COINCIDENTALLY, the day after I finish reading this book, Nora Ephron appears on Oprah Primetime to talk about it and discuss (alongside Diahann Carroll and Geena Davis) ageing (or, really, anti-ageing).
What I find interesting is that Ephron answers questions (from Oprah and members of the audience) by “quoting” almost verbatim from the book. […]
There was a time when we could depend on television to provide us with education and entertainment.
Yes, that education and entertainment was paid for through advertising. Product manufacturers were very careful about the programs they sponsored because they would suffer in the retail market if the program material was found to be offensive by the […]
- More than 60 million Americans experience heartburn once a month, and more than 15 million suffer heartburn every day, according to the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), which hopes to better educate the public on this widespread ailment.
Heartburn occurs when excessive amounts of stomach acid reflux into the esophagus, according to the ACG.
The college […]
IBM will provide IT infrastructure management services to AstraZeneca locations in 60 countries. The services will include server and storage hosting, desktop management, network maintenance and management, and help desk support.
By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
.;8 16, 2007 01:23 PM
IBM said Monday it secured a $1.4 billion deal to provide technology services to Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Under the […]
Q. I have had gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) for 12 years and have taken my anti-GERD medication faithfully. Now I’ve been diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus. Is there anything I can do to keep it from getting worse? Do I need surgery?
A. A small number of people with long-term gastroesophageal reflux disease, where stomach acid refluxes into […]
My husband, at age 87, is getting concerned about sodium intake. I would like to know if sea salt has less sodium than processed brands such as Morton table salt.
A: Both table salt and sea salt are sodium chloride. Though table salt has been refined down to almost pure sodium chloride, any difference in sodium […]
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Leading shares remained lower at midday with Wall Street seen opening higher as investors braced themselves for a further Bank of England rate hike later this week.
At 11.55 am, the FTSE 100 index was 16.8 points lower at 6,591.7, recovering slightly from the session low of 6,570.5, while the FTSE 250 […]