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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Great, Now Dallas Is One Of The Least Fit Cities In The Nation

    In addition to being smutty and un-hip, the DFW area is now ranking way down at number 47 on the American College of Sports Medicine's Fitness Index. And the bad news is that unlike some of the other lists we've been bitching about lately (looking at you, perv index) this one is backed up with actu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Rep. Bill Zedler Wants To Hear About Your Abortion, Despite What the Legislature Says

    In this last legislative session, the one that turned out to be pretty terrible for both abortion providers and family planning clinics, Arlington state Representative Bill Zedler had a dream. That dream, as we told you about at the time, was to require women and their doctors fill out and submit to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Beef Products Inc. Wants Us to Eat Pink Slime for the Jobs. Sorry, But We'll Pass.

    Processed-meat fever came to a head over the weekend. It started with a full-page ad, which appeared on Friday in the Wall Street Journal (and is on display below), paid for by Beef Product Inc. The company branded itself a paragon of food safety and cited "pink slime" libel as a threat to 3000 jobs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Bryan Rep. Bill Flores Wants To Revive Abstinence-Only Education Funding

    All this arguing we're doing about contraception is getting a little tiresome, isn't it? Sure, we get to use the word "sluts" repeatedly in a national conversation, and we've watched several elderly male politicians state their understanding of how birth control works, explanations which often deser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Dallas is America's 25th Fattest City, Houston is the Fattest, and Austin? Screw Austin.

    Men's Fitness has taken measure of our nation and, once again, growing girth is the trend. In the March issue, which is on newsstands but not online, the magazine uses fitness industry and CDC stats to compile a list of America's 25 fattest cities. Houston is the fattest, which the magazine partia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    We Found Someone to Try Meatless Monday. Poor Someone.

    FlickrSee that green thing over there? You're supposed to eat it, apparently.​You may have heard of this whole Meatless Monday thing. It's a simple idea: to abstain from eating meat for just one day a week. It's not a radically new concept; the term was coined during WWI as a slogan (along wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Dallas is One Big Coronary Waiting to Happen

    FlickrPlease don't try to eat your monitor.​Just a head's up: The editors of Prevention Magazine think you're fat. In an article published on Yahoo, both Lubbock and Dallas landed among the top eight most artery-clogging cities in America, based on data culled from the Centers for Disease Co ... More >>

  • Film

    September 8, 2011

    Contagion: Time for Widespread Panic

    Steven Soderbergh turns the star-studded Hollywood disaster flick on its head.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Tips for Having a Safe, Sterile July 4th Picnic...Even Though You Shouldn't

    Salmonella hates America. Fight back! Eat indoors!​About 48 million Americans get food-borne illness per year, and of that heaving-and-hurling 48 million, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means roughly one in six Americans w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Tarrant County Judge Delays Release of Surfing Star's Autopsy Till "News Frenzy" Dissipates

    ​On November 2, as you'll recall, pro surfer Andy Irons's body was found in a room at the Grand Hyatt DFW, a cache of prescription pill bottles by his bedside. His family insisted, no, those had nothing to do with the 32-year-old's death. Instead, they said, the world champion, who'd taken a room ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Goya Foods Recalls Frozen Mamey Packages Linked to Salmonella Typhi

    ​Secaucus, New Jersey-based Goya Foods Inc., the dominant Latin American foods company, has recalled all its 14-ounce packages of frozen mamey pulp. The product is used to make milkshakes and smoothies. The packages were distributed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Killer Salsa: Why is the CDC Picking on Our Favorite Dips?

    Ohmigod, that salsa killed Kenny!​The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week did its best to dampen summer fun by linking salsa to food poisoning. According to the much-quoted press release, one out of every 25 cases of foodborne illnesses picked up at restaurants originates ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Do Hot-Blooded Mexicans Not Need Winter Coats?

    Ohmigod, that salsa killed Kenny!​The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week did its best to dampen summer fun by linking salsa to food poisoning. According to the much-quoted press release, one out of every 25 cases of foodborne illnesses picked up at restaurants originates ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    Mexican Men Would Love to Take Out Some Chinese

    Ohmigod, that salsa killed Kenny!​The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week did its best to dampen summer fun by linking salsa to food poisoning. According to the much-quoted press release, one out of every 25 cases of foodborne illnesses picked up at restaurants originates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Why Blame The Food?

    ​I think it was last week when I came across an AP story detailing the efforts of the San Antonio Restaurant Association to encourage healthier cooking at the city's Tex-Mex and Mexican eateries. Seems the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed San Antonio behind only Detroit, Memphis a ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    Goin’ To The Chapel: When Is A Mexican Girl Ripe For Marriage

    ​I think it was last week when I came across an AP story detailing the efforts of the San Antonio Restaurant Association to encourage healthier cooking at the city's Tex-Mex and Mexican eateries. Seems the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed San Antonio behind only Detroit, Memphis a ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Smokey dare: Maybe it's time to regulate marijuana like cigarettes

    ​I think it was last week when I came across an AP story detailing the efforts of the San Antonio Restaurant Association to encourage healthier cooking at the city's Tex-Mex and Mexican eateries. Seems the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed San Antonio behind only Detroit, Memphis a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Do You Have a Face Mask and Some Tamiflu I Can Borrow? Give 'Em Back, Swear.

    An out-of-state colleague wondered late yesterday, "Is it true that the state of Texas has canceled all sports events till May 11? Does that include Astros and Rangers?" Um ... no. Alas, such was his reading of a breathless, since-vanished New York Times story concerning the University Interscholast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Turns Out, All It Takes to Kill Dallas's Convention Business Is a Little Swine Flu Scare

    Something called the Food Marketing Institute was scheduled to hold two events in Dallas beginning May 4: a "Future Connect leadership development conference" on May 4-6, followed by a "MARKETECHNICS® technology event" May 5-8. According to Tradeshow Week, the events were to take place at the Hyatt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Chewing the Fat: CDC Says Shake the Salt

    Those fun-loving sorts over at the CDC have one more thing you need to stop eating. A report released last month advises Americans to--surprise!--consume less salt. Americans eat 3,436mg of salt daily, compared to the CDC's recommendation of 2300mg. In response, Divine Caroline brings some timely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Chewing the Fat: Measuring Every Chug

    Gotta wonder if the folks at the Centers for Disease Control will come out with a list of top party schools now. A new study released by the organization says the typical American binge drinker is a white male, aged 18-34. No kidding. The news comes courtesy of Drugs.com. They note that the CDC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Re: FYI, Read This ASAP. OMG!

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2008

    Gustav Isn't Screwing Around, and Neither is the City of Dallas

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2008

    Gangsta Lean

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Youth Risk Survey Has Some Good News -- And, For Latinos, Some Bad News

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Just Put Down the Tomato and Back Away Slowly -- and Panic! Or Don't.

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    DISD's Whistleblower Alleges District Retaliation in Federal Lawsuit

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    DISD Now $316,000 Lighter

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2007

    In the Inner City, An Alternative to Abortion

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Shoot Up Your Kid

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    The Forbes 35 (Drunkest)

    The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 5, 2006

    Med Head

    Urban Bistro’s menu is studded with imaginative vignettes

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2006

    Sick, or Sick in the Head?

    Urban Bistro’s menu is studded with imaginative vignettes

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    The Plague

    Bizarre fibers. Black sweat. Bugs under the skin. Welcome to the controversial world of Morgellons disease.

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2005

    Clean Sweep

    Take Back Your Saturday Morning at ZaSpa

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Cocktail Hours

    The latest AIDS medications give life to the dying--but what kind of life?

  • Dining

    December 26, 2002

    Knocking Noggin

    What is eggnog?

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Race With a Killer

    A Dallas doctor believes he holds a miracle treatment for a disease that maims and kills children. Proving it will take another miracle.

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    Latin Beat

    Plus: Angry Americans, Plague Year, A Sucker Born

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Where There's Smoke

    Dallas considers strengthening the smoking ordinance...again

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Living La Vida SIDA

    After his younger brother died of AIDS, Joseluis Partida dedicated his life to warning people about the disease. But the politics of being gay and Hispanic made it tougher than he ever imagined.

  • Dining

    March 1, 2001

    Cloudy Issue

    Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Planet Mold

    The latest environmental hazard in Dallas and the country is displacing homeowners, covering walls and pets, and making lawyers even richer. Welcome to the weird world of "black mold."

  • Dining

    May 4, 2000

    Hash Over

    Beer bust; Buck banger

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Unacceptable Risk

    Texas health officials say that mandatory childhood vaccinations against hepatitis B will prevent the spread of life-threatening illness. But which is riskier--the disease or the vaccine?

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Gimme gimme

    City Hall has $22 million in federal funds to fix your neighborhood. Instead, it's spending the money on barrels of pork.

  • Dining

    December 31, 1998

    Let 'em eat loin

    1998 was a year of lusty carnivores, raw fish, and orgiastic indulgence

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Toxic Justice

    Lawyer Fred Baron says he's one of the good guys, fighting a war against evil asbestos manufacturers. But some former employees claim his firm is a factory that mass-produces lawsuits by implanting memories and inventing testimony.

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Death on tap

    Cryptosporidium kills AIDS victims in Dallas. Who will the pathogen claim next?

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    The war over Gulf War Syndrome

    Dallas doctors believe they've solved the mystery of sick veterans, but find themselves in "a bloody scientific war" where they are branded charlatans

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