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Fast Food Ads For Kids Up Despite Industry Vow NPR by Allison Aubrey Along with its survey on marketing, the Rudd Center has released a Web-based meal calculator for parents that includes popular offerings from various fast food chains. Parents can input their child's age, sex, activity level and ... See all stories on this topic »

Decline seen in doctors' ties to drug companies Boston Globe By Elizabeth Cooney Fewer doctors say they have financial relationships with drug companies than five years ago, but 8 out of 10 practicing physicians still accepted free drug samples, gifts, or payments from industry for their services in 2009, ... See all stories on this topic »

Nutrition professor's Twinkies diet is more Mini-Me than 'Super Size Me' Los Angeles Times By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times News of the "Twinkies diet" is hard to swallow – especially amid all the recent angst about marketing fast food to kids. To top it off, the news comes from an unusual source. Mark Haub, a nutrition professor at the ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

One in 6 Fatal Crashes Involves a Drowsy Driver CBS News By Jim Axelrod (CBS) Falling asleep at the wheel while driving is more common that we might think, reports CBS News national correspondent Jim Axelrod. Forty-one percent of drivers admit to having "fallen asleep or nodded off" at some point in their ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Smoking May Raise Risk of Death in Women With Breast Cancer BusinessWeek By Kathleen Doheny MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer patients who smoke or previously smoked have a higher risk of dying than nonsmokers with breast cancer, new research finds. "Women who were smokers or had a history of smoking had a 39 ... See all stories on this topic »

Green: Caution Ordered as 9/11 Deadline Nears New York Times By MIREYA NAVARRO Michael Appleton for The New York Times Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein taking questions from the 9/11 health plaintiffs in July. As the deadline for more than 10000 ground zero workers to opt into a multimillion-dollar settlement with the ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Breast-Feeding Won't Rob Mom of Sleep: Study BusinessWeek By Serena Gordon MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- It's commonly believed that one of the sacrifices new moms must make in order to breast-feed is their sleep. But new research suggests that's just not the case. The study, published online Nov. ... See all stories on this topic »

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