Americans

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 2 hours ago
HealthDay - MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Daily doses of statins and blood pressure medications will not be enough to prevent heart disease among the ever-growing number of Baby Boomers who are overweight or obese, a new study suggests. ...

Source: enews.earthlink.net --- 4 hours ago
TRENTON, N.J. - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. ...

Source: www.latimes.com --- 5 hours ago
For the first time since 1993, the percentage of people who say their finances are very or fairly secure falls below 60%, the survey shows. Donald Fleckenstein lives comfortably in retirement, but higher food and energy costs still prompted him to trade down from a big American car to a small Honda, to cancel plans for a European vacation and to worry more about how the next generations of his family will fare. ...

Source: baltimore.bizjournals.com --- 3 hours ago
Americans for the Arts will hold its annual convention in Baltimore in 2010, bringing more than 2,000 arts leaders, educators and artists to the city to celebrate the organization's 50th anniversary. ...

Source: prweb.com --- 2 hours ago
Graduates of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum's Executive Protégé Program help fill an ongoing and growing talent void in the information technology industry. (PRWeb May 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/itsmf/informationtechnology/prweb927904.htm ...

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 1 day ago
In the delicate world of diplomatic protocol, mispronouncing a foreign leader's name ranks among the worst of faux pas. But that is lost on many Americans. ...

Source: www.startribune.com --- 4 hours ago
American Indian Month kicks off today with a sunrise prayer ceremony at the University of Minnesota. But prayers are even better when they are backed by action. ...

Source: www.prnewswire.com --- 1 hour ago
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Source: www.buzzle.com --- 1 day ago
Almost everyone is aware of the effects of fire-water on the Native Americans but now take a look at some of the reasons why our brethren turned to this drink and the Seneca prophet, Handsome Lake, who claimed he had three visions, urging him to eradicate this disease of alcoholism from his people. ...

Source: cbs2chicago.com --- 4 hours ago
For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. ...

Source: www.technewsworld.com --- 4 hours ago
A growing number of households in the U.S. are hanging up their landline phones, opting instead to use cell phones exclusively, according to a Wednesday report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The six-month survey, conducted from July 2007 to December 2007, found that 22.3 percent of households with both landline and mobile phones use their traditional wired phone lines rarely or not at all. ...

Source: www.mcall.com --- 4 hours ago
What's happening? A generation of people are readying for retirement and we are in a recession and another gas crisis. Is this the new terrorist tactic? No bombs or kamikaze airplanes, but an economic attack. ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 3 hours ago
Americans are much less willing to work abroad than workers from other countries, a survey by U.S. staffing services company Kelly Services Inc found on Wednesday. via WNED.org ...

Source: www.dailyreckoning.com.au --- 1 hour ago
With inflation creeping into the American economy in the form of rising food and fuel prices, the real consequences of weak dollar are coming home to roost. And it seems to be bothering Americans psychologically as well as economically. "It's not just the economic impact," Paul Burt, the head of Westlake Financial Group, tells Bloomberg. "The perception of the decline in the dollar is as important as the decline itself. The dollar needs to be respected in the world, and the government needs to realize that." ...

Source: www.wsls.com --- 1 hour ago
The most widely used drugs are those to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol—problems often linked to heart disease, obesity and diabetes. ...

Source: www.tucsoncitizen.com --- 4 hours ago
With gas prices topping $4 a gallon in some regions of the country, now may not be the best time to say something positive about "Big Oil," but here goes anyway. ...

Source: www.nbcsandiego.com --- 4 hours ago
Better medicines, growing obesity and relentless drug advertising mean that most people now take some drug for the long term. ...

Source: www.webmd.com --- 3 hours ago
Out of more than 2.7 million Americans with health insurance, 51% take medications for chronic conditions, says Medco Health Solutions Inc. ...

Source: www.denverpost.com --- 1 day ago
"A full-blooded American." That's how 24-year-old Josh Fry of West Virginia described his preference for John McCain over Barack Obama. His feelings aren't racist, he explained. He would just be more comfortable with "someone who is a full-blooded American as president." Whether Fry was referring to McCain's military service or Obama's Kenyan father isn't clear, but he may have hit upon something essential in this presidential race. ...

Source: www.nbcsandiego.com --- 1 day ago
The lure of $2 gas has San Diegans willing to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in order to save some cash. ...