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Health and Physical Fitness

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LA Times

Amid worries of an obesity epidemic, including high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease, Los Angeles officials, among others around the country, are proposing to limit new fast-food restaurants -- a tactic that could be called health zoning.

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This research on vitamin D is such good news that the American Cancer Society, of course, had to say something against it. An ACS spokesperson, Marji McCullough, strategic director of nutritional epidemiology for the American Cancer Society, flatly s

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RawStory.com

The brain cranks out memories near its center, in a looped wishbone of tissue called the hippocampus. But a new study suggests only a small chunk of it, called the dentate gyrus, is responsible for “episodic” memories—information that allows us to te

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www.ctv.ca

WASHINGTON -- Can you get smarter than a fifth-grader? Of course, but new research suggests some of the brain's basic building blocks for learning are nearing adult levels by age 11 or 12.

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www.chinaview.cn

A new University of Pittsburgh study finds genetic variations that deal with the body's mood management chemistry are linked with anger, aggression and hostility in women.

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Christian Science Monitor

Ten years after Oregonians passed a controversial ballot measure allowing physicians to help some patients take their own lives, the records show that what critics feared has apparently not happened. No rush to end one's life, no people flocking

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AP

Cuban scientists are studying the possible medicinal benefits of the coca leaf, a Bolivian official said Tuesday, signaling a possible expansion of President Evo Morales' plans to develope more legal products from a plant that is the chief ingred

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Raiders News Network

It is easy to see how you could be tempted. It might start with genetically screening your children for a lower risk of a hereditary cancer. Or perhaps with a pill that promised to keep your memory fresh and clear into old age. But what if

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Washington Post

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared for sale a handheld laser device to promote hair growth. (you know the list of lobbyist, stockholders and owners are soon to be in the news :)

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AP

British pharmacy chain Boots will begin a trial program on Valentine's Day to offer men the anti-impotence drug Viagra with a prescription, the company said Sunday. The initial pilot program is expected to last six months, and Boots

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Will Dunham - Reuters

But after a stroke left the man's insula damaged, Bechara says "it was like a switch went off" and he never wanted a cigarette again. The researchers say the man told them his "body forgot the urge to smoke" and that he even f

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AP

[one size fits all fascism] The federal government should join Massachusetts in enacting universal health coverage, says Sen. Edward Kennedy, the new chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over numerous health issues.

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