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An obese woman eating her lunch.
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Study: A fifth of NM's third graders are obese
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A recent study by state health officials found that more than a fifth of third graders in New Mexico are obese.... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Refrigerator magnet
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 Seattle Times 
Popular tiny magnets pose large health risks if swallowed
Meredith DelPrete, age 10, was playing at school one day and did something that she said is popular among kids her age: pretending to have a pierced tongue. The Fairfax County, Va., fifth-grader took... (photo: Creative Commons / Edward)
Neurobiologist and certified Tai Chi instructor Jason Chang, left, leads volunteers in a class in Little Rock, Ark., May 16, 2008 as part of a study dealing with pain and people with memory lo  Seattle Times 
Tai chi may help Parkinson's patients, study concludes
LOS ANGELES - A six-month program of tai chi exercises helped people with various stages of Parkinson's disease improve stability, their ability to walk and reduced the frequency of falls. A study... (photo: AP / Danny Johnston)
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Fish Oil Supplement - Health Issues  Sydney Morning Herald 
Fish oil could save billions
GIVING fish oil supplements to patients with cardiovascular disease could save the economy up to $4.2 billion, an economic report from Deloitte Access Economics says. Researchers analysed the cost... (photo: WN / sweet)
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Ghana's new President John Atta Mills gestures as he speaks after being sworn in as the country's new president during a ceremony in Accra, Ghana Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Ghana Business News
Ghana aims stopping mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission
It is the aim of Government to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, Ghana’s President John Atta Mills said on Friday. He linked national wealth to... (photo: AP / Olivier Asselin)
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Industrial air pollution - carbon emission, India The Gleaner
Clearing the air - how to protect your health
Sharonmae Shirley, Contributor SINCE the recent fires at the Riverton City landfill, many statements have been made alluding to the harmful nature of the air emissions... (photo: WN / Geeta)
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People seen buying street foods DNA India
Is your pani puri germ-free? Not quite
The next time that you pop a piece of your favourite roadside pani puri in your mouth, remember that you're flushing down a host of infections. Even as DNA caught pani... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Ducklings - Ducks - Poultry - Birds - Wildlife Khaleej Times
Indonesia reports fourth bird flu death of the year
JAKARTA ' A 12-year-old boy on the Indonesian resort island of Bali has died from bird flu, the fourth human death from the virus this year, an official said on Saturday.... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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**FILE** A doctor works with blood samples used for research in a experimental vaccine against HIV in Santo Domingo, Nov. 30, 2006. According to German TV channel ARD, the Austrian Interior Ministry is investigating the Humanplasma lab, an Austrian plasma lab, after the World Anti-Doping Agency said it beliebed the facility was being used for systematic blood doping by athletes. Tuesday's Jan. 15, 2008 report by ARD said about 30 athletes who received transfusions at a Vienna blood lab. About two-thirds of the athletes came from Germany, the report said. Lothar Baumgartner, co-director of Humanplasma, has denied any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) STL Today
Early blood test for birth defects
SAN JOSE, Calif.Raising the prospect of a world without birth defects, a Stanford-created blood test that can detect Down syndrome and two other major genetic defects... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)
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White Rooster - Animal - Cock Irish Times
Nature or nurture: which keeps birds in the best of health?
MICHAEL VINEY ANOTHER LIFE�: THE BIRDS SEEM to take turns to show off. First the dawn solos of thrush and blackbird, then the chorusing sparrows and tits; now chaffinches... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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