Yet for defenders of the status quo, socialist weeds still taste better than capitalist wheat (to paraphrase China's deceased Communist leader Mao Zedong) Mark Godley, skirted provincial law banning doctors or clinics from billing patients for services covered by medicare by adopting a business model from the unlikeliest of places -- Quebec. It will operate outside the government-run medicare system and provide emergency care for people willing to pay for immediate service. Elsewhere is...

Research published in the Journal of Molecular Medicine examines how calories from fat, carbohydrate, and protein might interact with genes to affect body mass index (BMI), or body weight-for-height, and risk of obesity among adults in the Framingham Heart Study. Research published in the Journal of Molecular Medicine examines how calories from fat, carbohydrate, and protein might interact with genes to affect body mass index (BMI), or body weight-for-height, and risk of obesity among...

Meanwhile, platinum and palladium were helped by news that exchange-traded funds will be launched for the white metals next month in Switzerland, although palladium ultimately ended lower for the day on profit-taking. The contract extended losses for the second session in a row, as warmer weather expected this week in the Northeast and Midwest will reduce demand for the heating fuel. In Nymex energy trading, crude oil futures ended lower after traders said Nigerian production was on course...

Screenings for potential health problems related to blocked arteries, aortic aneurysms and hardening of the arteries in the legs. Conference is open to anyone interested in organ transplant, patients pre- and post-transplant, and family members or support persons. Program will provide basic ballroom dancing lessons to wheel-chair bound and disabled individuals, with the goal of promoting the physical, emotional and social benefits of ballroom dancing. On open forum for individuals and...

McCain's remarks have been criticized because, during his walk through Baghdad's outdoor Shorja market, he was accompanied by armed troops, as helicopter gunships hovered overhead. John McCain has admitted he misspoke during a weekend trip to Iraq when he told reporters he had just returned from a Baghdad neighborhood where people could now walk freely, thanks to improved security. soldier was killed and four were wounded in eastern Baghdad Friday when a powerful explosive -- the type...