Jay Wornick, the Fulton man who won a New Year’s bet with his wife, Angela, when he lost nearly 200 pounds in 10 months, has traveled to New York City to film a segment titled “New Year’s Resolution Solutions” for Anderson Cooper’s morning talk show, “Anderson.” The segment is scheduled to air 9 a.m. Jan. [...]

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Jan. 13, 2012 — Coffee drinking has been linked with a reduced risk of diabetes, and now Chinese researchers think they may know why. Three compounds found in coffee seem to block the toxic accumulation of a protein linked with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. “We found three major coffee compounds can reverse [...]

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The new Southwest YMCA officially opens for the general public on Monday. The facility includes a 4,000-square-foot fitness center with new equipment, a gymnasium, several group exercise rooms and the areas only 200-meter indoor track. People will be able to start using their new memberships at 5:30 a.m. Monday, YMCA officials announced this weekend. The [...]

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Dec. 13, 2011 — Although many risk factors for stillbirth are out of a woman’s control, others can be changed to help lower risk, new research shows. The cause of death can be identified for many stillbirths, researchers have also found. That can help parents heal. “The good news is, a lot of the risk [...]

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Eyes on the future. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt look at “virtual cities” during the Innovation Convention. BRUSSELSTo get into the spirit of innovation at the European Commission’s Innovation Convention here this week, one needed look no further than orange-haired punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood quizzing Chinese business professor Xue Lan [...]

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