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Saturday, 25 January 2014

Are you drinking cancer? FDA to look at phony caramel coloring in sodas

Known as "caramel coloring" but actually a chemical compound that has nothing to do with the butter-and-sugar concoction that is actual caramel, a popular additive to sodas and other beverages contains 4-methylimidazole (also known as 4-MEI), a compound that . Alerted by Consumer Reports to the fact that many soft drinks contain higher per-serving levels of 4-MEI than the amount believed by the state of California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to cause cancer (if ingested at...

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CDC says NH scores well overall on prevention San Francisco Chronicle

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says New Hampshire has scored well overall in 10...

New interim Commissioner of Health appointed Daily Press

Late Thursday, Jan. 23, Gov. Terry McAuliffe confirmed the apppointment of Dr. Marissa Levine as interim Commissioner of Health for Virginia. According to an agency spokeswoman, McAuliffe did not renew the appointment of Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Romero, who had held the post for a year. (Her last...

Liverpool see off Bournemouth in FA Cup Belfast Telegraph

Goals in either half from Victor Moses and Daniel Sturridge were enough to see Liverpool overcome Bournemouth in a keenly contested FA Cup fourth round tie. The visitors named a strong side for the game at the Goldsands Stadium and it was Luis Suarez who created both goals to see the Reds into the...

Some last minute tips from a science fair judge The Examiner

This time of year, schoolchildren around the Philadelphia region, from elementary to the high school level, participate in science fairs. Articles concerning science fair tips mainly discuss making a splash with the presentation board. Well enough. However, conscientious and knowledgeable judges...

Amazing health benefits from easy chipotle recipes The Examiner

Chipotles, otherwise known as dried jalapenos, are...

Hendrickson makes Olympics team after ACL surgery Sacramento Bee

Five months ago, American ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson crashed in a training session, tearing the ACL and MCL off the bone, along with damaging 80 percent of her meniscus. No way to be back in time for the Sochi Games, right? Turns out, Hendrickson's a very fast healer. The 19-year-old from Park...

More women taking delight in a good cigar Sacramento Bee

CUMBERLAND, Ind. -- Jerica Lowder and Samantha Rees tried their first cigars after a couple of Coronas — and some prodding from their husbands, who were smoking Cuban stogies at a party. "We shocked the socks off of them," Lowder, 33, told The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/1cVlbq4 ). "The...

Church service planned for NYC boy who vanished Sacramento Bee

NEW YORK -- Funeral services are being held for an autistic New York City boy who disappeared from his Queens...

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