| Eating 'round the clock
Is your bowl of Cheerios or double espresso the best way to start your day? Is your evening snack of chips and salsa disrupting your chance at a good night's sleep? Broken down by specific times, here's a guide on how to eat to keep your mind alert, mood positive and body fit as you make your way through the day. 7 a.m. Many health professionals believe that breakfast is the most important meal -- it establishes our eating pattern for the rest of the day. On average, people who skip breakfast are more prone to mood swings, score lower on cognitive and alertness tests, and report feeling hungry throughout the day. While you sleep, the body uses glucose so your organs and cells can maintain their normal function. By the time you get up in the morning, your glucose needs restocking.
Schottenheimer stands by his game decisions
Members of the Professional Football Writers of America and Pro Football Weekly voted Tomlinson the league MVP. Tomlinson, Merriman, Antonio Gates and Jamal Williams were voted to the All-NFL team, and tackle Marcus McNeill was selected to the All-Rookie team. Jay Posner: (619) 293-1834; jay.posner@uniontrib.com .
Former VU coach, current Baylor skipper Scott Drew feeling better
The pain was unbearable and nothing Baylor University head basketball coach Scott Drew took in an attempt to ease his discomfort seemed to help at all.The former Valparaiso University assistant and head coach thought he had a bad case of indigestion or possibly food poisoning.As Drew's condition worsened, he climbed into his car last Tuesday at 3 a.m., and drove himself to Providence Hospital in Waco, where he ended up undergoing emergency surgery for appendicitis."I'm feeling a lot better now and I'm getting a little stronger every day,'' Drew said Monday, as he attempted to catch up on the average of 100 e-mails he received each day since the surgery.Even though it was a hard sell, Drew talked his way out of the hospital in time for Baylor's home game against Kansas on Wednesday night."Coaches, we're all pretty good salesmen,'' said Drew, who showed up at Ferrell Center to be there for his team even though he was as a weak as a kitten.Baylor freshman Tweety Carter, who's among the Big 12 Conference leaders in 3-point field goals made and 3-point shooting percentage, was amazed to see Drew on the bench."That just shows you coach doesn't care about himself,'' Carter said.
AstraZeneca 4Q profit rises 17 percent
AstraZeneca PLC said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 17 percent, boosted by strong sales of its top five products and cost cutting. But the company said its focus remained on strengthening its weak pipeline of future drugs. The company, which is facing patent challenges and escalating generic competition, also said that it plans to cut 3,000 jobs over the next three years despite predicting continued sales momentum this year. Net profit for the three months to Dec. 31 was $1.4 billion, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier, AstraZeneca said. Revenue rose 14 percent to $7.2 billion. For the full year, profit rose 28.5 percent to $6.04 billion, while sales lifted 11 percent to $26.8 billion. The 2006 results were driven by a 23 percent increase in combined sales of its five key products -- heartburn drug Nexium, schizophrenia treatment Seroquel, cholesterol-lowering treatment Crestor, asthma drug Symbicort and breast cancer treatment Arimidex -- to $13.3 billion.
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