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Diet and exercise can help prevent recurrence of cancer - Reading Eagle

Diet and exercise can help prevent recurrence of cancer
Reading Eagle, PA - 2 hours ago
By F?lix Alfonso Peña Bern Township, PA - For Karen L. Colon, learning how diet and exercise can help protect her from a recurrence of breast cancer gave

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Diet and Diabetes - Ivanhoe

Diet and Diabetes
Ivanhoe, FL - 6 hours ago
Three new studies looked specifically at fruit juices, fruits and vegetables and the amount of fat in a person’s diet. In the first study, researchers from

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Tomato Growers Seeing Red - Washington Post


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Tomato Growers Seeing Red
Washington Post - 40 minutes ago
By Cindy Skrzycki While throwing a few rotten tomatoes at US regulators might help ease growers' pain, those involved in the latest salmonella epidemic would prefer cash for their trouble.
Actavis Totowa LLC recalls generic drugs United Press International
Actavis Totowa Finally Does The Right Thing US Recall News (press release)
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Acrylamide leaving your French fries? - Los Angeles Times

Acrylamide leaving your French fries?
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
Looks like French fries and potato chips will soon pretty much be health food items. Well, not quite. But they will contain less acrylamide, a chemical shown to cause cancer in rats and mice.
Chip Makers Settle Calif. Suit QSR magazine
Food Manufacturers to Cut Carcinogen Levels in Chips, Fries findingDulcinea
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Video game is effective in teaching young patients to take cancer … - Bizjournals.com


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Video game is effective in teaching young patients to take cancer
Bizjournals.com - 1 hour ago
A video game spearheaded by a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio researcher has been shown to be effective in helping young cancer patients keep up with oral chemotherapy regimens.
Startup uses video games to heal young people San Francisco Chronicle
The Selfish Video Game: Play Games, Change Your Biology? PC World
Gamasutra - PR Newswire UK (press release)
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New drug treats West Nile virus in mice - Reuters

New drug treats West Nile virus in mice
Reuters - 55 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Continuous administration of a drug dubbed AMD3100 improves survival of mice infected with West Nile virus, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have found.
West Nile virus found in horses at Moses Lake, Prosser Seattle Post Intelligencer
Vermont Identifies First Positive West Nile Virus Case eMaxHealth.com
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Abhishek Bachchn’s ‘idli’ diet - PRLog.Org (press release)

Abhishek Bachchn’s ‘idli’ diet
PRLog.Org (press release), Romania - 16 minutes ago
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 04, 2008 – We have heard of fruit, vegan and even detox diets but who’s ever heard of an idli diet? Well, if someone has,

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Growth hormone may help some HIV patients - Reuters


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Growth hormone may help some HIV patients
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The side effects of AIDS drugs — including increases in belly fat, elevated blood pressure, and high triglyceride levels — are significantly reduced by very small doses of growth hormone, according to the results of a new
Mixed results for growth hormone in HIV patients The Associated Press
Growth Hormone Treatment For HIV Patients Improves Abdominal Fat Science Daily (press release)
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Cabbage Soup Diet - The 5 Realities of this Fad Diet - Best Syndication


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Cabbage Soup Diet - The 5 Realities of this Fad Diet
Best Syndication, CA - 34 minutes ago
The Cabbage Soup Diet is a fad diet that has caught on for years now. Often called the “Sacred Heart Diet” and the “Military Cabbage Diet”, the Cabbage Soup

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Mark Farrah Associates Examines Emerging Individual Health … - MarketWatch


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Mark Farrah Associates Examines Emerging Individual Health
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
KENNEBUNK, Maine, Aug 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — An estimated 17 million Americans purchased non-group health coverage directly from insurance companies in 2007.
State considering laws modifying individual health insurance policies Los Angeles Times
California Takes Another Crack at Insurance Reform Wall Street Journal Blogs
United Press International
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Toxic algae might be cause of porpoise deaths - San Francisco Chronicle


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Toxic algae might be cause of porpoise deaths
San Francisco Chronicle - 50 minutes ago
(08-04) 11:27 PDT BAY AREA - — Bay Area researchers are looking into whether a number of harbor porpoises that have washed up on local beaches in recent months may have been killed by long-term exposure to toxic algae.
Porpoise deaths raising questions San Jose Mercury News
Porpoise Deaths Remain Unexplained RedOrbit
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OTC Cold Medicines Sending Children to Emergency Rooms - Washington Post

OTC Cold Medicines Sending Children to Emergency Rooms
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
By Amanda Gardner MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) — A significant percentage of small children going to emergency rooms with an "apparent life-threatening event" had ingested over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, researchers report,
Drug Screens Needed for Kids in ER WebMD
Report: Cold medicine could be life-threatening for babies USA Today
FDA news (subscription) - WFMY News 2
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Where There's Smoke, There's Government Intrusion - FOXNews


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Where There's Smoke, There's Government Intrusion
FOXNews - 34 minutes ago
By John R. Lott, Jr. This is still a free country, right? Last week, the US House of Representatives passed legislation to more closely regulate the wages that firms pay workers and to more strictly regulate tobacco products by putting them under FDA
Tobacco Regulation – A Step Forward to a Healthier Nation eFluxMedia
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Health Buzz: Earlier HIV Treatment and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report


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Health Buzz: Earlier HIV Treatment and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - 13 hours ago
New guidelines for treating HIV and AIDS patients with antiretroviral medications suggest earlier therapy might be more effective, according to findings presented this weekend at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
Int'l panel updates treatment guidelines for HIV infection Xinhua
HIV Patients Should Get Treatment Sooner, Panel Says (Update1) Bloomberg
AllAfrica.com - DG News - AFP - MedPage Today
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'Abs Diet' DVD Has Her Feeling More Toned - RedOrbit

'Abs Diet' DVD Has Her Feeling More Toned
RedOrbit, TX - 51 minutes ago
"The Abs Diet" is several books, a newsletter, a diet, a regular feature in Men's Health magazine and an online program. Nina Williams of Wichita tried out

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Lazy Summer Diet Tips - KRIS-TV

Lazy Summer Diet Tips
KRIS-TV, TX - 57 minutes ago
If you're sipping water, you're not eating; you're getting closer to your daily water intake goal (see The Wall Street Diet, page 38 for tips on water

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Japan Diet seen to give priority to bill recognizing Japinos - ABS CBN News

Japan Diet seen to give priority to bill recognizing Japinos
ABS CBN News, Philippines - 20 hours ago
forum Monday with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) that his friends in the Japanese Diet said “this is a priority law.

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Japan Diet seen to give priority to bill recognizing Japinos - ABS CBN News


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Japan Diet seen to give priority to bill recognizing Japinos
ABS CBN News, Philippines - 1 hour ago
forum Monday with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) that his friends in the Japanese Diet said “this is a priority law.
Children in Philippines eye Japanese nationality Reuters UK
Japanese-Filipinos warned vs crime gangs after court ruling Inquirer.net
Japan-Filipino children urged to seek citizenship Philippine Star
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Shock the crypto - Mineral Wells Index


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Shock the crypto
Mineral Wells Index - 2 hours ago
By Libby Cluett Although the parasite known has crypto is attributed to sickened more than 100 swimmers in North Texas recently, Mineral Wells Parks and Recreation Superintendent Donnie Hoover said there’s little for locals to be concerned about.
What's in the pool water? Abilene Reporter-News
“Crypto” Parasite Sickens Swimmers in Dallas Area eFluxMedia
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Stem Cell Breakthrough Opens Door to Further ALS Research - eFluxMedia


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Stem Cell Breakthrough Opens Door to Further ALS Research
eFluxMedia - 1 hour ago
By Alice Carver For the first time, a team of US scientists used an innovative technique to transform skin cells taken from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) persons into the motor neurons, which are exactly the type of cells that degenerate in
Cell Changes May Help Lou Gehrig's Research FOXNews
Scientists create first personalized stem cells in ALS patients Los Angeles Times
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Cancer Doctor Takes a Stand on Cell Phone Use: Advises Precautions - Ergoweb


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Cancer Doctor Takes a Stand on Cell Phone Use: Advises Precautions
Ergoweb - 1 hour ago
By Jennifer Anderson The head of a prominent cancer research institute isn’t waiting for a conclusive link to be made between cancer and cell phone use.
Cell phone warning: hands off Buffalo News
Cell phone use, cancer risk unknown; memo raises alarm El Paso Times
PennLive.com - United Press International - The Tennessean - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
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The ups and downs of a year-long diet - South Yorkshire Times

The ups and downs of a year-long diet
South Yorkshire Times, UK - 1 hour ago
Pizzas and kebabs crept back into my diet, desserts reappeared at meal times. Bags of crisps and bars of chocolate appeared back on my desk at work.

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Pan Mass Challenge Riders Raise Funds for Cancer Research - eFluxMedia


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Pan Mass Challenge Riders Raise Funds for Cancer Research
eFluxMedia - 53 minutes ago
By Alice Carver Sen. John Kerry joined thousands of cyclists, volunteers and supporters on the first day of the 190-mile Pan-Massachusetts Challenge in search for more funds for cancer research.
Sen. John Kerry, others come up big in cancer fundraiser Boston Herald
There is still time to donate to the PMC NECN
Milford Daily News - Shrewsbury Chronicle - Tri-Valley Herald
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How to diet like a weightlifter — eat lots and don’t exercise - Reuters India

How to diet like a weightlifter — eat lots and don’t exercise
Reuters India, India - 1 hour ago
In a sport where every pound counts because it means extra lifting power, her crash diet is still generous by most standards: bread, cold meat,

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Sainsburys' security tags give shoplifters slim chance of stealing … - Daily Mail


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Sainsburys' security tags give shoplifters slim chance of stealing
Daily Mail, UK - 2 hours ago
Bosses have tightened security around the diet-aid following a spate of thefts that have seen the £7 six-packs walking out of the door.

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