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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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If you ever wonder why a drug works so well in clinical trials, but then inflicts lethal side effects (and only mediocre efficacy) after FDA approval, one part of the answer is that the clinical trials themselves are often fraudulent.
In a revelation widely reported by the news media, a crooked clinic helped conduct 170 drug [...]

The California Air Resources Board recently announced that they will begin monitoring and limiting the emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in high-voltage electrical equipment starting in 2011. SF6 is the most potent of all greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change.
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There’s nothing worse for a bicyclist than finding yourself a mile in to a two-mile stretch of shoulder-less, busy, highway-speed traffic with no alternative route. So Google has added bicycling directions, lanes and routes to Google Maps.
The new feature also includes a “Bicycling Layer”, which shows bike paths and bike-friendly streets with or without lanes:

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When we get out the rags and the wash buckets, we have the best of intentions. Cleanliness is a virtue, right? And healthy too! Well, if you use conventional cleaning products, perhaps not. Have you ever cleaned your shower or oven and then had teary eyes, burning nasal tissues, an itchy throat, a headache, or [...]

In case you’ve been under a rock, the big news on the street is the incredible new Heinz Ketchup Packet which will apparently revolutionize french fry enjoyment for the 21st century. The packet contains a larger amount of ketchup than the traditional sachet and opens in two ways – the traditional “squeeze” and the newfangled [...]

A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health, that is among the first to show major regional and racial disparities in stroke rates, has found that African-Americans age 65 and younger are more than twice as likely to have a stroke compared with Caucasians in any region.
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I have to tell you that I’m not great at handling conflict.  I’d much rather have things run smoothly and make sure that everyone gets along, works together, has fun and delivers great results, so when conflict happens I feel awkward and uncomfortable.
I tend to do what I can to set things up ahead of [...]

Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized.  Advocates swear by the health benefits of raw milk, while government officials seek to ban it.
In December 2009, the FDA asked a district court in California to impose a permanent injunction that would forever prevent the dairy Organic Pastures from selling its raw milk and [...]

With a growing awareness of the dangers of artificial sweeteners, aspartame producer Ajinomoto is attempting to rebrand the sweetener as “AminoSweet”. A play on the chemistry of the product.
The artificial sweetener is marketed under various trademark names, including NutraSweet. It is pervasive and is an ingredient of approximately 6,000 consumer foods and beverages [...]