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Local Carrots With a Side of Red Tape

THE dirt on Richard Balls farm in Schoharie County is 15 feet deep, rich with minerals and perfect for growing sweet carrots.
About 150 miles south, the New York City schools serve 850,000 meals a day. Some of them contain carrots. But the carrots come from other states.
So Mr. Ball and a group of […]

I spent years fitting bras for breast cancer patients. When I fell victim I knew I’d never have an implant

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What June Kenton doesn’t know about bosoms probably isn’t worth knowing. The entrepreneur’s upmarket shop, Rigby Peller, has custom-made the Queen’s bras for 50 years, and June has […]

Tobacco taxes may go to child health

WASHINGTON The nation’s 45 million smokers will probably help pay for the spending increase that Democrats want for children’s health insurance, say analysts familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill.
Democratic lawmakers will push for $50 billion in new funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program over the next five years. To pay for […]

Fresh fruit’s now bad for your health?

Apparently, this is my week to revisit old topics with new updates. A couple of days ago I posted an article re-examining the role of «blog.nutritiondata.com». Today, I’m returning to the topic of«blog.nutritiondata.com».
Although research has shown that fructose-sweetened drinks can raise triglyceride levels and promote arterial damage, most nutritionists, myself included, have also held […]

Races Seek Techniques to Prevent Fatalities

More than 10,000 runners crossed the finish line of SundayЙs Boilermaker 15K Road Race, an event in Utica, N.Y., that boasts the largest and most competitive field of the nationЙs 15-kilometer races.
But Sean OЙNeill, a 24-year-old resident of Brooklyn, collapsed near the 10-kilometer mark and never got up. He died less than an hour […]