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First Lady Girds to Fight Fat - Wall Street Journal
9 Feb 2010 at 1:27am

USA Today
First Lady Girds to Fight Fat
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON?First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday plans to unveil a campaign to fight childhood obesity, a cause that is becoming her top policy priority. Her campaign is part of a government effort to reframe the debate about the nation's ...
Michelle Obama aims to end child obesity in a generationUSA Today
First lady begins fight against childhood obesityWashington Post
Challenges of 'solving' child obesityPolitico
Southeast Missourian -FOX...
US clears wider use of AstraZeneca cholesterol drug - Reuters
8 Feb 2010 at 4:33pm

Proactive Investors USA & Canada
US clears wider use of AstraZeneca cholesterol drug
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca (AZN.L) won US approval on Monday to promote cholesterol fighter Crestor for preventing heart disease in a vast new market of people with healthy cholesterol but other heart risks. ...
FDA Widens Crestor ApprovalWall Street Journal
AstraZeneca Gets OK for Expanded Crestor UseABC News
FDA OKs wider use of AstraZeneca's CrestorPharma Times
MSN Money -BusinessWeek -Phar...
Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study - Reuters
8 Feb 2010 at 2:37pm

Telegraph.co.uk
Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, US researchers said on Monday. ...
Both Parents' Ages Linked to Autism RiskNew York Times
Older mothers' kids have higher autism risk, study findsCNN
Putting off motherhood increases risk of autistic child: researchersTelegraph.co.uk
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Less TV, More Family Dinners Fight Childhood Obesity - WebMD
8 Feb 2010 at 2:19pm

The Hindu
Less TV, More Family Dinners Fight Childhood Obesity
WebMD
Feb. 8, 2010 -- Simple lifestyle habits at home, such as having more family meals, could reduce obesity in preschoolers, new research suggests. A study to be published in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics says preschoolers ...
fight childhood obesity in 3 stepsCNN
3 simple steps can cut child obesitymsnbc.com
Family meals can 'cut risk of child obesity by 40%'Daily Mail
TIME -Dr. Cutler -Indian Express
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Health Buzz: Study Ties Soft-Drink Intake to Pancreatic Cancer - U.S. News & ...
8 Feb 2010 at 9:19am

Stuff.co.nz
Health Buzz: Study Ties Soft-Drink Intake to Pancreatic Cancer
U.S. News & World Report
A new study suggests that drinking soda may increase your risk of pancreatic cancer, Reuters reports. Researchers tracked 60524 participants in Singapore over 14 years. They found that those who drank two or more sodas a week had an 87 ...
Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Sodas?WebMD
Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancerReuters
Study: 2 soft drinks per week raises pancreatic cancer riskXinhua
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