Culinary Confidence: Know facts before axing corn syrup from diet (The Wilmington Star-News)

My first resolution is, as always, to "eat better." hat got me thinking about High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), which is a food component that's been getting a good deal of attention lately.

Obama asks CNN's Sanjay Gupta to be next surgeon general (Chicago Tribune)

The popular television personality, a practicing neurosurgeon, reportedly would be provided a broader portfolio to make wellness, fitness and healthcare reform a top priority. President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be the next U.S. surgeon general, looking to a popular television personality to help provide a public face for his healthcare agenda.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN in line for surgeon general (Chicago Tribune)

Medical reporter, neurosurgeon said to be Barack Obama's pick WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be the next U.S. surgeon general, looking to a popular television personality to help provide a public face for his health-care agenda.

CNN's Gupta offered Surgeon General post (Chicago Tribune)

 President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be the next U.S. surgeon general, looking to a popular television personality to help provide a  public face for his healthcare agenda. Best known as a health and medicine correspondent for CNN and CBS, Gupta, 39, is also a practicing neurosurgeon in Atlanta and a member of the faculty of the Emory University School of Medicine, one ...

Family mine did use forced labour, says Aso (Financial Times)

Taro Aso, Japan's prime minister, has been forced to acknowledge that a family coal mine used prisoners of war as forced labour during the second world war.