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Is It Healthy? Food Ratings Battle It Out
New York Times - By ANDREW MARTIN At the grocery store, shoppers confront a dizzying array of labels promoting whole grains, reduced fat, antioxidants or vitamins. Wider nutrition labeling systems Nutritional values distilled, interpreted |
Archive for November, 2007
Is It Healthy? Food Ratings Battle It Out - New York Times
Friday, November 30th, 2007Is It Healthy? Food Ratings Battle It Out - New York Times
Friday, November 30th, 2007Global National |
Is It Healthy? Food Ratings Battle It Out
New York Times - By ANDREW MARTIN At the grocery store, shoppers confront a dizzying array of labels promoting whole grains, reduced fat, antioxidants or vitamins. Wider nutrition labeling systems Nutritional values distilled, interpreted |
Congress to send children's health bill to Bush (Reuters)
Friday, November 30th, 2007Reuters - After waiting a month, Democratic
leaders in Congress said on Friday they would formally send a
bill expanding a popular children's health-care program to the
White House despite a veto threat.
Oxygen suppliers thriving under Medicare - United Press International
Friday, November 30th, 2007|
Oxygen suppliers thriving under Medicare
United Press International - NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) — US lawmakers say oxygen suppliers are being overpaid under current Medicare policies. Rather than buying oxygen equipment from pharmacies and other retailers, Medicare rents it for 36 months before patients take ownership, … Oxygen suppliers fight to keep a Medicare boon Medicare Spends Billions Annually on Products Available at Lower … |
Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Continues to Rise in Europe Despite … - Voice of America
Friday, November 30th, 2007 NDTV.com |
Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Continues to Rise in Europe Despite …
Voice of America - By Lisa Bryant The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Europe pales in comparison to Africa, but the problem remains serious and the number of cases continues to rise despite prevention campaigns. World AIDS Day: A Time to Remember and Educate "One Family, One Voice, One Spirit" |
Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Continues to Rise in Europe Despite … - Voice of America
Friday, November 30th, 2007NDTV.com |
Number of HIV/AIDS Cases Continues to Rise in Europe Despite …
Voice of America - By Lisa Bryant The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Europe pales in comparison to Africa, but the problem remains serious and the number of cases continues to rise despite prevention campaigns. World AIDS Day: A Time to Remember and Educate "One Family, One Voice, One Spirit" |
Nurses to hold two-day strike - Novato Advance
Friday, November 30th, 2007|
Nurses to hold two-day strike
Novato Advance - By Paul Jones Less than two months after a three-day strike, nurses employed by the Sutter Health Network voted again to strike against those Sutter-affiliated hospitals in contract negotiation, submitting legally required 10-day advance notices to 13 … Sutter rns to strike for 2 days this month Medical staff criticize St. Luke's plan Doctors, nurses call … |
We Can! Program Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
Friday, November 30th, 2007HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. National Institutes of
Health and the Association of Children's Museums are teaming up on a
program to combat the obesity epidemic among America's children.
We Can! Program Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity (HealthDay)
Friday, November 30th, 2007HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. National Institutes of
Health and the Association of Children's Museums are teaming up on a
program to combat the obesity epidemic among America's children.
Extra Doses of Vitamins C, E Don't Guard Against Preeclampsia (HealthDay)
Friday, November 30th, 2007HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) — Taking extra doses of
vitamins E and C doesn't reduce the chances of the blood pressure disorder
preeclampsia in women who are at risk for the dangerous pregnancy
complication, a new report finds.