Eating Disorders

... The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO - Meatpacker sparks debate over mad cow testing Thu, Mar 23 2006 Currently 47 F Joplin, MO High 40 F Low 29 F CLICK FOR MORE WEATHER Home Local News Sports Business Editorial Deaths Obituaries Celebrations Features Blogs Fun | Classified Coupons Published: March 23, 2006 02:30 pm Meatpacker sparks debate over mad cow testing Associated Press WASHINGTON - A Kansas meatpacker has sparked an industry fight by proposing testing all the company's cattle for mad cow disease.Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to look for the disease in every animal it processes.

The Agriculture Department has said no.

Creekstone says it intends to sue the department."Our customers, particularly our Asian customers, have requested it over and over again," chief executive John Stewart said in an interview Wednesday.

"We feel strongly that if customers are asking for tested beef, we should be allowed to provide that."The department and larger meat companies oppose comprehensive testing, saying it cannot assure food safety.

"There isn't any nation in the world that requires 100 percent testing," Agriculture Department spokesman Ed Loyd said Wednesday.Larger companies worry that Japanese buyers would insist on costly testing and that a suspect result might scare consumers away from eating beef.Japan was the most lucrative foreign market for American beef until the first U.S.

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...ba href=/eating disorder/a/b and today's sleep deprivation.

"Twenty years ago, bulimics probably thought they had the best of all worlds," Stickgold said in the feature article, "Deep Into Sleep." "They could eat all they wanted and never gain weight.

Now we know that they were and are doing major damage to their bodies and suffering major psychological damage.

We live in a world of sleep bulimia, where we binge on weekends and purge during the week." Sleep often gets short-changed because of general time management difficulties.

To get back on track, Bils recommends considering these simple tips for making sleep a priority and setting the scene for quality sleep and rejuvenation.

Bedroom Conditions for Good Sleep - Minimize light Darkness acts as a signal to the body to prepare for sleep.

If closing your blinds isn't enough, consider room darkening shades.

- Keep noise levels constant Abrupt changes in noise levels can disrupt sleep.

If you are a light sleeper or live in a high traffic area, consider using a white noise generator to muffle noise.

- Control the temperature The ideal room temperature for sleeping is 65 degrees and 65 percent humidity.

Program your thermostat to automatically adjust to this temperature 30 minutes after you normally retire for the evening.

- Maintain a "TV free zone" in the bedroom Television is very stimulating - and not conducive to entering a deep, restorative sleep.

- Choose bedding that fits your needs Skip the one-size-fits-all approa...

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-Guestbook- Circulation Subscribe Submit a Letter to the Editor Classifieds Place a Classified Liner Place a Display Ad Archives Useful Links Times Life Giving Autism A Name And Face By TAMI K.

PHILLIPS, Times Staff Writer Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:57 AM CST printable versione-mail this story MORTON-If Hutch McGehee could talk about his autism, he'd tell people that's he just a regular child who experiences things differently than most.Hutch, 8, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two.

Though it's been a long road for Hutch and his family, they have learned to deal with the diagnosis with patience and faith.

Next month, the McGehee family, who live near the Reservoir, will help educate the public on the disorder during Autism Awareness Month.They'll participate in the Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi (TEAAM) Walk For Autism to be held April 22 at Winner's Circle Park in Flowood.

The event will raise money for a variety of TEAAM programs including new parent resource kits, public awareness campaigns and Kamp Kaleidoscope, Mississippi's only summer camp for children with autism.

According to the Autism Society of America, autism is a complex developmental disability that is the result of a neurological disorder.

Autism affects the normal functions of the brain, often compro...