PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday April 13, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday April 13, 2005

By a Near Four-to-One Margin, U.S. Adults Favor Not Taking Additional Steps to Prolong the Lives of Patients in a Persistent Vegetative State

According to Harris Interactive, more than four in 10 U-S adults believe that additional steps should not be taken to prolong the lives of patients who have been diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state unless the patient has specifically requested such care in a living will. This is nearly four times the number of people who believe that medical care and life support should always be provided. Another 37 percent of adults feel patients themselves (via a living will) or their next of kin should be able to ask doctors to actively assist in ending a patient's life rather than simply withdrawing treatment.

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Reba Kicks Off Major Spring/Summer Tour This Weekend

Reba will kick off one of the major tours of 2005 this Friday (April 15) in Virginia Beach, Virginia when she joins co-headliner Brad Paisley for The Habitat for Humanity Tour Presented by Whirlpool (a.k.a. the Two Hats and a Redhead Tour). Terri Clark is the special guest on the 25-city event, with the exception of opening weekend, when Joe Nichols will fill in for Clark.

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Soy and Fish Oil May Help Prevent Heart Attacks

Taking daily supplements of fish or soy oil may improve cardiac function and protect against heart attacks in the short-term. Study results published in the April issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, are the first to show that soy oil increases heart rate variability a measure of cardiac autonomic function.

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National Radio Hall of Fame Announces 2005 Nominees

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PRNewswire -- April 13

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