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NYC’s Taxi Fleet Going Green by 2012

By AP/SARA KUGLER
(NEW YORK) The city’s yellow taxi fleet will go entirely hybrid within five years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday.
“There’s an awful lot of taxicabs on the streets of New York City,” Bloomberg said. “These cars just sit there in traffic sometimes, belching fumes.
“This does a lot less. It’s a […]

Scientists hail the face creams that really hold back the wrinkles

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The battle against wrinkles has become a daily concern for many.
Bombarded by pictures of celebrities with “perfect skin”, they worry about their own image in a culture that often seems youth-obsessed.
Now, however, a team of scientists has come up with news which should smoothe away the frowns - some anti-wrinkle creams really […]

Ask Monica: where’s the missing fat?

Q. I use NutritionData to analyze the fat content of my diet, and noticed that the amounts of unsaturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fat don’t always add up to the amount given for total fat. One tablespoon of butter, for instance, has 7.2 g saturated fat, 2.9 g monounsaturated fat, 0.4 g polyunsaturated fat, and 11.4 […]

‘Away From Her’ captures sad realities of Alzheimer’s

The new movie Away From Her tells a tale that appears bizarre even by Hollywood standards: Memory lapses from Alzheimer’s disease send Fiona, a long-married woman in her early 60s, to an assisted-living home, where she quickly forgets Grant, her husband, and becomes inseparable from another male resident.
When her new sweetheart is taken out […]

The traffic light test to help GPs spot meningitis

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Doctors have been ordered to follow a ‘traffic light’ system of signs to prevent them missing cases of meningitis and other serious illnesses.
The official guidance directs them to trust the instincts of parents who believe their child has a fever.
If a parent reports a ‘red’ symptom - such as very high temperature […]