| Keep Unborn Baby Healthy: Dos and Don'ts
Although there is no way to guarantee that your baby will be born 100 percent healthy, expecting mothers can take certain steps to reduce the risk of some physical and intellectual abnormalities. The National Women's Health Information Center and AVSC International, an organization that promotes reproductive health care worldwide, give some tips for pregnant women: Visit a health-care provider in the first trimester of your pregnancy, and then at regular intervals until you give birth. Contact your insurance provider or, if you don't have one, contact your local family or social services for health insurance options. Eat healthy foods. Your doctor may instruct you with some specific nutrition guidelines. Get regular physical activity.
EDiets.com and Glaxo co-brand low-fat meals
EDiets.com Inc., the Fort Lauderdale-based online operator of diet and nutrition programs, is joining with GlaxoSmithKline PLC to provide customized low-fat meals tailored to Glaxo's Alli weight-loss treatment.
"It creates the most comprehensive weight-loss program I think the market has seen before," EDiets Chief Executive Officer Stephen Rattner said in a telephone interview.
Alli, the first federally approved over-the-counter diet pill, was released in June and works by blocking 25 percent of the body's absorption of fat in the digestive system. Glaxo recommends taking it with a low-fat diet and exercise.
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Accused newlyweds killer avoids death penalty
TACOMA, Wash. -- Pierce County Prosecutor Gerry Horne on Wednesday said he is taking the death penalty off the table in exchange for a guilty plea and life in prison without possibility of parole for Daniel Tavares in the shooting deaths of a young couple.Horne made the announcement at news conference Wednesday afternoon.Daniel Thomas Tavares Jr., 41, will plead guilty to two counts of aggravated first-degree murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in the Nov. 17 killings of Brian and Beverly Mauck in exchange for life in prison without the possibility of release - the only possible sentence besides execution.Relatives of the Maucks who attended the news conference said they supported Horne's decision and that it will be a huge relief not to have to sit through years of appeals.
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El Paso's 1st Petland store will open March 15
An El Paso couple are chasing their passion and will open a Petland franchise next month at Las Palmas Marketplace on the East Side. Mario Vasquez and Marlene Estrada, who are engaged and plan to marry in June, both love animals, have college degrees in biology and decided to open a business together. "If we're going to work so hard, we better do something we absolutely enjoy doing," Estrada said. El Paso's first Petland store will open at 10 a.m. March 15 at 1331 George Dieter, Suite B, next to DSW Shoes and across from the San Francisco Oven. The company will sell cats, dogs, birds, tropical fish, reptiles, amphibians and small mammals. Pet supplies and products also will be sold. The store will give school tours and have birthday parties for children. "We felt there was a need for a good, quality pet store with a lot of integrity," Vasquez said.
State lawmakers weigh in on local, national issues at Legislative ...
Swafford explained that the right-of-way process for the Lantana Road improvement is well under way and all the studies have been done. He said the next step is the purchase of the needed land.Swafford also said that plans for the Peavine Road bridge across I-40 was moving forward as well. State Senator Charlotte Burks said she had recently been told that the bid would be let on the bridge project in March of this year so the project was moving forward quickly. Burks added that work on both 127 N and 127 S were also progressing, but as is often the case, the projects take a longer than officials or the public would like to get finished.According to Burks, TDOT officials also told her that construction could start on the Lantana Road project in late 2009 or early 2010.Both Swafford and Burks said they felt the state was in excellent financial shape, even though the revenues for the current year were lower then originally estimated.
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