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Study: Why The Mediterranean Diet Works to Prevent Heart Disease

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

Why the Mediterranean diet keeps hearts healthy, a better way to predict heart attacks, and good news about tuberculosis, plus more from our Top 5 Today.

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Study: Even Tiny Amounts of Fracking Chemicals Can Harm Health

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

Fracking's health dangers, a Supreme Court health reform video primer, cancer prevention and daily aspirin, and more from our Top 5 Today.

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Report: Kids' Medication Poisonings Rise Sharply

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

Preventable child poisonings on the rise, a Republican bid to revamp Medicare and Medicaid, new hope for easing altitude sickness and more from our Daily Briefing.

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Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels Now OK, Says Federal Appeals Court

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

A victory for anti-smoking advocates, revving up for the Supremes and health reform, and silence on cancer clusters in Illinois, plus more from our Top 5 Today news roundup.

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Pennsylvania Fracking Chemical Disclosure Law Muzzles State’s Doctors

By Barbara Feder Ostrov

A doctors' gag order over fracking chemicals, good news on obesity prevention, and a rapping global health expert turned World Bank leader, plus more from our Top 5 Today.

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