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Denmark an example after transfat ban
Oct 16 2006 9:26PM (CT)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Two years ago Denmark declared war on killer fat, making it illegal for any food to have more than 2 percent transfats. Offenders now face hefty fines _ or even prison terms. The result? Today hardly anyone notices the difference.
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Study links hair to eating disorders
Oct 16 2006 9:20PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Hair strands reveal evidence of a person's diet and can help doctors diagnose eating disorders, researchers at Brigham Young University reported.
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Disney to serve healthier food at parks
Oct 16 2006 9:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. will begin serving more nutritionally balanced meals at its domestic theme parks and will sign movie and other endorsement deals only with restaurants that limit fat and sugar in menu items, the company said Monday.
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Pregnancy boosts stress of heart defects
Oct 16 2006 5:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They were born with once-lethal heart defects but lived fairly normal lives _ until they wanted babies of their own. Now these survivors need special care again, sometimes even heart surgery, to become mothers.
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Kids' flu vaccine is being delayed
Oct 16 2006 4:26PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The maker of flu shots for children 3 and under said Monday that most of this year's U.S. supply will be delayed for a least a month because it is taking longer than expected to produce the vaccine _ a development that worries some doctors.
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China antibiotic maker loses license
Oct 16 2006 7:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's national drug regulator has revoked the license of the maker of an antibiotic blamed for at least six deaths and dozens of illnesses, the official news agency said Monday.
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