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Meridia: Sales of the weight loss drug Meridia might be about to go on a diet. New England Journal of Medicine editors are calling for it to be pulled off the market in the wake of a new study documenting its risks.

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Breast Cancer: Not fun, but it works: preemptively removing the ovaries or breasts of women who carry either of the two BRCA breast cancer genes can help save the women’s lives even if they’ve already been diagnosed with cancer, according to a new study. The Los Angeles Times’ Thomas H. Maugh has the story.

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Nutrition: We don’t need no stinkin’ nutrition facts. Just let me eat my 845-calorie taco salad in peace, okay?

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Prison Health: In our online chat TODAY at 11 a.m. PST., get tips on covering prison health from KPCC’s Julie Small, whose “Prison Affliction” investigation has been airing this week.

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Prison Health: KPCC‘s Julie Small talks about how she reported her “Prison Affliction” series airing this week. Please join us for ReportingonHealth’s online chat with Julie Thursday at 11 a.m. PST.

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Healthy Places: Los Angeles is using some of its stimulus money to make low-income neighborhoods healthier places to live by improving parks, creating community gardens and improving school lunches among other projects, reports Megan Baier, a correspondent for Healthy California.