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Judge rules against 500-pound NYPD officer in pension case; disability related to obesity
article 2008-01-17 | Author: StaffA retired 500-pound police officer cannot increase his pension check by blaming his disability on an accident, because a medical board had already found it was related to his obesity, a judge said.Paul Soto, 40, had requested a larger retirement pension, claiming that a fall at an apartment while on ...
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Potential new way to help with insomnia
article 2007-01-29 | Author: Randolph E. SchmidResearchers studying a disease that causes people to suddenly drop off to sleep are trying to turn what they have learned into a new way to help insomniacs get some rest.They found that blocking brain receptors for orexin, a blood peptide, promoted sleep in rats, dogs and people, according to ...