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Online tool helps parents keep tabs on kids’ nutrition
by on Oct.13, 2010, under Nutrition
School Nutrition Bill Stirs Controversy as Congress Weighs In
School nutrition experts are waiting on the passage of a child nutrition bill now before Congress despite the fact that it will ultimately take food from the mouths of children, an official said. Lawmakers are under pressure to clear a Senate-passed $4.5 billion childhood nutrition bill championed by Arkansas’s Dem
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Online tool helps parents keep tabs on kids’ nutrition
NEW BRITAIN — The Whitsons Culinary Group has developed an internet-based nutrition tool that allows parents and students to review and plan school meals that meet their dietary needs.
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Novartis drug helps rare tumors, filing this year
by on Oct.11, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors, a rare type of cancer, lived 5.1 months longer without their disease worsening when given Novartis's drug Afinitor, researchers said on Monday.
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Early Detection Helps Man Beat Colon Cancer
by on Sep.24, 2010, under Health and Fitness
FRIDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) — Lee Smith of Marietta, Ga.,
set himself up with an unusual 50th birthday gift: He scheduled a
colonoscopy for a couple of days later.
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Stress helps fend off cancer in mice, study shows
by on Jul.26, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Some stress can be good for the body, helping fight off cancer, researchers reported on Thursday.
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AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection
by on Jul.20, 2010, under Health and Fitness
For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman’s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool …
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Natural medicine helps multiple sclerosis
by on Jul.16, 2010, under Preventative Medicine
How the principles that I learned at Wildwood Lifestyle Center changed my life.
Prescription heroin helps addicts off street drugs
by on May.28, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Prescribing heroin to addicts who can't kick their habit helps them stay off street drugs, British researchers said Friday.
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Talk With Doctor Helps Heart Attack Patients Resume Sex (HealthDay)
by on May.24, 2010, under Health and Fitness
HealthDay – FRIDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — People who don’t have a frank talk
about sex with their doctor after they have had a heart attack are less
likely to resume sexual activity, new research finds.
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Yoga helps fatigue, sleep in cancer survivors (Reuters)
by on May.21, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Reuters – Cancer survivors might want to try yoga to sleep better and have more energy, according to a new study that will be presented at a meeting in early June.
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Moderate drinking helps young people’s hearts too (Reuters)
by on Jan.14, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Reuters – Moderate drinking cuts heart disease risk in younger adults, new research shows.
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