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Dietary Fiber intake and mortality reduction? (hivehealthmedia)
Dietary fiber has long been hypothesized to reduce the risk of heart disease , diabetes, obesity as well as certain types of cancer.A However, a new study highlights the health-benefits of dietary fiber on reducing mortality itself.

Newmarket trainer Jarvis retires (Northumberland Today)
Michael Jarvis, one of Newmarket's longest-serving trainers, has been forced into retirement due to ill health.

Study sees no link between vitamin D, diabetes (WNOL-TV New Orleans)
Low levels of vitamin D don't put older women at greater risk for type 2 diabetes, a large study of U.S. women suggests.

Judge tosses suit against Obama health care plan (Star-telegram)
By NEDRA PICKLER A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit claiming that President Barack Obama's requirement that all Americans have health insurance violates the religious freedom of those who rely on God to protect them.U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian ...

Parents Lose High Court Appeal In Vaccine Case
Parents Lose High Court Appeal In Vaccine Case (FOXReno)
The Supreme Court closed the courthouse door Tuesday to parents who want to sue drug makers over claims that their children developed autism and other serious health problems from vaccines.

People with bowel disease at higher risk of blood clot in lungs, legs (WAFB-TV Baton Rouge)
People with inflammatory bowel disease have double the risk of developing a potentially deadly blood clot in the legs or lungs as do people in the general public, a new study finds.

Women Have Special Dietary Needs ( KETV-TV)
Some guys can wolf down a bag of Doritos and not gain an ounce. But nature usually won't be as forgiving to a woman doing the same thing.

Plan to improve blood pressure tests
Plan to improve blood pressure tests (Guardian Unlimited)
Waiting room nerves may have led to millions under 40 being misdiagnosed with high blood pressure, medical experts say More than 8.5 million people in the UK had high blood pressure in 2008.

How Many Bureaucrats Needed For Health Bill? (WAPT)
How many federal bureaucrats does it take to carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul? Don't expect to find an easy answer in his new budget.

Kylie 'may adopt or use surrogate' (Andover Advertiser)
Pop star Kylie Minogue has revealed that she could adopt or use a surrogate mother to have a child.

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