A number of patients who want to lose a few extra pounds often inquire about the use of phentermine which has been traditionally advocated for patients who are significantly overweight or obese. Using body mass index (BMI) which uses weight and height to define obesity (BMI 30 is considered obese; 25-29.9 as overweight) or a ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had topped this week's polls and would compete in next month ...

Target-date or life-cycle funds aim to be one-for-a-lifetime decisions, where the investor buys a portfolio that is adjusted over time to become more conservative as the shareholder ages. But they’ve become too complicated.

If you’re always on, your work could be be off By ANITA BRUZZESE Gannett News Service Published May 27, 2012 12:08AM MDT Do you take your smartphone to bed because you claim to use it as a nightlight, say it’s the only alarm clock you have, or need to make sure you don’t miss a critical text? Here’s the problem with that thinking: Now that the phone is only an arm’s reach away, it’s easy to ...

I'VE BEEN meaning to excerpt some of your responses to recent columns and a holiday weekend is as good a time as any. So let me dig into the mailbag - or the email inbox, actually - and see what I find.

Stand on the beach in any Jersey Shore town this week and there's a sound nearly as loud as the wind during a nor'easter: It's the collective intake of breath by officials and business owners as Memorial Day weekend begins.

I'm leaning over the edge of the viewing platform on the world's tallest building, the 2,723-foot Burj Khalifa in Dubai. From 124 stories above the ground I can see mile upon mile of high-rise offices, housing...

Infected searchers will get an alert that they need to remove the DNSChanger malware or risk losing Internet connectivity on July 9.

The pursuit of Allen Iverson as the opening ceremony in an Eastern Conference semifinal game last Wednesday between the 76ers and Celtics was not unlike a search for the Jewel of the Nile. Or, if you prefer Iverson by his hip-hop identity, the Jewelz of the Nile.

As a kid, I spent a lot of time with my great-uncle Clarence Culp, or “Hawk Shaw” as everyone called him. He spent his time painting houses and working in his garden. Hawk Shaw never married or had children of his own, just several nieces and nephews. For some reason, I was his favorite.