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Analysis: Panel says Avandia should stay.
July 31, 2007... Byline: TODD ZWILLICH WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- GlaxoSmithKline's type 2 diabetes drug Avandia should remain on the market, despite concerns that it may promote heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said Monday. Experts...

Health Tips: Autumn diet make-over.
July 31, 2007... Byline: ALEX CUKAN Get ready to choose wisely With summer's end just weeks away, it is good time to start building a plan for eating right. Experts from The Johns Hopkins Children's Center are especially urging parents to talk to their children, even kindergartners, about making wise...

Eat To Live: How to avoid a heart attack.
July 31, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON LE BUGUE, France, July 31 (UPI) -- Hardly a week goes by without some food or other being discovered to have some magical property to protect against heart disease. Cocoa is among the latest, with polyphenol, its antioxidant-like chemical lowering bad cholesterol and...

Eat To Live: Save costs, cut packaging.
July 31, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON LE BUGUE, France, July 31 (UPI) -- Is your household budget not stretching as far as it used to, even as recently as this past spring? Two surveys confirm that prices have gone up in the supermarkets in the second quarter of 2007 by, according to the latest...

Eat To Live: Indulging cravings on a diet.
July 31, 2007... Byline: JULIA WATSON LE BUGUE, France, July 31 (UPI) -- If you've been on a long-term diet, it's more than likely you'll be battling a craving for certain types of foods you know you shouldn't have. Until now, scientists believed those foods would be carbohydrate-focused....