Smart Travel Snacks for Healthier Car Meals
Plan a cooler based, no soggy food strategy for road trips with insulated containers and ice. Pack fresh fruit, low fat dairy, whole grain breads, crackers, veggies, lean proteins, and water. Offer kids self-serve cereals and juices, varied breads, small condiment packs, and a nightly hot water thermos for easy breakfasts.
AIDS policy too timid in needle exchange push
President Clinton's AIDS advisers say his administration has made strong strides with a 43 percent funding rise and Medicaid protections but remain overly timid on aggressive prevention measures. They urge moral courage to expand programs like needle exchanges, while critics accuse him of cowardice and political calculus. Government studies are under way to prove exchanges reduce drug use, with private funds already operating in many cities. Clinton is moving on several recommendations.
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HMO delay sparks AMA and consumer backlash
The American Medical Association and consumer advocates accuse the Clinton administration of bowing to managed care pressure by postponing rules to curb financial incentives for doctors treating Medicare and Medicaid patients. Critics say such incentives can influence care levels and costs.
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Mosquitoes as syringes for vaccines debated in UK study
British scientists from Imperial College London and Liverpool University report progress toward using genetically engineered mosquitoes as flying syringes to deliver malaria vaccines. They caution gene-delivery in mosquitoes is new and remains theoretical.
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Drug cuts heart risks for healthy high cholesterol patients
The FDA approved a label change allowing Pravachol to advertise that it lowers the risk of a first heart attack by about one third in otherwise healthy people with high cholesterol. Bristol-Myers Squibb unveiled the new label as doctors weigh the risks of high cholesterol with few symptoms.
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