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Cornucopia Institute Files Complaint with FTC Against Peace Cereal

Photo: miheco The organic watchdog group Cornucopia Institute filed a complaint with the FTC claiming that Peace Cereal was deliberately misleading consumers into thinking that their cereal was organic in order to garner an increased profit. According to Cornucopia , Peace Cereal is priced higher than many name brand certified organic cereals…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Drinking Diet Soda Increases Risk of Vascular Events By 61 Percent

Photo: sivart13 For years diet soda has been portrayed as the “healthier soda” choice because it has no calories. But zero calorie sweeteners like saccharin and aspartame come with risks including a link with bladder cancer, brain tumors , and osteoporosis . If that’s not reason enough to put down the frighteningly sweet bubbled beverage, new research recently presented at the Ameri… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Growing Shortage of Some Rx Drugs

Hospitals and outpatient centers across the country are scrambling to keep supplies of many essential drugs on hand, as a shortage of some prescription drugs continues to hamper medical practice.

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Parenting a Child With ADHD: Helping Your Child

If your child has ADHD, the tips here will help you discover how to help your child learn, enforce rules, and encourage good behavior.

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To help you understand acute vs. chronic pain, WebMD talks with Eduardo Fraifeld, MD, president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

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Serene Branson Migraine: Your Questions Answered

WebMD provides answers to common questions about Serene Branson’s on-camera migraine and its impact on her speech.

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Parenting With Chronic Pain

How can you cope with chronic pain and still be the best parent you can be? Here are parenting tips for people who suffer chronic pain.

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Study: Prostate Cancer Imaging Scans Often Unnecessary

Thousands of men with low-risk prostate cancer are undergoing unnecessary and expensive imaging tests, while thousands of men with high-risk disease who should get the tests are not.

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Psoriasis Guidelines Call for Tailored Treatment

New guidelines for the treatment of the skin condition psoriasis stress the importance of tailoring therapies to individual patients.

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FDA OKs Lap-Band Surgery for More Patients

Allergan, Inc. has announced that the FDA has approved the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding (LBAGB) System for obese adults with at least one obesity-related medical condition.

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