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Study examines perils of food additives

Common food additives and colorings can increase hyperactive behavior in a broad range of children, according to a study released Thursday.
It was the first time researchers have conclusively and scientifically confirmed a link that has long been suspected by many parents. Support groups for those who suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have long […]

AP: Nutrition education ineffective

PANORAMA CITY, Calif. The federal government will spend more than $1 billion this year on nutrition education Д fresh carrot and celery snacks, videos of dancing fruit, hundreds of hours of lively lessons about how great you will feel if you eat well.
But an Associated Press review of scientific studies examining 57 such […]

Trevor Baylis thought he was dying. But it was just an old enemy coming back to haunt him

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Reduced to a frail seven stone, too weak to climb the stairs and wracked with pain, Trevor Baylis, the normally energetic inventor, feared he was about to die.
The man who brought the world the wind-up radio had been reduced to this state by constant diarrhoea that would strike without warning dozens of times […]

New twist on Old World: Aging Italians rely on nuns, immigrants

ROME As a police officer, Luigi Marzano was used to being in command. He still walks ramrod straight, but at 97 and deep into retirement, his memory is weakening and he has turned over command of his household to a virtual stranger half his age.
Rita Duda, who left Ukraine in search of work, […]

Report: Man has less severe form of TB

ATLANTA An Atlanta lawyer undergoing treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, XDR-TB, in Denver has a form of the disease that is less drug-resistant and more curable than previously reported, doctors said Tuesday.
Officials at National Jewish Medical and Research Center said multiple tests done there indicate Andrew Speaker’s TB will respond to some of […]