Less invasive weight loss surgery is on the rise, but patients need to look for hospitals that have performed this procedure at least 100 times to help ensure their safety. Interest in gastric bypass surgery, in which part of the stomach is bypassed to help obese people lose weight, continues …
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DALLAS – Consumer-products company Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) said Monday that its profit slipped 2 percent in the first quarter even as revenue rose 5 percent led by improved sales of Kleenex tissues and other paper products. Quarterly income fell to $450.1 million, or 93 cents per share, for the January-March …
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NEW YORK – Pamela Anderson (search) has a beef with Colonel Sanders. The former “Baywatch” (search) star is calling for a boycott of KFC, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) (search) announced Tuesday. Anderson narrates a new 5-minute video produced by the animal rights group that documents …
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LOS ANGELES – KFC, Taco Bell (search) and Pizza Hut parent Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) Wednesday posted higher quarterly earnings and backed its outlook for the year despite a supply-chain issue in China that is hurting profits in that market. Net income for the first quarter rose to $161 million, …
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WASHINGTON – A coalition of celebrities, race track leaders and others is pressing for action on legislation that would end or limit the slaughter of wild horses. Lawmakers have tried for years to stop the killing of wild horses and burros at three U.S. slaughterhouses that send the meat for …
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LONDON – High-level European and Iranian talks aimed at convincing the Mideast nation to scrap its nuclear program ended in a deadlock Friday, officials said. Closed-door sessions between Iran and senior British, French, German officials failed to resolve Western demands that Iran end efforts to enrich uranium (search), the key …
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The first attempt at gene therapy for Alzheimer’s patients appeared to significantly delay worsening of the disease in a few people who have tested it so far, scientists reported Sunday. Far more research is needed to see if the experimental treatment, which requires a form of brain surgery, really helps. …
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The three children of Monaco’s Prince Rainier III (search) and the late Princess Grace (search): ——— PRINCE ALBERT, 47 Now known as Prince Albert II, Monaco’s heir to the throne is the only son of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace, killed in a car crash in 1982. Shy and …
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NEW YORK – LaBranche & Co. (LAB), the New York Stock Exchange’s (search) largest market maker, on Friday said it expects first-quarter profit to fall short of analysts’ forecasts because of weak market conditions and higher program trading (search), sending its shares down as much as 12.3 percent. New York-based …
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EWA BEACH, Hawaii – Minutes after an earthquake struck near the South Pacific nation of Tonga, tsunami warnings began to radiate to countries as far away as Fiji and New Zealand by phone, e-mail and fax. But in the island country closest to the epicenter, where the danger of a …
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