Slowey McManus Communications of Boston hired
BRITTANY MURPHY as a senior account executive. She is an alumna of Emerson College in Boston, where she received a degree in journalism. Prior to this she was at Western Mass News as the main anchor on morning and afternoon segments. Murphy will primarily work from Central Massachusetts and provide clients with a range of public relation services.
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Webster Five hired
IZZY CRUZ as assistant vice president, senior branch manager at its Shrewsbury branch. He earned his certificate in finance and credit from the Connecticut School of Finance and Management. Cruz holds more than 15 years of experience in the banking industry. In this role, he will oversee daily operations at the Shrewsbury branch and focus on business development and participating in community outreach.
Including unhealthy foods may diminish positive effects of an otherwise healthy diet
Eating a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, has a positive impact on health, but little is known about the effects of including unhealthy foods in an otherwise healthy diet. Now researchers at Rush University Medical Center have reported diminished benefits of a Mediterranean diet among those with high frequency of eating unhealthy foods. The results of their study were published in Alzheimer s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer s Association on Jan. 7.
“Eating a diet that emphasizes vegetables, fruit, fish and whole grains may positively affects a person’s health,” said Puja Agarwal, PhD, a nutritional epidemiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush Medical College. “But when it is combined with fried food, sweets, refined grains, red meat and processed meat, we observed that the benefits of eating the Mediterranean part of the diet se
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Chicago police shot and wounded a woman on the city's South Side on Saturday afternoon. They say she was inside a car that was illegally parked and then "began exhibiting characteristics" of a person with a gun.