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Friday, February 10, 2006

Heart and Cancer Risks Not Reduced by Lowfat Diet for Older Women

By Rosanne Skirble Washington, D.C. 10 February 2006 For years, doctors have recommended a low-fat diet as a way to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. But now, an important new study finds that's not the case for older women. Ross Prentice Ross Prentice and colleagues at the Fred... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 9, 2006

Panel Recommends Strong Warning for ADHD Drugs

By ANDREW BRIDGES, AP WASHINGTON (Feb. 9) - Federal science advisers voted narrowly Thursday to recommend the most serious type of warning labels for Ritalin and other stimulants that are used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The 8-7 vote, with one abstention, by the Food and Drug... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 6, 2006

Calcium, exercise vital for kids' bones

By LINDSEY TANNER AP MEDICAL WRITER CHICAGO -- Doctors should evaluate children for the amount of calcium they get and encourage them to exercise to help prevent an epidemic of broken bones later in life, the American Academy of Pediatrics advises. National data show that most American children over... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 5, 2006

The Nuclear Family

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. By Jay C The terms, father, mother, brother, sister, refer to certain positions in the family group. These positions are made obvious by the way the people who occupy them behave. For example, a mother looks after her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 3, 2006

Georgia Child Groom Runs Away From Group Home

Wife's Attorney Says Her Client Played No Role in Disappearance By CHARLES ODUM, AP ATLANTA (Feb. 3) - A 15-year-old boy whose 37-year-old wife is due to give birth to the couple's baby this month has run away from a group home, and his wife through her lawyer says she has no idea where he is. Lisa... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 30, 2006

Police Weigh Charges Against Ark. Mother

Monday, January 30, 2006 DE QUEEN, Ark. — A mother who left New York for a small southwestern Arkansas town to give her three children a safer place to grow up was behind bars Monday, accused of killing them. Police found the bodies of 8-year-old Elvis and 6-year-old twins Samanta and Samuel on a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 29, 2006

Letter to Pets

My Dear Dogs and Cats, The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note: Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it to become your dish and food, nor do I find that aesthetically... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 28, 2006

N.H. Town Celebrates McAuliffe Legacy

By DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. - It was just as Christa McAuliffe would have wanted. The Concord High School teacher and her six crewmates on the space shuttle Challenger appear chronologically, with no special billing, in a school lesson on space travel. It was just... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Boy, Father Charged in Daycare Shooting

Eight-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots 7-Year-Old Girl By STEPHEN MANNING, AP GERMANTOWN, Md. (Jan. 24) - A 7-year-old girl was shot in the arm at a day-care center Tuesday after an 8-year-old classmate brought in one of his father's guns and it accidentally went off, authorities said. A 7-year-old girl... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To Killing 3 Year Old Boy

By 9 News and The Associated Press A Virginia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old boy, but refused to say what he did with the child's body. Herman Black entered an Alford plea to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter, despite his refusal to lead investigators to... Sign in to see full entry.

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