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Harlem low on veggies: report
In Harlem, fast-food restaurants are more prevalent than shops selling fresh vegetables, according to a city health report. ... more +
New Rx may wipe out HIV - top doc
A top AIDS scientist says patients with low levels of HIV could be cured of the fatal disease with mega-doses of new drugs. ... more +
New pill aims to block period
A new birth control pill that suppresses a woman's monthly period indefinitely is working its way to market. ... more +
WHO reports on world's life expectancy
A boy born in San Marino, near Italy, will likely live to age 80, the world's longest male life expectancy, but newborn girls in Japan have even better prospects, the World Health Organization said Friday. ... more +
Stop 100 million cig deaths, sez Mike
Mayor Bloomberg co-authored a paper for a British medical journal arguing that 100 million lives could be saved if every country reduced its smoking rate. ... more +
If you spill the beans, don't eat them
Few old wives' tales and urban legends are as popular in today's germ-obsessed society as the "five-second rule" for dropped food. ... more +
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