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By Amanda Gardner
healthday Reporter Mon Mar 23, 2009
MONDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Diets high in red meat and in processed meat shorten life span not just from cancer and heart disease but from Alzheimer's, stomach ulcers and an array of...
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 13, 2009; A04
More than half the baby shampoo, lotion and other infant care products analyzed by a health advocacy group were found to contain trace amounts of two chemicals that are...
Getting Contaminants Out of Children's Bath & Personal Care Products
Despite marketing claims like "gentle" and "pure," dozens of top-selling children’s bath products are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-...
The digestive system is made up of the digestive tract—a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus—and other organs that help the body break down and absorb food.
Organs that make up the digestive tract are...
Q: Should we eat raw or cooked vegetables?
A: Both. Vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. Eating a variety of different types of vegetables, whether cooked or raw, provides the body with various vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients....
