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A few extra pounds can add years to your life

Reuters - Wednesday, June 24 10:59 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carrying a little extra weight may actually be good for you, according to a Canadian study that showed a few pounds appear to protect people from an early death. More »

A few extra pounds can add years to your life: study
Reuters - Wednesday, June 24 03:26 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carrying a little extra weight may actually be good for you, according to a Canadian study that showed a few pounds appear to protect people from an early death. More »
GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency
AFP - 6 hours 57 mins ago
PARIS (AFP) - France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe. More »
Napoleon died of kidney failure: Danish doctor
AFP - Thursday, July 2 03:39 pm
AALBORG, Denmark (AFP) - Arne Soerensen, a retired Danish doctor, flips through thousands of pages of notes scribbled over 50 years of research and issues his diagnosis. More »
Vegetarian diet 'weakens bones'
AFP - Thursday, July 2 11:31 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - People who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, Australian researchers said Thursday. More »
American adults getting fatter
Reuters - Wednesday, July 1 06:21 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday. More »
Veg diet 'could cut risk of cancer'
Press Assoc. - Wednesday, July 1 09:57 am
A meat-free diet could reduce the risk of developing cancer, according to a new study. More »
Global food supply far from secure: farming expert
Reuters - Tuesday, June 30 11:20 am
GENEVA (Reuters) - Africa's farmers need help to access loans, fertilizer and export markets to avoid future food supply crises caused by climate change and commodities speculation, a top agricultural expert said on Tuesday. More »
Global food supply seen far from secure
Reuters - Tuesday, June 30 11:10 am
GENEVA (Reuters) - Africa's farmers need help to access loans, fertiliser and export markets to avoid future food supply crises caused by climate change and commodities speculation, a top agricultural expert said on Tuesday. More »
TV's Hasselbeck accused of plagiarizing diet book
Reuters - Wednesday, June 24 12:01 am
BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, conservative co-host of ABC's "The View," is being sued over accusations her best-selling diet book plagiarized another author's work. More »