Worldwide efforts to lower ‘bad’ cholesterol working: study

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1. chazonifdaplumbline says:

   June 29, 2009 at 5:04 am

   They used our kids as samples! What a wicked world. It really breaks my heart.
2. owCholesterol says:

   July 3, 2009 at 1:49 am

   NutriTrivia Q11: Trans fats threaten health by raising levels of – HDL-cholesterol, protein, LDL-cholesterol, glucose? (answer to come)
3. modelportfolio2003 says:

   July 11, 2009 at 1:03 pm

   City CarShare, a San Francisco nonprofit car sharing organization, is pleased to see that Zipcar is integrating more fuel-efficient cars into its fleet. There are a few inaccuracies in the article, however, which we feel compelled to highlight. For example, this article is incorrect in stating that Zipcar was the first to introduce a hybrid into a car share fleet. City CarShare, a leader in introducing green vehicles, introduced hybrids into our fleet in early 2002. We also had eight Ford Think electric vehicles in our fleet in 2002, which were recalled along with all of the Ford Think EVs (we also experienced charging issues described in the article). This year we introduced two hybrid plug-in vehicles – we can’t claim to be the first, however, since Autoshare (Toronto) and HourCar (Minneapolis) were first in North America. While increasing the number of hybrids that Zipcar has in its worldwide fleet is commendable, we hope to see Zipcar continue to increase the percentage of hybrids in its fleet and, for that matter, to include only fuel-efficient and top-rated low-emission vehicles. For City CarShare, and many other independent car share providers, our vehicles are at the top of their class for fuel-efficiency and low emissions, with hybrids comprising over 1/3 of our fleet and growing. As Zipcar provides more eco-sensitive cars – and we hope to see this trend continue – we also encourage them to promote ‘less driving’ by their members, in contrast to their current advertising campaign, which promotes driving as much as you want as long as you return the car. If pursued, these efforts would lead to fewer miles of travel for their customers, reducing total emissions and congestion in the areas they operate. Finally, for those interested, there are approximately 30 independent car share providers in North America, working in their communities to reduce car ownership and driving. Many have contributed to, and adhere to, the Car Share Industry Code of Ethics, which can be found at
4. VCfeeds says:

   July 11, 2009 at 2:24 pm

   ” The region around Birobidjan by contrast was a large and virtually empty space, and an autonomous Jewish region was created amounting to 36,000 sq. km. This is almost the size of Switzerland (40,000 sq. km) and considerably larger in area than modern Israel (20,000 sq. km).

   Far from Jews being forcibly exiled to Birobidjan, there were extensive worldwide efforts to promote this Soviet Jewish homeland project, including ‘Ambidjan’, the American Birobidjan Committee, whose officials included Albert Einstein and the prominent American Jewish author B.Z. Goldberg.

   More than a thousand Jews from outside the Soviet Union emigrated to Birobidjan during the 1930s, though once the Zionist project neared fruition it overshadowed its Stalinist rival.”
5. Petr Buben says:

   September 30, 2009 at 6:39 am

   Pfizer, Wyeth deal gets clearance in China
   The Associated Press
   NEW YORK — Drug developer Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday China’s ministry of commerce approved the company’s $68 billion buyout of rival Wyeth. …
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