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Stricter school lunch nutrition standards reduce childhood obesity: Study
Apr 10, 2013
School lunch programs with stricter nutrition standards may be helping to reduce obesity in children, especially those who receive free or reduced lunches.
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China tackles a new outbreak of bird flu
Apr 5, 2013
Officials in China announced today that a sixth person has died from a new strain of bird flu. 14 people near Shanghai have been infected, and today authorities there decided to close all of the city's poultry markets.
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Dementia is highest cost disease and rising
Apr 4, 2013
A report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine says the U.S. spends more on treating dementia than any other disease including cancer and heart disease.
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NIH director welcomes BRAIN initiative
Apr 4, 2013
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins says government funding is the best way to support large scientific enterprises and fundamental health advances.
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5 simple tricks to avoid eating processed food
Mar 12, 2013
A list for some tips and tricks to keep some processed foods to a minimum.
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Leaving work after a Parkinson's diagnosis
Feb 8, 2013
A banking analyst makes the decision to leave his job at the age of 51, two years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
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Electronic health records aren't cutting costs so far
Jan 11, 2013
Clunky programs, high costs and incompatible systems are factors in failure to save billions.
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The bitter pill of globalization
Jan 7, 2013
A robust global economy spreads wealth -- and pandemics like the flu, SARS, even the plague.
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States cut anti-smoking efforts despite tobacco money windfall
Dec 6, 2012
A new study finds state governments are plugging budget gaps at the expense of tobacco prevention programs.
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Americans not taking vacation, and it hurts
Nov 27, 2012
A survey finds people will leave an average of nine days of paid vacation unused this year. The stress that comes from not taking a break can affect their health.
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