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Q&A: Poverty and Soda Consumption — a Recipe for Obesity?

How can we stop Americans from getting fatter? The issue continues to cook up controversy as officials target soda’s contribution to obesity. Recently New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...
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Bite for Bite, Women Diners Copy Each Other

Women who dine together tend to eat at the same pace, according to a new study. The researchers say they now want to find out whether the same ...
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Who’s Over the Hill? Elderly Men Still Desire, Have Sex

Advances in medical science have extended not only human life spans, but virility during the course of those longer lives. That fact has been accompanied by a growing ...
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Diabetes Drug at Age 8 Could Shield Girls from Infertility

Most girls at age 8 aren’t worried about having children of their own. But that may be the perfect time to protect them against future infertility problems, a ...
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America’s Bad Eating Habits Get Even Worse

Hey, America: Our eating habits are getting worse. A Gallup poll released today (June 9) found that 55.9 percent of Americans reported eating five or more serving of ...
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Kids of Divorce Have Double the Risk of Stroke

Children whose parents divorce are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke at some point during their lives than other children, according to a new study. ...
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Baby Boomers Mental Health Crisis

Baby boomers are the largest generation in the United States, and as they age they will be one of the youngest groups in the country, at least statistically. ...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Therapies Raise Hopes, and Questions

Treatments for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome that focus on easing their fear of symptoms and gradually increasing their physical activity are safe and effective, according to a ...
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Sleep Apnea Contributes to Dementia

Elderly women who have sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing is disrupted during sleep, are about twice as likely to develop dementia within the next five years ...
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UV Exposure May Be Less Damaging in the Morning, Study Finds

Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the morning may be less harmful to your skin than tanning in the afternoon, new research suggests. Mice exposed to UV radiation ...
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