Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the UK, gave a speech during the G8 summit to exhort Britons to stop wasting food. In a time of global food shortages and dramatic price increases on staples such as bread and rice, Brown said that "It is right to remind people that about £8 [$16] a week is wast read more »
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As we learn from those in the public eye, couples can come undone no matter how together they look from the outside. read more »
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In light of America's rising obesity rate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took stock of over 350,000 to determine the fattest and slimmest... read more »
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1. San Francisco, CA The city is known for its stable, relatively mild climate and progressive viewpoints, and 90% of San Francisco residents have a... read more »
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More Americans are likely to suffer from kidney stones in the coming years as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University...

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Did you know there are more than 15 types of saturated fat? And despite the fact that they've been damned as a whole by...

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Don't know if anyone else has Facebook friends in Darfur. But you send that invitation out to them, and do any of them join? Not one. Instead it's "Who will OD first? Amy, Britney, Lindsay or Paris."

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The tabloids are full of stories trumpeting Christie's "Slam Dunk" victory over Horndog husband Peter Cook. But who is thinking about the welfare of Jack,... read more »
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As media attention focuses on issues like teenage pregnancy and rates of sexual activity among the young, a new Swedish study reinforces what many professionals...

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More than ageism, and now at least as much as racism, fat-ism is running amok -- worse now than it was in the 1990s, and virtually unprotected by any laws.

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Move over, Lindsay, Miley, and all you other Hollywood princesses. Mom has arrived. She looks good, she has something to say, and she doesn't plan on going anywhere.

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Don't we all deserve clean air? The answer seems obvious, but in the predominantly Latino, Black and poverty-stricken neighborhoods of Southern Los Angeles many--especially young...

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I was in a meeting the other day and found myself uttering the words, "You have to love yourself through it all." as a response...

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Ever since Robert De Niro gained 60 pounds to play washed-up boxing champ Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film "Raging Bull," actors have been using extreme weight loss and gain to help transform themselves into their on-screen characters. read more »
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Doctors will soon vaccinate young boys with Gardasil, a vaccine traditionally administered only to girls, in the hopes of limiting HPV cases among women in...

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