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Fitness & Well-Being

Fitness & Well-Being

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Take charge of your health with tips about exercise, diet and overall environmental health.

  • McDonald's pulls 'Shrek' glasses tainted with cadmium

    Fri, Jun 04, 2010 7:57 AM by Justin Pritchard, AP

    Cadmium is a known carcinogen that research shows also can cause bone softening and severe kidney problems.

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  • British climber dies hours after reaching Mount Everest summit

    Thu, Jun 03, 2010 9:43 AM by Cara Anna, AP

    Some British media reports said Peter Kinloch went blind shortly after starting the descent and could not go on.

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  • WHO says H1N1 flu pandemic continues

    Thu, Jun 03, 2010 6:58 AM by Jonathan Lynn, Reuters

    The agency's guidance on whether a disease constitutes a pandemic determines how governments handle an outbreak.

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  • Spill workers complain of flulike symptoms

    Thu, Jun 03, 2010 5:50 AM by Noaki Schwartz and Matthew Brown, AP

    Few studies have examined the effects of oil exposure, but workers' symptoms are similar to those from crews deployed for the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.

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  • NYT: Alzheimer's stalks a Colombian family

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 12:28 PM

    Video: Hoping to find a cure, researchers study 5,000 Colombian relatives afflicted by early dementia.

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  • Appalachian Trail: Walking the complete route is a hiker's Everest

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 8:25 AM by E.B. Solomont

    Hiking all 2,175 miles is not for the faint of heart, but the annual pilgrimage brings out a new crop of enthusiasts every spring.

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  • Go vegetarian, cut fossil fuels to aid planet

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 6:27 AM by Alister Doyle, Reuters

    The UN study says more vegetarianism can decrease pollution, diseases, greenhouse gases and forest destruction.

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  • Dieting for dollars? More U.S. employees are trying it

    Wed, Jun 02, 2010 12:01 AM by Mike Stobbe, AP

    A third of U.S. companies offer financial incentives to get their employees to lose weight.

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  • Breast cancer vaccine enters clinical trial stage

    Tue, Jun 01, 2010 9:06 PM by Katy Rank Lev

    Promising drug targets tumor proteins.

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  • Study: Cancer deaths could double by 2030

    Tue, Jun 01, 2010 1:24 PM by Agence France-Presse

    In terms of proportion, North America, Western Europe and Australia have the highest cancer mortality rates.

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  • What are your favorite frozen meals?

    Tue, Jun 01, 2010 1:17 PM by Siel Ju

    We know MNN readers love local farmers markets, but some of you must be shopping at the huge frozen meal section at Whole Foods, too.

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  • Leeches regain hold in medicine

    Tue, Jun 01, 2010 12:32 PM

    Video: Some doctors are turning to the age-old practice of using leeches in treatment as a drug-free way to treat pain in patients.

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  • Health care providers work to heal the planet

    Tue, Jun 01, 2010 10:18 AM by Sidney Stevens

    Hospitals and offices for doctors and dentists tend to the planet's health with eco-friendly supplies and practices.

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  • 10 minutes of exercise provides hour-long effects, study finds

    Tue, Jun 01, 2010 3:04 AM by Lauran Neergaard, AP

    Researchers measured biochemical changes in the blood of a variety of people as they exercised.

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  • Girl tests experimental drug after Hendra virus kills horse

    Fri, May 28, 2010 7:11 PM by Reuters

    A 12-year-old Australian and her mother are the first to try the drug, which fights Hendra virus, a disease that can kill 75 percent of people infected.

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