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How to ... Prevent varicose veins
Gender, age and genetics all are risk factors for developing enlarged, sometimes painful veins, most often found in the legs. But doctors say everyone can make lifestyle changes to help prevent them: • Don't cross your legs. Sitting with your legs...Tags: Health Treatments
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Urban growers eye high-tech, soil-free growing method to satisfy food needs of city dwellers
Associated Press WriterPOMONA, Calif. (AP) _ Terry Fujimoto sees the future of agriculture in the exposed roots of the leafy greens he and his students grow in thin streams of water at a campus greenhouse. The program run by the California State Polytechnic University...Tags: Lettuce, Agricultural Research and Technology, Columbia University, Farms, Tomatoes
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Bay cleanup - even more daunting than we thought?
baltimoresun.comAfter being unable to agree on setting a new target date for the long-running Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, state and federal officials have decided to take six months to come up with a set of short-term goals. At the same time, they said they hope... -
Officials won't set new target date to clean up Chesapeake Bay
By a Baltimore Sun reporterState and federal officials pledged today to redouble their efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay but declined to set a new target date for when they planned to do it. Instead, the officials – including the governors of Maryland and Virginia – agreed to...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Water, Chesapeake Bay, Government, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Officials vow new bay effort
State and federal officials pledged yesterday to redouble their efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay but declined to set a new target date for when they plan to do it. Instead, the officials - including the governors of Maryland and Virginia - agreed...Tags: Pollution, Environmental Cleanup, Timothy M. Kaine, Water, Chesapeake Bay
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Making Thanksgiving a healthy feast
Thanksgiving is the kickoff to the holiday eating season, when it is easy (and not uncommon) to rack up a good 2,000 calories at this one meal. That's roughly the calorie intake recommended for a grown man — in a whole day. The problem is not the...Tags: Pumpkin Pie, Cranberries, Pies and Tarts, Cancer, Thanksgiving
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Ginkgo supplements fail to prevent Alzheimer's, dementia in large, federal study
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) _ The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Holistic Medicines, Mental Illness, National Institutes of Health, American Medical Association
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Is red meat's bad name justified?
The news for red meat seems to be getting worse and worse.
In December, a survey of more than 494,000 people by the National Institutes of Health found that men who ate more than 5 ounces of red meat each day and women who ate more than 3 ounces had a...Tags: Natural Science, Pfizer Incorporated, Cancer, Diabetes, Animal Science
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Study: Vitamins C, E pills don't prevent cancer in men
Vitamin C or E pills do not help prevent cancer in men, concludes the same study that last week found these supplements ineffective for warding off heart disease. The public has been whipsawed by good and bad news about vitamins, much of it from test-...Tags: Health Treatments, Medicine, Western Medicines, Health Organizations, Vitamin C
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Conference serves up news about nutrition
Chicago TribuneNew strategies to improve personal and planetary health were major themes of the American Dietetic Association's Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo that took place recently in Chicago. Here are a few highlights from the four-day conference, which...Tags: Health Treatments, Health Organizations, University of Texas, Epidemics and Plagues, National Institutes of Health
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Burger King limits sodium in kids meals, offers examples of meals with 650 calories or less
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Burger King Corp. said Wednesday it is cutting the amount of sodium in its kids meals and promoting menu combinations with less than 650 calories as part of a push to emphasize nutrition at its fast-food chains. The nation's No. 2...Tags: Health Treatments, Hamburgers, Foods and Beverages, Food Industry, Conservation
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Taking ginkgo to prevent Alzheimer's disease may not work
The Associated PressThe dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug,"...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Holistic Medicines, Mental Illness, National Institutes of Health, American Medical Association
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