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Government recommends eating whole grains
Mar 28 2005 9:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Go ahead, have a piece of bread. Have three. Make it whole-grain, and you'll be following government advice for eating right. Three servings of whole grains each day will reduce your risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
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Virginians growing obese at fastest rate
Mar 28 2005 7:43PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The percentage of Virginians qualifying as obese is growing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the nation, according to a federal study.
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Mother sues cereal makers for sugar claims
Mar 28 2005 7:39PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A lawsuit by a San Diego mother claims that lower-sugar versions of Cocoa Puffs and Froot Loops may seem healthier, but they're really a bunch of Trix.
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Burger King sandwich packs the calories
Mar 28 2005 7:38PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Burger King began offering two new breakfast sandwiches Monday, including one that packs more calories and fat than a Whopper.
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Doctors try to avoid 'doorknob phenomenon'
Mar 28 2005 7:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The four familiar words physicians always dread come when the office visit is ending, doctor's pen clipped back onto the white coat pocket and hand reaching for the door. "Oh, by the way," the patient says. What comes next could be as innocuous as a harmless freckle _ or a bombshell. Doctors call it "the doorknob phenomenon."
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Study raises questions about hospital ads
Mar 28 2005 7:31PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Many of the nation's top-ranked medical centers employ some of the same advertising techniques doctors often criticize drug companies for _ concealing risks and playing on fear, vanity and other emotions to attract patients, a study found.
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E. coli may be blamed for girl's death
Mar 28 2005 10:56AM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A girl's death is being investigated for possible links to an outbreak of E. coli bacterial infections among people who attended one of two fairs that included petting zoos, the state's top health official said Monday.
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New health secretary Leavitt sets goals
Mar 28 2005 10:25AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Concluding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was a "Disneyland for science," the new U.S. Health and Human Services secretary on Friday pledged his department will work to help keep Americans healthy.
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Nutritionists seek soda ban in Pa. schools
Mar 28 2005 10:15AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - When the Philadelphia School District banned the sale of carbonated soft drinks in city schools last year, a nonprofit nutrition advocacy group considered the decision a sweet victory for its activists.
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Spring allergies hitting with a vengeance
Mar 28 2005 6:45AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Spring allergy season is hitting with a vengeance in many parts of the country, with the relatively warm, wet winter in many regions resulting in loads of tree and other pollens and mold.
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Study: Pneumonia vaccine could save lives
Mar 28 2005 6:45AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - New research has confirmed that an experimental pneumonia vaccine specially formulated for the developing world could save the lives of children in Africa. However, the vaccine is unlikely to have any future because its manufacturer, Collegeville, Pa.-based Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, has decided instead to pursue a more broadly protective vaccine targeting 13 strains of the pneumonia bug.
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Prostate cancer research and advocacy lag
Mar 28 2005 6:44AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - It's the most common major cancer in America, even though it affects only one sex. Lifetime odds of getting it are 1 in 6. Testing for it is controversial, and treating it robs many of a body part that's important to their sexuality. This isn't breast cancer, a disease tattooed into the American psyche. It is its male counterpart, prostate cancer, which has made a much fainter mark.
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Docs say Schiavo videotapes can mislead
Mar 28 2005 6:43AM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - They say film doesn't lie, but does that mean it tells the truth? The public sees fleeting videotaped images of Terri Schiavo, appearing to many to turn toward her mother's voice and smile. They hear what sound like moans and laughter. They watch her head move up and down, seemingly following the progress of a brightly colored Mickey Mouse balloon. And often they ask: How could anyone conclude but that she is aware of her surroundings?
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North Korea reports outbreak of bird flu
Mar 28 2005 6:40AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea acknowledged an outbreak of bird flu for the first time, saying Sunday that hundreds of thousands of chickens were killed to prevent its spread, and the disease was not passed on to humans.
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Eating disorders crossing the color line
Mar 28 2005 6:39AM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The common perception is that eating disorders afflict only white women, especially upper- and middle-class women. While those are the most reported cases, specialists believe all socio-economic and ethnic groups are at risk.
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Anti-vaccine sentiment plagues Nigeria
Mar 28 2005 6:39AM (CT)
KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Accusations by Islamic preachers that vaccines are part of an American anti-Islamic plot are threatening efforts to combat a measles epidemic that has killed hundreds of Nigerian children, health workers say.
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Kids suffer from parents' meth addiction
Mar 28 2005 6:38AM (CT)
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) - Jittery babies, mistreated toddlers, strung-out mothers: Cheryll Jones' pediatric nursing practice is far from what it was when she started out 30 years ago _ long before methamphetamine invaded this riverside Corn Belt town. "If anybody told me my primary caseload would be kids exposed to illicit drugs, I'd have said they were crazy," said Jones, who now runs a local task force helping the most helpless victims of the nation's meth epidemic _ small children whose parents ma
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MD linked to first 'test-tube baby' dies
Mar 28 2005 6:29AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Dr. Georgeanna Seegar Jones, who helped develop the program that led to America's first "test-tube baby," has died. She was 92. Jones died Saturday of cardiac arrest at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the 1990s.
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