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Daily Briefing: Too Much Sitting, Maternal Mortality and Fracking

Insurers consolidate, the HPV vaccine is working, new evidence on groundwater contamination from fracking and more from our Daily Briefing.

Shaping the conversation: obesity and chronic disease

The Shape We’re In, Dennis Hunt fellowship project on West Virginia's obesity rates, was published following the philosophy of "sustainable outrage".

Young people contending with diabetes: Girl, 9, determined to fight insulin resistance

Lexi Winnell, a 9-year-old girl with Native American ancestry, is insulin resistant. Her grandparents have gone all out to keep her from getting diabetes.

Daily Briefing: Big Fraud and Big Pharma, Early Births, and Safer Chemicals

GSK admits to major fraud, risks in early births, Obamacare quietly working away and a strike against low-carb diets in our Daily Briefing.

Daily Briefing: What Happens Next With Health Reform

Health reform gets rolling, a new diet pill, problems with hip implants and more from our Daily Briefing.

Big Food: The Public Library of Science Examines Health Impact

Over the next couple of weeks, the Public Library of Science is publishing a series of eight articles looking at the health impact of “Big Food,” which they define as “the multinational food and beverage industry with huge and concentrated market power.”...

Swine-Flu Toll Much Higher Than Previous Estimates

Autism researchers seek brains, obesity screening recommended, drug policy debated, insurers double dipping on veteran care and more from our Daily Briefing.

The Constant, Costly, Vigilance Against Hospital Acquired Infections

Cartoon reforms, refunds from insurance companies, partisan wrangling, putting the poor in the path of pollution and more from our Daily Briefing.

Pound Punchers: 1 year, 555 pounds, 555 balloons

 

In the Mud River Volunteer Fire Department, 26 adults and children were sending balloons up in the air to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Mud River Pound Punchers, one balloon for every pound they have lost.

 

A Big Gulp Ban on Oversized Sodas

Innovative health reforms in Oregon, new recommendations on hormones for women, an intensive treatement for hypertension, the spread of Chagas disease and more from our Daily Briefing.

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