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Workers Compelled to Stay in Shape to Avoid Pay Cuts

...to address it," said Mike Huckabee, the Republican presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas who created a wellness program for state employees after losing more 100 pounds (45 kilograms). The prevalence of corporate-sponsored disease management, nurse advice lines and other health-related program...

The American Dream Comes True for 105-year-old Cuban

...lls his own cigars. He plans to vote in the 2008 presidential election, though he is yet to pick a candidate. For now, he intends to celebrate his new citizenship. "I'll have a few drinks and smoke a cigar. Then, a nap."...

Single Americans Vote Less, but Lean Towards Democrats: Study

...c Party, especially single women. In the 2004 US presidential elections, single women voted for Democratic candidate John Kerry over US President George W. Bush -- who was up for reelection -- by a 62-37 percent margin, while married women voted for Bush by a 55-44 percent margin. Single men in the same elect...

Presidential Commission Wants Proper Care of Wounded Soldiers at Their Homes

The US presidential commission investigating the plight of the soldier...h and human services, and Bob Dole, the Republican presidential nominee in 1996, was established in March after articles in The Washington Post described poor condi...

Back to Basics in Health in Advanced Countries Now

...vour of the Democratic candidate in the next years presidential elections. Though no one has committed himself or herself for a radical change, everyone concedes the need to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all. Of course all this could prove illusory, as it has happened so often in the past. St...

France Celebrates Summer With All-night Music Fest; NY Swings Along

...anco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, a former presidential candidate who was kidnapped in 2002 by rebels. New York on Thursday also held its very first all-day music festival, with hundreds of free concerts across the city gathered under the banner "Make Music New York". "It's amazing, they like it, it's ver...

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

..., who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidential election next year. Bush also announced directives toward encouraging alternatives to stem cell research reliant on human embryos, directing the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to ensure than human stem c...

Former US Vice President Al Gores Son Continues to Be Dogged by Drug Abuse Problem.

...near him during the recovery, bypassing a possible presidential run in 1992. This was discussed in his father's 2006 book, An Inconvenient Truth and in the 2006 documentary of the same name. Gore sustained an ankle injury while playing lacrosse in 2000. In order to accompany him during his treatment, his mother...

Chavez Threatens to Nationalize Private Hospitals in Venezuela

...people. Following his re-election for a six-year presidential term in December, Chavez launched a nationalization drive in such key fields as telecommunications, electricity and oil....

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