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		<title>First lady asks foodmakers to be on front line tackling childhood obesity &#8211; Washington Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Reuters


First lady asks foodmakers to be on front line tackling childhood obesityWashington PostMichelle Obama on Tuesday called on corporate food giants such as Coca-Cola, General Mills and Kraft Foods to step up efforts to produce more healthful food and then market that, rather than junk food, to children. 


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		<title>Scientist in CDC Vaccine Cover-Up and The Missing $2 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danish police are investigating Dr. Poul Thorsen, a central figure behind the Center for Disease Control&#8217;s (CDC) claims disputing the link between vaccines and autism and other neurological disorders.
Dr. Thorsen has apparently vanished along with almost $2 million that he had supposedly spent on research. Thorsen was a leading member of a Danish research group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DDT found in children from Mexico and Central America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children from several Latin American countries have traces of the pesticide DDT in their blood, according to a study coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization.
The children studied belong to 11 rural communities in Mesoamerica (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama). In all but Guatemala, the researchers found exposure to DDT.
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		<title>FDA Announces New Safety Controls for Asthma Meds &#8211; High Risk for Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Safety Controls for Long-Acting Beta Agonists from increased risk of severe worsening of asthma symptoms that can lead to death.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that drugs in the class of long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) should never be used alone in the treatment of asthma in children or adults. Manufacturers will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childhood Obesity Linked to the Number of Junk Food Commercials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[he association between television viewing and childhood obesity is directly related to children&#8217;s exposure to commercials that advertise unhealthy foods, according to a new UCLA School of Public Health study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
The researchers gathered data from primary caregivers of 3,563 children, ranging from infants to 12-year-olds, in 1997. Through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acupuncture Can Mean Relief to Youth with Chronic Illnesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help pediatric patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses doctors at Rush University Medical Center are offering  acupuncture therapy.
The lack of options for pain management in children has been reported as one of the most difficult aspects of providing care to pediatric patients.  Research indicates that up to 70 percent of pediatric patients experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maternal Obesity Adds Lifetime of Health Risks to Baby</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if there are not enough reasons for obese people to lose weight, researchers report in the FASEB Journal that maternal obesity dramatically increases the risk of diseases related to inflammation: heart disease, stroke and more.
In a study involving rats, researchers from Duke University found that obesity in mothers causes cellular programming in utero that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth Defects Linked to Farm Chemical Spray</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Near farms using the spray atrazine researchers find higher rates of infant abdominal defect.
In a study presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine&#8217;s (SMFM) researchers will release findings that demonstrate a link between the birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine.
Gastroschisis is a type of inherited congenital abdominal wall defect in which the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA New Quality and Safety Rules for School Lunch Program Suppliers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responding to the poor quality of many school lunch programs, and the long-term impact on the health of children, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced several new initiatives to assure the safety and quality of food purchased by USDA for the National School Lunch Program and other food and nutrition assistance programs.
&#8220;Nothing is more important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity May Delay Puberty in Boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study from researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that the the growing epidemic of obesity in children may be contributing later onset of puberty in boys, say researchers at the University of Michigan 
The study, one of the first of its kind, found that a higher body mass index during early and mid-childhood [...]]]></description>
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