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11 Toxic Cosmetic Ingredients You Must Avoid
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, disease, health, family, humans, illness, investigation, prevention, research, study, women )

Daphna
- 1 hour ago - ecosalon.com
The greener we become, the more we have to scrutinize. I for one have cleaned up my home, my diet, my cleaning products and "" of utmost importance "" the products I put on my skin. I'm an avid ingredient reader and do the research "" after all, my skin i
Soy May Be Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare.
Health & Wellness  (tags: Soy, diet, nutrition, risks, research, warning, illness, health, food, environment )

Roseann
- 4 hours ago - alternet .org
Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.
Canadians Want Salt, Food Makers Tell MPs
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, nutrition, study, risks, research, health, humans, family, diet )

Elena
- 8 hours ago - theglobeandmail.com
Canadians' taste for salt is to blame for excessive sodium in our food products, major manufacturers have told a parliamentary committee
Chocolate Milk: Better Than No Milk?
Health & Wellness  (tags: Chocolate Milk, Moo )

Kristi
- 10 hours ago - latimes.com
School administrators debate whether the vitamins are worth the added sugar. In Illinois, students organize to overturn a ban.
Tempe Restaurant to Serve Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner
Health & Wellness  (tags: Tempe, restaurants, thanksgiving dinner, vegans, health, food )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - abc15.com
"It's not just for the vegetarians and the vegans, we hope a lot of people, every kind of diet catches on to it and just digs it," said Stevie Martinez a manager at the restaurant.
USDA REPORT REVEALS HIGHEST RATE OF FOOD INSECURITY SINCE REPORT WAS INITIATED IN 1995
Health & Wellness  (tags: government, safety, risks, research, science, study, nutrition, diet, food )

Tierney
- 13 hours ago - usda.gov
Economic Research Service Report Demonstrates Need for Action WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2009 - USDA's Economic Research Service's (ERS) today released its annual report on Household Food Security in the U.S., which revealed that in 2008, 17 million hou
Why Disinfectants Can Be Hazardous for Health
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, humans, desinfectants, risks )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - abc15.com
A new report on commonly used cleaning products says we're on "disinfectant overkill," raising questions about the way we clean our homes and how that could be adversely affecting our health.
CDC: 4 People in NC Test Positive for Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu, First Such US Cluster
Health & Wellness  (tags: medicine resistant, H1N1 strain, illness, death, research )

Lone
- 1 day ago - chicagotribune.com
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday
The Cost of Dying - Watch 60 Minutes This Sunday - VIDEO
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, humans, medicine, disease, drugs, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit )

Tierney
- 21 hours ago - cbsnews.com
(CBS) One of the biggest problems in health care is that many Americans are "dying badly," says Dr. Ira Byock. He says many Americans spend their last days in an intensive care unit, relying on uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their lives
 
 
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