10/09/2008
Study to Look at Lifestyle Choices Following DNA Discoveries (TechNewsWorld.com)
A Silicon Valley gene-testing startup is responding to criticism that the tests could spur bad health-care choices by teaming up for a broad study of how the results affect behavior. Navigenics charges customers $2,500 to analyze their DNA to assess their risk of developing more than 20 diseases.
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10/09/2008
10 Ways to Go Green and Save Cash—No Excuses (US News & World Report)
Green lifestyle choices will save you cash when you're feeling the economic squeeze.
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10/10/2008
Could gene tests change health choices? Study aims to quiet critics (USA Today)
A Silicon Valley gene-testing start-up is responding to criticism that the tests could spur bad health-care choices by teaming up for a broad study of how the results affect behavior.
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10/11/2008
Clarion 'SWAT' conducts shoe campaign (The Derrick)
CLARION - Clarion University's SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco) team from the Clarion University Health Science Education Center is using a shoe campaign to increase awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoking.
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10/07/2008
Video: New TV ad campaign aims to boost mental health (Guardian Unlimited)
England's first mental health promotion TV campaign to show how lifestyle choices can boost wellbeing
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10/11/2008
Last Added (Sedona Red Rock News)
Big Park Community School was one of 10 Arizona schools to receive a $1,000 grant from McDonald’s last month. The McDonald’s/AZ PTA Go Active! Academic Award, which is given for innovative programs promoting physical fitness, selected Big Park, thanks to physical education teacher Kortney Zesiger.
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10/11/2008
Saving lives and improving futures, one preemie at a time (Park Record)
If you've heard that the number of premature births in this country is skyrocketing, you've heard right.
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10/10/2008
Washington Post Examines National Weight-Loss Effort Targeting Black Community (Medical News Today)
The Washington Post on Saturday examined the 50 Million Pound Challenge, which seeks to reduce obesity and encourage healthy lifestyles in the black community. Two of every three men, four out of five women and one in five children in the black community are overweight, according to the challenge's Web site.
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10/10/2008
Craig and Marc Kielburger: Sedentary Lifestyle Hits Ramadan (HuffingtonPost)
September was a big month in television. There were premieres and returning favourites. There was laughter, tears, history and controversy. And what would television be...
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10/10/2008
The Evening Telegraph (The Evening Telegraph)
The Evening Telegraph prides itself in being at the heart of the community. The paper addresses local issues in Dundee and the surrounding area on a daily basis.
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