Tag: debate
Scientists kick off debate over barefoot running
by on Dec.10, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Despite the cold and many other potential hazards, naked from the ankle down is the way Anna Toombs likes it, and she gets plenty of catcalls in the street as a result.
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Insight: Diabetes breakthrough stalled in safety debate
by on Dec.01, 2011, under Health and Fitness
It's a dream of medical science that looks tantalizingly within reach: the artificial pancreas, a potential breakthrough treatment for the scourge of type 1 diabetes.
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Nuke crisis reignites debate on protective pills
by on Mar.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The Japanese nuclear crisis has reignited a debate in the U.S. over the government’s role in distributing a cheap anti-cancer drug to people living around nuclear power plants.
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Chicken producers debate ‘natural’ label
by on Jul.30, 2010, under Health and Fitness
A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as “natural” has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines.
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Oil spill stirs study, debate over health impacts
by on Jun.21, 2010, under Health and Fitness
When an Associated Press reporter went scuba diving in the oil-streaked Gulf of Mexico this month, people commenting on websites worried about his health. But at the same time, the oil sure didn’t bother some beachgoers in Alabama.
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