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The cost of this winter is mounting, and it’s more than what cities, towns and the state are spending to remove ice and snow.

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Dark green vegetables are among the most nutritious foods. However, they all contain very bitter phytochemicals that affect their palatability. Broccoli is a perfect example. Adding salt to these vegetables makes them taste much better.

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"Public officials should be investing in proper storage infrastructure for salt and they should have on hand at least a year's supply of salt before the winter begins. The worst time to ask for emergency road salt is during a winter storm."

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Road crews have worked hundreds of hours in overtime to clear off streets. The biggest obstacle in the cycle is the melting and re-freezing of snow, which requires crews to spread salt continually.

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Three more storms have hit the area since, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg has dismissed questions about how the city will pay for snow removal. He says streets are cleared first, then the city figures out afterward how it can shift the money.

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(ARA) - When a January storm dumped snow and ice on Georgia it meant no school and homework for days, giving happy children a chance to sled, make snow angels and build snowmen. Atlanta businesses, however, were not so thrilled. Read entire article.

Gary Taubes is a science journalist and researcher best known for his startling revelation that "we've got it all wrong when it comes to carbohydrates and fats." In the following interview (completed via e-mail and only slightly edited), Mr. Taubes explains in detail how and why we get fat. Read the entire interview.

A state appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit pitting lodged by a Tinton Falls man against the Denny's fast-food chain. Entire article...

It is quite incredible how far the notion of a population-wide benefit accruing from salt reduction has gone in view of the contradictory clinical evidence. In the first instance we know that the population response to salt reduction is rather limited (2–6 mm Hg) and heterogeneous, with 30% experiencing a small drop in blood pressure (BP), ~20% experiencing an increase in BP and the residual 50% of the population undergoing no impact at all. Read on. (pdf 54.43 kB)