Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Heart Experts Recommend Reduced Intake Of Added Sugars
High intake of added sugars implicated in numerous poor health conditions
By James Limbach, ConsumerAffairs.com
That's advice from the American Heart Association, which recommends limiting the consumption of added sugars and is providing information about the relationship between excess sugar intake and metabolic abnormalities, adverse health conditions and shortfalls in essential nutrients.A new scientific statement, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, for the first time, provides the association's recommendations on specific levels and limits on the consumption of added sugars.
Added sugars are sugars and syrups added to foods during processing or preparation and sugars and syrups added at the table. High intake of added sugars, as opposed to naturally occurring sugars, is implicated in the rise in obesity. It's also associated with increased risks for high blood pressure, high triglyceride levels, other risk factors for heart disease and stroke, and inflammation (a marker for heart disease), according to the statement's lead author Rachel K. Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., associate provost and professor of nutrition at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
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~Sandy G.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Recalls
Black & Decker Recalls Thermal Coffeemakers
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D’lite ST and Solo ST Child Trailers Recalled
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Ridgid Recalls Table Saws Sold at Home Depot
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Krell Amplifiers Recalled
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Felt Cyclocross Bicycles Recalled
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Pensi Ceiling Fans Recalled
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Weight Watchers Recalls Plush Hungry Figures and Magnets
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Wal-Mart Recalls Durabrand DVD Players
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~Sandy G.
Recalls
Maytag, Magic Chef, Performa by Maytag, Crosley Refrigerators
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Pella Recalls Casement Windows
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Wal-Mart Recalls 'Your Zone Loft Collection' Entertainment Stands
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Eebee's 'Have a Ball' Cloth Books Recalled
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~Sandy G.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
11 ways to avoid hurricane costs
By Craig Guillot, Bankrate.com
It's hard to protect a home from a monster Category 5 hurricane, but many readily available products can reduce or minimize the impact and save homeowners big bucks in repairs and insurance premiums.The peace of mind that can result is priceless.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, predicts the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, although a bit less active than normal, will spawn three to six hurricanes -- one to two of them major. And while the season got off to a slow start with no named storms by early August, it's important to remember Hurricane Andrew roared offshore just south of Miami on Aug. 24, 1992.
"Forecasts of an average season should not lead to complacency," says Claire Wilkinson, vice president for global issues at the Insurance Information Institute. "An average hurricane season was also forecast in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew caused more than $23 billion in property losses.
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~Sandy G.
Beware Of Health Clinics Pushing Credit Cards
Some consumers signed up without their knowledge
By Mark Huffman, ConsumerAffairs.com
Health care credit cards are designed to help consumers pay for uninsured health costs. They're supposed to be a better deal than regular credit cards, but they seem to draw the same kinds of complaints from consumers.Amanda, of Newnan, Georgia, got a GE Money CareCredit card nearly two years ago to finance some extensive dental work. The terms were excellent - pay it off in 24 months and there would be no interest charges. She says she rapidly paid down the balance.
"I received a letter in February stating they were reducing my credit limit from $4,000 to $1,000 because of my credit score," she told ConsumerAffairs.com. "Well my credit score hadn't changed until they closed my account."
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~Sandy G.
The 10 cheapest cars to own and operate
1. Hyundai Accent
2. Nissan Versa
3. Chevrolet Aveo5 LS
4. Suzuki SX4 Sedan
5. Pontiac G3
6. Mazda3 iSport
7. Honda Fit
8. Pontiac Vibe
9. Toyota Yaris
10. Nissan Sentra
~Sandy G.
"Black Screen Of Death" Afflicts Many Flat Screen TVs
Set power supplies appear prone to fail
By Mark Huffman, ConsumerAffairs.com
Millions of consumers went out and purchased a flat screen television set 12 to 24 months ago, hoping for years of trouble-free viewing. Increasingly, some of these consumers are encountering the same frustrating - and expensive - problem."My children were sitting and watching TV and it all of sudden went black," Angela, of Anaheim, California, told ConsumerAffairs.com. "The sound was still on so I thought maybe the video cord was loose or something. I tried everything and realized that nothing was going to work to fix this problem. Got the same run around as everyone else. The TV costs more to fix than I paid for it."
Angela's lament is one of 61 complaints about Vizio flat screen TVs received at ConsumerAffairs.com in the last 12 months. Many of the complaints describe the same problem; suddenly the picture disappears, leaving a blank screen - "the black screen of death," as it has been dubbed by some consumers.
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~Sandy G.
Tougher Safety Requirements For Children's Products Now In Effect
Lead limits, product tracking among areas affected by new regulations
By James Limbach, ConsumerAffairs.comNew requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) aimed at making children's products safer and increasing consumer confidence in the marketplace are now in effect.
To that end, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is launching a program that it says will educate domestic and overseas manufacturers, importers, and distributors of children's products and other consumer goods about what it calls "these important new safety requirements."
CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum is promising that the CPSIA's new requirements "will be "enforced vigorously and fairly." She adds that by ensuring that toys and other children's products meet strict lead limits and can be tracked in the event of a recall, "children will be better protected in their homes."
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~Sandy G.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Hiring Tricks That Job Seekers Must Know
By Maria Hanson, for LiveCareer
In this highly competitive job market, employers and recruiters are using unconventional techniques to screen candidates. It's not enough to just be prepared for the interview; job seekers need to be prepared to be judged even when it's not clear they're being judged.Here are some secret tricks that real recruiters and hiring managers use to weed out candidates:
They inspect your car.
Tina Hamilton, of HireVision Group, knows a corporate president who would find out which car belonged to the candidate he was interviewing. "The receptionist ... would then go outside and look in the candidate's car to see how neat and clean the car was, if there were food wrappers ... how well maintained the car was," says Hamilton. "The owner considered this a definition of the candidate's character."FOR COMPLETE STORY, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
~Sandy G.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Seeking Lessons in Swine Flu Fight
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D., The New York Times
As the three-month-old outbreak of swine flu raises havoc during the winter season in the Southern Hemisphere, officials in the United States are carefully seeking clues from there to deal with its likely return in this country in the fall, before a vaccine can protect large numbers of people.Although much about the swine flu pandemic and the virus remains unknown, experts say this outbreak has exposed several weaknesses in the world’s ability to respond to the sudden emergence of a widespread illness.
Over all, the pandemic’s severity has been “moderate” compared with past influenza pandemics, the World Health Organization says, although it has spread with “unprecedented speed” to at least 168 countries. And although influenza typically strikes in colder months, the swine flu virus, A(H1N1), has swept through summer camps in the United States and Canada. That pattern has led to the prevailing belief that many more people will get swine flu than seasonal influenza this fall and winter, but that the country could face outbreaks of both strains, perhaps at different times.
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~Sandy G.
Monday, August 10, 2009
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