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BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts health officials plan to follow the lead of New York City and California in requiring fast-food chains to post calorie counts for their products on boards behind the order counter.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - With consumers turning more to generic drugs, a government report finds spending on health care slowed a bit in 2007.           ]]></description>
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To help fight competition from discount retailers, and the recession, supermarkets across the country are offering free antibiotics!           ]]></description>
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Lighting up in public places is starting to become a thing of the past, and a new study says it&#8217;s keeping people healthy.           ]]></description>
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Some dieters might be confused about whether carbohydrates should be part of their meals.
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Help is on the way for some who are having a hard time getting affordable insurance.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s one of the most popular New Year&#8217;s resolutions every year.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is warning against 28 weight-loss products you might be tempted to try after the holidays.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency says more than 100 million people living in 46 metro areas are sometimes breathing air with too much soot in it.           ]]></description>
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If you have grandchildren who play video games, you may want to join in on the fun; and sleeping could help or harm your heart.           ]]></description>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina&#8217;s largest health insurer has hired the firm behind the Zagat dining guide to run an online rating service of the state&#8217;s doctors.           ]]></description>
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LONDON (AP) - Is headbanging as cool if you wear a neck brace?           ]]></description>
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumor he removed from the brain of a Colorado infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health regulators are ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warnings about increased risks of suicide to their products.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare is offering an incentive to encourage doctors to do away with scribbled prescriptions.           ]]></description>
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - There&#8217;s evidence of a link between obesity and the way people get to work and get around in general.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Racial gap in colon cancer deaths is widening</title>
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ATLANTA (AP) - A report says the racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s a surprise for doctors and very good news for women.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers are reporting promising results for what may become the world&#8217;s first malaria vaccine.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers are reporting promising results for what may become the world&#8217;s first malaria vaccine.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Healthy people should have the right to boost their brain power with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired seniors.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration says Advair, a widely used asthma drug, does not appear to have an increased risk of serious complications seen with some newer medicines.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers say thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems, including depression and Alzheimer&#8217;s-like dementia.           ]]></description>
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LONDON (AP) - A new study suggests happiness is contagious and that people pass on their good cheer even to total strangers.           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - Researchers say almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - File cabinets in Bruce Greyson&#8217;s Charlottesville office contain 30 years of interviews with people who say they&#8217;ve undergone near-death experiences.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) - A new survey suggests about one in 10 U.S. doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Maybe it&#8217;s fallout from all those reality shows, or a new kind of video-age paranoia.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - HIV screening has become more routine, but scientists say people are still falling through the cracks.           ]]></description>
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Today is the 32nd annual Great American Smokeout.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) - A new study suggests that banning fast-food ads on TV could reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent, and the number of obese older kids by 14 percent.           ]]></description>
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The Centers for Disease Control estimates 20-percent of high school students in the U.S. smoke cigarettes.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - New government figures show that almost 700,000 children went hungry in America at some point in 2007.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - What is the unhealthiest city in the United States?           ]]></description>
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Flu season is just around the corner and health experts want to prepare you for it.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The March of Dimes says the rate of premature births varies widely from state to state.           ]]></description>
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A study of mothers with fatigue who are parenting toddler-aged children is under way at ECU.            ]]></description>
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new study suggests that people with pacemakers or other heart devices should be careful with headphones from portable music players.           ]]></description>
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Spotting the Early Signs Can Save a Life           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Think achy joints are the main reason we slow down as we get older?           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - Groundbreaking research suggests pregnancy rates are much higher among teenagers who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Turning your clock back this Sunday may be good for your heart.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is stopping a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer - because the supplements aren&#8217;t working and there&#8217;s a hint of risk.           ]]></description>
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Europeans may someday have to leave the workplace in order to light up.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; When it comes to knowing your pharmacist- are you in the know?
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Prospective parents could have an easy, safe way to test their babies for genetic defects.           ]]></description>
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