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Obesity And Inactivity Linked to Cancer
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A growing number of Americans are obese and at a higher cancer risk.
Read more...STD Tests Online Fuel Demand For Better Testing Kits
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If it were as easy as Netflix, would you be more likely to get tested?
Read more...Twin Births Doubled Due To Fertility Treatments
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Rates doubled for whites, rose by half for blacks and by about a third for Hispanics
Read more...U.S. Teen Birth Rate Lowest In 20 Years
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Girls born to teen moms 33 percent more likely to be teen moms themselves
Read more...Prescription Drug Deaths Triple Since 1999
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Abuse of drugs caused nearly half a million emergency room visits in 2009.
Read more...Update: Cantaloupe Death Toll Rises To 23
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Update: Cantaloupe death toll rises to 23 as the outbreak of Listeria continues to spread in the U.S.
Read more...Cantaloupes Targeted In Disease Outbreak
Beware of the cantaloupes, at least temporarily, says the CDC.
Read more...Cargill Voluntarily Recalls 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey
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Government reportedly working to identify salmonella outbreak source.
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