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<title><![CDATA[FDA eyes mandatory tracking program for food]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A mandatory traceability system in the United States would help improve the safety of food, such as produce, a health official told lawmakers on Wednesday, three weeks after the government declared an end to the worst foodborne outbreak in a decade.
Some produce firms, including many in the tomato industry, use voluntary traceability programs but their approaches vary. Lawmakers said a mandatory program was overdue, and would help U.S. regulators improve safety and restore consumer confidence in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:54:50</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exports tested as China milk scandal spreads]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING - China’s latest product safety scandal — tainted milk formula blamed for killing two Chinese babies and sickening 1,200 — expanded to include more foods Tuesday, with state media reporting some formula produced by companies involved was exported. 
State broadcaster CCTV reported on its evening newscast that a nationwide inspection of the 175 Chinese companies making baby milk powder showed that 22 of them had traces of the industrial chemical melamine in their products. 
One company,...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Diet and nutrition]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:53:46</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Snacks overpower our best intentions]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/diet_and_nutrition_20080918_1510.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite our best intentions to eat something healthy, we often choose sugary snacks. 
Dutch researchers asked 585 participants to pick between four snacks: an apple, a banana, a candy bar and a molasses waffle. 
About half of the participants indicated they would choose the apple or banana. 
But when presented with the actual snacks a week later, 27 percent of those who had said they&#039;d pick a healthy one switched to the candy bar or waffle. And more than 90 percent of those who had initially mad...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Diet and nutrition]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:49:39</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Few safeguards found for Mexican produce]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/diet_and_nutrition_20080918_1509.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[ALLENDE, Mexico - At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspects this packing plant, its warehouse in McAllen, Texas, and a farm in Mexico are among the sources of the United States&#039; largest outbreak of food-borne illness in a decade, which infected at least 1,440 people with a rare form...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Diet and nutrition]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:38:07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Faith inspires women to lose weight]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/diet_and_nutrition_20080918_1508.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[




Kimberly Floyd was so inspired after losing 85 pounds that she began her own Christian weight loss-coaching program. &quot;My message is about taking responsibility and making the most of all the gifts God has given you,&quot; she says. 
 
They ate when they were stressed. They ate when they were lonely or frustrated. Then the guilt set in — for breaking the latest attempt at a diet, for losing the power struggle with a craving. It&#039;s an unhealthy pattern familiar to the women below, and one to which...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Diet and nutrition]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:30:25</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keep your skin looking forever young]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/skin_and_beauty_20080827_1507.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Think birthdays are all that shout your age to the world? Unfortunately, your skin can make you look older than you are. 
Testers in a study from the University of Göttingen in Germany estimated that people whose discoloration was digitally removed from photos were five years younger than their true age. When wrinkles were also smoothed, they guessed a 15-year age drop. 
Luckily, our plans can help you remove your biggest age markers such as spots, lines and dullness. So by your next birthday...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Skin and beauty]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-08-27 21:34:12</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cruelty meets beauty for Pakistan burn victims]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/skin_and_beauty_20080827_1506.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[
Saira Liaqat squints through her one good eye as she brushes a woman&#039;s hair. Her face, most of which the acid melted years ago, occasionally lights up with a smile. Her hands, largely undamaged, deftly handle the dark brown locks. 
A few steps away in this popular beauty salon, Urooj Akbar diligently trims, cleans and paints clients&#039; fingernails. Her face, severely scarred from the blaze that burned some 70 percent of her body, is somber. It&#039;s hard to tell if she&#039;s sad or if it&#039;s just the way s...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Skin and beauty]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-08-27 21:24:46</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Early ear infections may pack on pounds later]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/diet_and_nutrition_20080827_1505.html]]></link>
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New research that includes studies of health records from the 1960s suggests that frequent childhood ear infections may be linked to weight gain or obesity later in life. 

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<pubDate>2008-08-27 21:20:31</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yoga soothes worst symptoms of menopause]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yoga can reduce hot flashes and night sweats among women going through menopause, and also appears to sharpen their mental function, researchers from India report.
To investigate whether yoga would help women with physical and cognitive symptoms of menopause, they randomly assigned 120 menopausal women, 40 to 55 years old, to yoga practice or simple stretching and strengthening exercises five days a week for eight weeks.
The postures, breathing and meditation included in the yoga intervention we...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Women's health]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-08-25 00:15:29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alabama workers to pay for extra pounds]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/mental_health_20080825_1503.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat. 
The state has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit — or they’ll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. 
Alabama will be the first state to charge overweight state workers who don’t work on slimming down, while a handful of other states reward employees who adopt healthy behaviors. 
Alabama already charges workers who smok...]]></description>
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<categoryname><![CDATA[Mental health]]></categoryname>
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<pubDate>2008-08-25 00:02:51</pubDate>
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