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Keep Food Safety in Mind This Memorial Day Weekend
5/26/2012 - Even locally grown or organic fresh produce can become contaminated, experts warn ...
Exercise Helps Older Adults Stay Fit
5/26/2012 - Expert offers advice on working out in your 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond ...
Amazon Tribe Gives Clues to Heart-Healthy Lifestyles
5/25/2012 - Research in African Pygmies also shows how traditional ways of life aid cardiovascular health ...
As Obesity Rates Rise, Cases of Kidney Stones Double: Study
5/25/2012 - More Americans now suffer from kidney stones than from heart disease, stroke or diabetes ...
Fitness May Boost Survival for Women With Breast Cancer
5/25/2012 - Disease, chemotherapy often result in lingering damage to women's heart and lungs ...
The Science of Tasty Tomatoes Lies in the Chemicals
5/25/2012 - Heirloom tomatoes, which have more naturally occurring chemicals than supermarket varieties, won taste tests ...
Calcium Supplements May Be Bad for Your Heart: Study
5/24/2012 - Review says getting mineral from food is safer, but expert disagrees ...
C-Section May Hike Risk for Toddlers Obesity, Study Suggests
5/24/2012 - By age 3, Caesarean babies are more likely to be overweight, researchers found ...
Some Heavy Kids at Risk of Blindness, Study Says
5/24/2012 - Brain condition that can steal sight more common among overweight girls, researchers report ...
Severely Obese Have More Complications With Spinal Surgery
5/24/2012 - Study found almost doubled risk after spinal fusion ...
Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC
5/24/2012 - Little decline seen in past 5 years, minorities hardest hit ...
Japanese-American Men With Low Vitamin-D Diet Face Higher Stroke Risk
5/24/2012 - Long-term study followed participants for nearly 35 years ...
High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy May Threaten Kids Heart Health
5/24/2012 - Preeclampsia bodes ill for offspring, study says ...
Mouse Study Sheds Light on How Diet May Affect Epilepsy
5/23/2012 - Strict diet seems to protect against seizures by altering brain metabolism, research shows ...
Overweight Moms More Apt to Have Large Babies, Study Says
5/23/2012 - A woman's weight before, during pregnancy mattered more than glucose levels in predicting baby's size ...
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