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NPR commentator, blogger Leroy Sievers dies at 53 - The Associated Press


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NPR commentator, blogger Leroy Sievers dies at 53
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Leroy Sievers, a National Public Radio commentator who turned his battle with cancer into a popular and touching radio and online series, has died from his disease.
NPR commentator Leroy Sievers dies of colon cancer at 53 Food Consumer
Colon Cancer Claims Veteran Journalist Leroy Sievers ABC News
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Rutgers study ties skin creams to cancer - Tulsa World


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Rutgers study ties skin creams to cancer
Tulsa World - 1 hour ago
By BOB GROVES The Record (Hackensack NJ) HACKENSACK, NJ - Moisturizers may speed skin cancer in reformed sunbathers, even years after giving up on tanning, according to a Rutgers University study of mice.
Moisturizing Could Lead to Skin Cancer CollegeOTR
Moisturizers boosts skin cancer risk? Food Consumer
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CSU-Pueblo Professor Dies After Contracting West Nile - KKTV 11 News


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CSU-Pueblo Professor Dies After Contracting West Nile
KKTV 11 News - 1 hour ago
According to his family, he died after suffering a series of viral infections believed to be brought on after contracting West Nile virus back in July.
Two test positive for West Nile virus San Jose Mercury News
Update: The West Nile Virus Is Still Out There eFluxMedia
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Moisturizing Could Lead to Skin Cancer - CollegeOTR


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Moisturizing Could Lead to Skin Cancer
CollegeOTR - 1 hour ago
By Valencia Chang (Chief Contributor) Coming straight from the research labs of Rutgers, a study was published in Journal of Investigative Dermatology stating that some skin moisturizers may increase the chances of getting a type of skin cancer called
Study: Popular Moisturizers May Cause Skin Cancer FOXNews
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Ringgit & Sense: Too much salt, fat and no fruits in diet - New Straits Times

Ringgit & Sense: Too much salt, fat and no fruits in diet
New Straits Times, Malaysia - 3 hours ago
Affordable vegetables like spinach, kangkung and ulam, and local fruits should be included in the daily diet of low-income families like the Kasab family.

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Kerry Katona binges on diet pills - News of the World


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Kerry Katona binges on diet pills
News of the World, UK - 1 hour ago
By Matthew Acton, 17/08/2008 TUBBY Kerry Katona is desperately downing diet pills to avoid her worst nightmare . . . of turning into her horribly overweight

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'Surgery meant I missed diet goal' - BBC News


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'Surgery meant I missed diet goal'
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
By Jane Elliott Lizzie Butler is taking part in a year-long NHS course to try to lose weight. BBC News is following her progress. Lizzie had a goal when she

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Crash diet for US restaurants - Times Online

Crash diet for US restaurants
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
I HAVEN’T cooked a meal at home in six months, unless you count salad, and really you can’t. I can see five restaurants from my window and get so many menus

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US agency draft deems controversial BPA chemical safe: media - AFP


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US agency draft deems controversial BPA chemical safe: media
AFP - 27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A controversial plastic chemical found in baby bottles and other food containers does not pose a hazard when used at typical exposure levels, a US Food and Drug Administration draft said according to media reports Saturday.
Chemical Used in Plastic Bottles Is Safe, FDA Says New York Times
FDA concludes chemical is safe San Jose Mercury News
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Update: The West Nile Virus Is Still Out There - eFluxMedia


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Update: The West Nile Virus Is Still Out There
eFluxMedia - 28 minutes ago
By Michael Todd New cases of people testing positive for the West Nile virus have been announced by the Department of Health. According to the health officials, two people in New York were hospitalized due to the virus, a 72-year-old woman from Queens,
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Good News, Bad News From Medicare - MedHeadlines


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Good News, Bad News From Medicare
MedHeadlines - 52 minutes ago
By MedHeadlines • Aug 16th, 2008 • Category: Events, Medicare Thursday brought two announcements from Medicare officials, one bringing good news, the other not-so-good news.
Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums to Rise in '09 Washington Post
Medicare drug premiums up about 12% USA Today
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The diet that really works - Times Online


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The diet that really works
Times Online, UK - 8 minutes ago
Bryan Appleyard thinks he has found a diet that really works: it took him three weeks to shed 14lb with healthy ease. But he had to go back 5000 years to

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The diet that really works - Times Online


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The diet that really works
Times Online, UK - 8 minutes ago
Bryan Appleyard thinks he has found a diet that really works: it took him three weeks to shed 14lb with healthy ease. But he had to go back 5000 years to

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A winning appetite - Business Standard


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A winning appetite
Business Standard, India - 3 hours ago
It is time you did an audit of your everyday diet, because the delicate work of maintaining energy reserves in the body is not restricted only to athletes.
It's sink or swim on the Michael Phelps diet Times Online
Food for fuel: Olympian Phelps' unusual diet BBC News
Michael Phelps' gargantuan diet MSN Money UK
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A winning appetite - Business Standard


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A winning appetite
Business Standard, India - 1 hour ago
It is time you did an audit of your everyday diet, because the delicate work of maintaining energy reserves in the body is not restricted only to athletes.
Food for fuel: Olympian Phelps' unusual diet BBC News
Michael Phelps' gargantuan diet MSN Money UK
Champion diet for Phelps Inquirer.net
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A winning appetite - Business Standard


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A winning appetite
Business Standard, India - 1 hour ago
It is time you did an audit of your everyday diet, because the delicate work of maintaining energy reserves in the body is not restricted only to athletes.
Food for fuel: Olympian Phelps' unusual diet BBC News
Michael Phelps' gargantuan diet MSN Money UK
Champion diet for Phelps Inquirer.net
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200 protest psychologists' interrogation role - USA Today


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200 protest psychologists' interrogation role
USA Today - 12 hours ago
By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY BOSTON - About 200 demonstrators rallied Saturday outside the convention hall where some 14000 are attending the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association to protest the role of psychologists in military
Psychological association, its members oppose torture Boston Globe
Psychologists Clash on Aiding Interrogations New York Times
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Moisturizers boosts skin cancer risk? - Food Consumer


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Moisturizers boosts skin cancer risk?
Food Consumer - 1 hour ago
By Sue Mueller Saturday August 16, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) — Cancer researchers at Rutgers University reported a study Thursday in the Aug. 14, 2008 issue of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggesting that some moisturizing creams or
Of Mice, Moisturizers, Skin Cancer: Controversy Afoot MedHeadlines
Study: Popular Moisturizers May Cause Skin Cancer FOXNews
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FDA Weighs Training to Dispense Narcotics - New York Times


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FDA Weighs Training to Dispense Narcotics
New York Times - Aug 16, 2008
By BARRY MEIER Should doctors be required to undergo special education in order to prescribe powerful narcotics? The Food and Drug Administration may soon recommend that they do so, though such a move would most likely prove controversial.
FDA says BPA is safe for food and beverage packaging Packaging Digest
Can plastic bottles make me sick? And what the hell is Bisphenol-A? Scienceline
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Two New Yorkers Test Positive for West Nile - Food Consumer


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Two New Yorkers Test Positive for West Nile
Food Consumer - 44 minutes ago
By Sue Mueller SATURDAY August 16, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) — New York City announced yesterday August 15 that for the first time this year two people had tested positive for West Nile virus.
WEST NILE VIRUS: State's 5th case reported in Yakima County horse Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
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Of Mice, Moisturizers, Skin Cancer: Controversy Afoot - MedHeadlines


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Of Mice, Moisturizers, Skin Cancer: Controversy Afoot
MedHeadlines - Aug 16, 2008
By MedHeadlines • Aug 16th, 2008 • Category: Cancer, Medical Research, Skin Albino mice in a Rutgers University laboratory that were pre-treated with ultraviolet (UV) light to simulate the lifelong effect of a human’s sun exposure developed skin cancer
Moisturizers May Increase the Risk for Skin Cancer in Mice. New eFluxMedia
Attack of the Killer Lotion– and How to Thwart It CollegeOTR
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Alternate Day Fast diet gaining popularity - Melbourne Herald Sun

Alternate Day Fast diet gaining popularity
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 1 hour ago
A RADICAL new diet, first used by our earliest ancestors, has a growing following in Australia. The Alternate Day Fast, which mimics the caveman diet,

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The West Nile Virus Is Still Out There - eFluxMedia


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The West Nile Virus Is Still Out There
eFluxMedia - 2 hours ago
By Michael Todd New cases of people testing positive for the West Nile virus have been announced by the Department of Health. According to the health officials, two people in New York were hospitalized due to the virus, a 72-year-old woman from Queens,
Health Department lists way to stop West Nile Stratford Star
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Colon Cancer Claims Veteran Journalist Leroy Sievers - ABC News


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Colon Cancer Claims Veteran Journalist Leroy Sievers
ABC News - Aug 16, 2008
Leroy Sievers served as executive producer of ABC News' "Nightline" from 2000-2005 with anchor Ted Koppel. Sievers was an award-winning television producer who reported from nearly every major war and natural disaster in his nearly three decades in the
NPR commentator, blogger Leroy Sievers dies at 53 The Associated Press
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Health Department lists way to stop West Nile - Stratford Star


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Health Department lists way to stop West Nile
Stratford Star - 1 hour ago
In the wake of the first identification of West Nile Virus in Stratford this year, the Department of Health is advising residents to remove standing water, wear protective clothing and use insect repellent.
Mosquito-spraying Saturday in SW Visalia Visalia Times-Delta
West Nile virus detected at plant The Desert Sun
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