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Budget of the Child Nutrition Bill, approved on Dec. 2, which will improve the quality of ingredients in school lunches and increase the amount of fruits and vegetables used. The bill has drawn controversy because nearly half of its funding will come from cuts in food stamps [via New York Times]
Shift work may be unavoidable, but a new study suggests that it could wreak havoc with hormones that increase women’s risk of cancer.
Getting healthy doesn’t mean having to overhaul your entire lifestyle.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
