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Sunday, 16 November 2008 at 4:17 pm Posted by smp

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W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 04:29 PM CST

Ashley Potter, at left, an Exercise Physiologist with the H.E.A.R.T. Champions program at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va., uses a tape to measure around the waistline of program participant Noah Retcher, 9, of Milton on Sept. 29, 2008. Those selected to participate in H.E.A.R.T. (Helping Educators Attack Risk Factors Together) Champions take part in regular exercise, cholesterol and blood pressure screening, and nutrition education. (AP Photo/Howie McCormick)AP - As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue.

Burlington, Vt., is healthiest city, CDC says (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 11:29 AM CST

AP - What's the healthiest city in America? It appears to be Burlington, Vt.

Study: Vitamin C or E pills do not prevent cancer (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 01:43 PM CST

AP - Vitamin C or E pills do not help prevent cancer in men, concludes the same big study that last week found these supplements ineffective for warding off heart disease.

Florence Wald, leader in US hospice, dies at 91 (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 10:15 AM CST

In this Saturday, July 11, 1998, file photo, Florence Wald is seen at the 1998 induction ceremony of the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Wald, a leader in the U.S. hospice movement, has died. She was 91. Wald was dean of the Yale University School of Nursing in the 1960s when she updated its curriculum to include a stronger focus on palliative care and comfort for dying patients and their families. (AP Photo/Michael Okoniewski, File)AP - Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, has died. She was 91.

Sharp-witted elderly shed insight on dementia (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 11:03 AM CST

Reuters - People who manage to keep a razor-sharp memory well into their 80s appear to have fewer fiber-like tangles of a protein linked with Alzheimer's than those who age normally, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer (HealthDay)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Coming on the heels of two studies discounting the usefulness of vitamin B, folic acid, vitamin D and calcium supplements for cancer prevention, U.S. researchers report that vitamins C and E supplements won't help prevent cancer, either.

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