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Doctors Urged: Don't Use The Word 'Obese' 1:22pm UK, Wednesday May 09, 2012 Thomas Moore, health and science correspondent Doctors have been told not to use the word “obese” for fear of upsetting patients. Instead they should encourage people to aim for a "healthier weight", according to new advice from an NHS watchdog. Health campaigners have dismissed the approach as "absurd". The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) says in draft guidance that "obesity" can be used within the medical profession, but doctors and nurses should be cautious about using it in front of patients. The document warns:...

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 20 (UPI) -- Police in Oklahoma said they arrested a man who allegedly exposed his buttocks to shoppers at two Target stores in the same day. Oklahoma City police said they received a report Thursday from a woman who said a man was "shaking" his exposed buttocks at her in the garden section of the Target store at about 7 p.m., The Oklahoman reported Tuesday. Investigators said an officer saw a man matching descriptions given by the woman and another shopper who reported a similar incident at a different Target earlier in the day. Sean Andrew McClendon,...

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Vincent D'Onofrio, star of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," was back in a hospital Tuesday after fainting for the second time in a week.

VINCENT D'Onofrio, the star of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," passed out while shooting the hit TV series yesterday morning — prompting insiders to gossip that the actor is "losing it." "Ever since John Kerry lost the election, [D'Onofrio] has lost his [bleep,]" said our on-set insider. "He has been getting into fistfights with people, and when he passed out today, we all thought he was faking it. But then he insisted they call 911." [snip] D'Onofrio, a big Kerry supporter, was said to be devastated over President Bush's re-election. "When PAGE SIX [last week] wrote about 'Law &...