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Doctors join fight against obesity
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As the debate continues on health care reform, medical experts believe primary-care physicians need to launch a full-fledged attack against...
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The first doses of swine flu vaccine arrived Monday as more than half the USA reported widespread flu cases.
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A new study adds to the growing concern that prenatal exposure to the chemical bisphenol A could harm children's development.
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Today's college campuses incorporate iPhones and Kindle, classrooms are high-tech marvels, with overhead projectors and grease pencils...
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Fewer middle school and high school students in the USA have access to fatty, salty snacks and soft drinks at school, a survey from the...
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2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize
Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping...
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3 Americans win Nobel Prize in physics
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Light transformed into technology specifically, fiber optics and digital images lighted the way to the Nobel Prize in Physics for three...
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Wildlife officer saws antlers off aggressive elk
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