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child obesity ads aim to create movement CNN By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN Editor's note: This is the first story in a series exploring the various issues surrounding childhood obesity leading up to our iReport interview with first lady Michelle Obama. Do you have questions for the first lady?
Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate (Reuters) - Dr. Joe Casillas, an obstetrician in Southern California, routinely prescribes birth control for his patients. Though he's a practicing Catholic, he doesn't follow his church's stern warning that contraception is a sin. He ...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:59 GMT Snack bars and junk food common in schools: study NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About half of all elementary school students can buy potato chips, ice cream or similar snacks in vending machines and at snack bars during school, suggests a new study. Researchers said they'd hoped that with more ...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:43 GMT Avoid Window Seats to Cut Risk for In-Flight Blood Clots:
Study TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Potentially dangerous blood clots in the legs known as deep venous thromboses (DVTs) got the nickname "economy class syndrome" from widely publicized incidents involving passengers on long-haul flights.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:04:06 GMT Health Highlights: Feb. 7, 2012 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:04:06 GMT Rotavirus vaccine not linked to bowel problems NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study further eases fears that the rotavirus vaccine might increase the risk of blocked bowels in infants -- a concern that led to an earlier version of the vaccine being pulled from the market in the United State...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:40:55 GMT
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Robots Encountering Socks Suppose you're a robot. If you had a camera in your head, and you could watch a human doing a simple task, like bunching a pair of socks, could you, just by watching, learn to do it too?
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:55:00 -0500 Two Deaths: A Poet And A Beetle Poet Wislawa Szymborska had an eye for the smallest, the gentlest, the hard-to-notice creatures on Earth and this week she bid them all adieu. Krulwich remembers Wislawa Szymborska.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:58:00 -0500 20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake Russian researchers in Antarctica are on the verge of piercing a hole through two miles of ice into an ancient lake, untouched by the light of day for some 20 million years. But it'll be a delicate process to break through without disturbing the pristine waters. Guest host David Green speaks with Antarctic researcher John Priscu about the process.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:00 -0500 'Arctic Oscilliation' Behind Season's Mixed Winter Weather For snow fans in the contiguous US, this winter has left much to be desired. The warm and mild season in the lower 48 and the wild snow dumps and cold weather up north in Alaska can be blamed largely on a weather pattern called "arctic oscillation." Audie Cornish gets an explanation of the weather phenomenon from meteorologist Jeffrey Masters.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0500 New USDA Map May Mean Earlier Planting In North A new map from the USDA has some northern gardeners hoping to grow plants that used to be considered too fragile for cold weather zones. The hardiness zone chart is about a half zone warmer than the last one issued in 1990. The USDA says the changes are not due to global warming, but to more sophisticated mapping methods. Seed sellers and buyers say that, whatever the reason, the warmer temperatures expand possibilities for planting this spring.
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