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NutriSystem Shifts Their Weight Into the Holiday Season of Giving PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
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Outwit the holiday weight woes The Lufkin Daily News
Stuffed turkey does not have to be you this holiday season. Despite the popular notion most Americans gain five to 10 pounds over the holidays, a National Institutes of Health study found that most only gain one or two pounds during the holidays. The problem is the small amount of weight we gain each year is not lost. After a few years, the numbers add up. Oops!
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Connor McCreaddie is only seven and tips the scales at a whopping 15½ stone . . . four times the average weight for a child of his age.
Dispute over Mental Competency Blocks Transplant NPR
Misty Cargill, 25, was born with abnormally small kidneys. But a team at Oklahoma University Medical Center says Cargill, who has mild mental retardation, doesn't qualify.
Obesity Could Bankrupt The Health System, Warn Doctors Medical News Today
If nothing is done, the rising prevalence of obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors in this week’s BMJ.In the United Kingdom, well over half the population is overweight and more than one in five adults is obese, write Naveed Sattar and colleagues. [click link for full article]
Holidays not so joyous for some The Derrick
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STEROIDS SCANDAL / THE BALCO LEGACY / From children to pros, the heat is on to stop use of performance enhancers San Francisco Chronicle
Major-league baseball's drug cheats are the subject of an investigation and face tougher penalties and public exposure when they are caught using steroids. Congress has ratcheted up prison sentences for convicted steroid dealers, and federal drug

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