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In the News
QUICK STUDY : A weekly digest of new research on major health topics (Post, May 3, 2005)

Va. Delegates Plan End-of-Life Legislation (Post, April 28, 2005)

Building the Pyramid: The Government's Updated Nutrition Icon Lets You Personalize Its Recommendations -- Provided You Have Internet Access (Post, April 26, 2005)

Food Pyramid Gets New Look: Exercise Component, Serving Sizes Added (Post, April 20, 2005)

How Far Off The Mark? (Post, April 19, 2005)

End-of-Life Legislation Planned by Va. Delegates (Post, April 14, 2005)

Mini-Meals, Minnier Me? (Post, April 12, 2005)

For Disadvantaged Kids, More Than A Babysitter: Early Head Start Comes to the County Schools (Post, April 7, 2005)

A Deficiency of D? (Post, April 5, 2005)

Md. School Cafeterias In a Bind Over Junk Food (Post, April 5, 2005)

Feeding-Tube Benefit Questioned: Experts: Device Unlikely to Prolong Life of Parkinson's Patients (Post, April 1, 2005)

Eating Like a Frenchwoman (Post, March 29, 2005)

Drinkable Skin Care (Post, March 22, 2005)

Md. Senate Backs School Snacks Limit: Two Lawmakers Push for More Stringent Nutrition Standards (Post, March 19, 2005)

Eat the Burn? (Post, March 15, 2005)

Pancakes With a Plus (Post, March 9, 2005)

Salted Away (Post, March 8, 2005)

To Eat Better, Eat Together (Post, March 1, 2005)

U.S. Survey Indicates Blacks Hardest Hit by HIV Infection: In 2001, Rate for Those Ages 18 to 59 Is 13 Times That of Whites (Post, Feb. 26, 2005)

Md. Targets School Snacks: State Board Advises Limits On Fat, Sugar (Post, Feb. 23, 2005)

Are Reduced-Sugar Cereals Worth It? (Post, Feb. 23, 2005)

How Big Is Your Cereal Bowl? (Post, Feb. 23, 2005)

Sweet Somethings (Post, Feb. 22, 2005)

Fat: An Obstacle to Getting Pregnant (Post, Feb. 22, 2005)

Big Moms, Big Problems: For Obese and Overweight Women, Pregnancy Ups Risks To Selves, Babies (Post, Feb. 22, 2005)

The Cost of Compliance (Post, Feb. 22, 2005)

The Numbers Game (Post, Feb. 15, 2005)

The Proof Is in The . . . Yogurt? (Post, Feb. 15, 2005)

Chocolate Query (Post, Feb. 9, 2005)

Finding the Whole (Post, Feb. 8, 2005)

Tribe Fights Dams to Get Diet Back: Karuks Trying to Regain Salmon Fisheries and Their Health (Post, Jan. 30, 2005)

Counting on Daily Activity (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Good Advice, a Bit Hard to Swallow: New Food Guidelines Have Some Feeling Perplexed, Guilty (Post, Jan. 14, 2005)

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