions use precisely timed electrical pulses to reanimate muscles paralyzed by stroke and spinal cord injury. Future versions could supply sensory feedback to the brain. SPINAL CORD Chronic pain caused by injury, degenerative disc disease, cancer, nerve damage and other disorders can sometimes be treated with mild electrical stimulation of the spinal cord. .
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
Who thinks we need a law to make English the official language of government. What American legislature is conducting business in some other language? And then he says that bureaucracy is destructive, after suggesting we bureaucratize the speaking of English. Dear, oh dear. But, too much talk about issue! Must talk about horse races! Gingrich says Romney has more delegates than anyone–I think that's wrong, actually! Yes. I am right. Here's the delegate count. Note Romney's use of Enron accounting. Also note that this story comes from ABC News! You'd think maybe someone there would tell Stephanopoulos that his own news division has a different answer. Gingrich thinks the "open" Hillary is better than the "austere" Hillary, and that it was strange to identify herself with LBJ.
Jeff Thelen's Blog
I understand the sweet addiction and have put it in the same realm of a smoker trying to quit. Don't take my sugar away!!! I drink LOTS of bottled water--guess its the trick that makes me feel like its not JUST water. Try subbing fruit for your sweet tooth and when you just can stand it anymore, treat yourself to a few bites. Oh yeah likes thats enough!!!? It does work. And don't sub the artifical stuff that makes you only want that much more. My habit was 6-8 diet Pepsi's and anything sweet and a lot of it, daily. Hang in there! Its worth it! By the way my name is Candy--true!Thanks, Candy. I always did drink quite a bit of water. But it's gone up even more since I dumped the soda. I've never been a very good veggie eater. At least since I became an adult and no longer had a Mom forcing me to eat my veggies.
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