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  Childhood Obesity and Banned Foods
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  Although the United States does not hold the name of 'Fattest Nation in the World' anymore, it continues to battle increasing obesity statistics in every corner of the country. The growing numbers surrounding child obesity does not make the situation any easier. According to the Centers for...

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  Who's Responsible for the Health of Children?
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  The National Restaurant Association recently began its "Kids LiveWell" program to help children choose healthy menu options when dining at participating restaurants nationwide. Nineteen different restaurant chains in more than 15,000 locations are involved. By joining the program, the...

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  Are Fairgrounds Taking Swine Flu Seriously?
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  This summer, I expanded my fair portfolio from ordering nearly anything “on a stick” at the Minnesota State Fair to attending a tractor pull event at a county fair in Virginia. After an hour of ear splitting distressed engines spouting plumes of black exhaust, I made an excursion to the...

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  Mental Health and Guns
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  On July 20, 2012, 24-year-old University of Colorado student James Eagan Holmes entered a crowded theater in Aurora, Colorado, that was showing The Dark Knight Rises , and opened fire. His actions killed 12 movie goers and left several more severely injured. After the mass killing in Aurora,...

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  Bright Light Therapy for Depression
  Article by Kathleen A Kendall-Tackett

  Bright light therapy is a generally safe, well-tolerated treatment option for seasonal depression. It may relieve non...

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  Cancer Death Rates and Education
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  According to a recent study by the American Cancer Society, educated men and women are less likely to die of cancer. Those who have not continued on to a higher education die of cancer almost 2.5 more times than those individuals with college degrees. Such a relationship between health and...

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  Natural Remedies vs. Antibiotics
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  For many years, cranberries have been thought to prevent and treat urinary tract infections. However, a recent study found that antibiotics are more likely to prevent or cure urinary tract infections and other bladder problems than cranberries. Researchers say that cranberries may help kill...

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  Nutrition health 'news' bad science, bad journalism
  Topic by Ed Murrieta

  Headlines, tweets, TV announcements and radio reports drip with sinfully decadent—and often erroneous, even scandalous, perhaps irresponsible—claims: Chocolate makes you skinny. Drink diet soda, have stroke. Red meat kills you. There's diabetes in white rice. Now, this constant...

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  Unlikely Ways to Raise Breast Cancer Awareness
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Over the past several years, this occasion has been promoted in unconventional ways. Most recently, during the month of October 2011, players, coaches and officials in the National Football League will be wearing the color pink (the official color for...

• Is Sunscreen Safe?
  Topic by Enelda Butler
• Causing a Stink Over the Bird Poop Facial
  Topic by Erin Luhmann
• Mother–Infant Sleep Locations and Nighttime Feeding Behavior
  Article by Kathleen A Kendall-Tackett
• Are We Living in a Post-Racial America?
  Topic by Tracy Williams
• Auto-Tune Moving Back Stage, Slowly
  Topic by Nora G Hertel