Yet President Obama still considered the group important enough to pay a house call to its annual House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, in recognition of the fact that while the AMA may not be able to dictate the terms of what type of health overhaul can pass Congress, it could still help gum up the process.

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But since those pesky calories and nutrients can get in the way of the caffeine-to-brain transmission process, caffeinated gum should speed it along.

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