Researchers: Junk Food Can Be Addicting Like Cocaine, Heroin
November 02, 2011
Nutrition:
Environmental Health: Biking rather than driving to even a few errands could make you, your environment and your neighbors healthier, according to a new mathematical model developed by University of Wisconsin researchers, Nancy Shute reports for NPR's Shots blog.
Health Reform: California Healthline's Dan Diamond examines the $373 million that the health care industry has spent so far in 2011 to lobby on health reform.
Conjoined Twins: Some good news from the world of surgery: twin 2-year-old girls conjoined at the chest were successfully separated Tuesday in a 10-hour long operation at Stanford Hospital, Victoria Colliver reports for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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