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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Mississippi has a new bill coming up before politicians slated to help fight obesity in the state that has the highest obesity rate in all of America.
Bill 282 sets guidelines for determining whether a restaurant patron is obese based on criteria set forth by the Mississippi State Health Department. ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
When I was a teenager, life was a lot simpler. Our house had 1 phone line. If it was being used, you harassed the sibling that was tying up the line until they hung up the phone. If you wanted
to go somewhere, you took off with out being ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the sale of cloned beef and other food products
such as milk.
The FDA has studied this issue for the last seven years.
"The meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones are as safe to eat as the food we eat every day," ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
With Halloween just around the corner, you can already visualize your kids looking cute as buttons in their Spiderman and Princess outfits - holding an enormous bag of candy.
In an effort to make his (and his patient's) life easier, Dr. Nelson Smith, a dentist in an Ohio town has ...
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
In the newest round of recalls, a number of lipsticks were found to contain higher levels of lead than what is allowed.
Lipstick brands affected included Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior. Some brands had more lead in them than others.
One-third of the lipsticks tested contained an amount of lead ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
An independent grocer in Utah recently announced plans to pull all alcohol and tobacco from his store shelves. He cited his 9 year old daughter as being part of the reason for his decision. She is involved in the D.A.R.E. program that educates and warns school children about the dangers ...
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
I just wanted to take a moment to wish all the friends of Featherish a blessed holiday season filled with family, friends and all the joys of the season!
Merry Christmas!
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
I don't know if anyone else out in the world is getting sick of receiving SPAM in their inbox about the "latest" weight loss aid now available with catchy subject lines like:
Get Out Of The Obese Crowd
Doc+tors and Celebrities endorse An-atrim
Join the An_atrim revolution
Your food cravings ...
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Monday, October 16th, 2006
Disney is making big changes to the foods that they offer at their theme parks.
They have set a number of guidelines for the food that they'll be offering to guests and all trans-fats will be eliminated by the end of next year.
Disney worked with doctors to develop ...
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Cold and Flu season is just around the corner and it's time to start planning for a flu shot.
Many communities schedule flu shot clinincs at drugstores and grocery stores. Some employers may offer these shots to their employees at reduced rates. It only takes a minute, but you might ...
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