If you’ve ever found yourself arguing about whether eating meat is healthy for you and the planet and, if so, which meat to eat, you now have some answers. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), which brought us the “Dirty Dozen,” a list of the 12 most pesticide-ridden fruits and vegetables, released a report yesterday showcasing
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Fat Joe, the rapper who’s nickname was representative of his 6-foot-2, 350 lb frame, has recently shed 88 pounds, and apparently without the aid of any weight loss supplement or fad diet. According to the NYDailyNews, the South Bronx native decided to get serious about weight loss after losing seven friends, all in their 30′s,
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For men and women of any age, heart disease may be the first killer. It kills lots more people than ALL kinds of tumors joined together. If you’re black or older 65, your risk of heart disease is bigger, but it is an equal opportunity destroyer. Any one, anywhere, every time may have a cardiac
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White people in the United States die of drug overdoses more often than other ethnic groups. Black people are hit proportionately harder by AIDS, strokes and heart disease. And American Indians are more likely to die in car crashes. To shed more light on the ills of America’s poor — and occasionally its rich —
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DETROIT (AP) — Aretha Franklin says the undisclosed ailment that led the Grammy Award-winning singer to have surgery in Detroit has been resolved. The Queen of Soul tells Jet magazine she began to worry after experiencing a sharp pain in her side during a concert last year in Toronto. The interview is in a story
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When: Sunday, May 2, 2010 Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Walk begins at 10:00 a.m. Rain or Shine Where: Nationals Park 1500 South Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003-1507 Click here for directions What: Join more than 4,500 local participants from the DC area walking to raise $1.6 million to support research to find a
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Four young women in Washington D.C. have taken it upon themselves to educate ‘sistas’ about HIV/AIDS, the leading cause of death among African American women, aged 25-34 in the capital city. Tennille Daniels, Janesia Simmons, Erica Jeffreys and Maaden Eshete call themselves Divas, Making People Healthier (Divas, MPH) and they’re on a mission to make
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