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The snarky muckraker in me would answer that an FDA approval is like a lottery ticket worth billions. Thanks to changes in the law under the Bush Administration, an approval now means companies are not subject to many of the lawsuits they used to be.

Congress went so far as to allow protection to companies who got approvals with studies found to be fraudulent, so long as it got through to the FDA approval, no harm comes to the drug maker and no suits will haunt their profitability.

Fred Hahn is making a "Slow Burn" believer out of me

1. When you start talking about living a healthy lifestyle, generally the conversation begins with your diet and the kind of foods you put inside your body. While that is certainly the logical first step when it comes to losing weight and improving your health, most people tend to neglect another important factor in the weight and health equation: exercise. Ah yes, the dreaded “e” word!

But what if everything you think you know about exercise is just plain bogus? Have we been duped into thinking we need to spend hours running on a treadmill when actually that might cause your body more harm than good? YIKES! 

March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Food, following a voluntary recall by Stonyfield Farm, removed from its shelves 6 ounce cups of Stonyfield Organic Fat Free Blueberry Yogurt because the product may contain plastic and glass fragments.The product recalled by Stonyfield's has a UPC code # 0-52159-00044 with product codes printed along the cup bottom that start with the following dates:- April 13, 2008 -- April 14, 2008 -- April 15, 2008 -- April 25, 2008 -- April 26, 2008. Upon being notified of the voluntary recall, Giant Food immediately removed all affected products from its shelves.

Customers who have purchased the affected products may return them to Giant for a full refund. Customers looking for additional information may refer to the Stonyfield Farms website at www.stonyfield.com or call Giant Customer Service at (888) 469-4426 for more information. Customers can also visit the Giant website at www.giantfood.com.

How often have you seen an overweight police officer and thought - hmm -- too many doughnuts. Well, the city of Chicago, the 2nd largest police department in the US is thinking about creating a "thinner blue line" according to the NY Times. Read the article in the Times here. You can also read about it in the Chicago Sun-Times here. What do you think? Put your comments below.