Archive for December, 2008
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Monday, December 29th, 2008Three years past deadline, California has no solid plan to reduce the arsenic, which has been linked to cancer. Officials spent money to design a filtration plant and then decided not to build it.
Study: Teenage 'virginity pledges' are ineffective
Monday, December 29th, 2008Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do, according to a study released today.
Parent training can help kids to slim down (Reuters)
Friday, December 19th, 2008Reuters – A weight loss intervention directed at parents of overweight children may be as effective as interventions directed at both parents and children, study findings suggest.
Fitness impacts diabetics more than fatness (Reuters)
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008Reuters – People with type 2 diabetes may be able to improve their health-related quality of life by getting fit, new research shows.
Good Warm-Ups Could Halve Sports Injuries (HealthDay)
Friday, December 12th, 2008HealthDay – FRIDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) — A good warm-up program may
dramatically reduce sports injuries, a new report says.