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Seminar offers cow-nutrition advice (Rapid City Journal)
Livestock experts will present two training sessions addressing cow nutrition at calving and herd health, Feb. 22 in Wessington Springs and March 14 in Mitchell.

The Campaign / Clinton targets kids’ nutrition (Pioneer Press)
HANGING ROCK, Ohio Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a plan to improve childhood nutrition and set a goal to reduce by half the 12 million youngsters living in poverty in the next dozen years. The package of proposals includes a comprehensive early education initiative that starts with nurse’s visits for pregnant women, lets children begin the Head Start program earlier and calls for universal …

Dorgan asks for rationale for GF nutrition lab closing (Grand Forks Herald)
North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan submitted a series of questions today about the proposed closing of the USDA's Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks during a hearing of the U.S. Senate's Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee. Advertisement: Crosstown Lounge Crosstown Lounge | Drink Specials Happy Hour until 7pm, nightly specials TBA

International nutrition conference to be held in Hanoi (Nh n D n)
Around 300 experts from 45 countries will gather in Hanoi on March 3 to attend the 35th Session of the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition.

Nutrition for Life Eat Smart to Boost Vitality (Today’s News-Herald)
(Family Features) - Have you ever tried eating smart? It’s not just about making savvy nutrition choices like opting for whole grain over white, steamed over fried, or baked over saut ed. It’s about boosting your eating knowledge to reap rewards that go beyond losing weight or reducing health risks.

2 DM schools to launch health, nutrition initiative (The Des Moines Register)
Next month, two Des Moines schools will help launch a program geared towards improving health and nutrition for elementary and middle school students.

Global Child Nutrition Foundation Gala To Recognize Achievements In International School Feeding (Medical News Today)
The Global Child Nutrition Foundation’s 5th annual A Possible Dream Gala will take place Tuesday, March 4, 2008, and honor several champions of child nutrition, including the 2008 recipient of the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nutrition project OK’d (Shenandoah Valley News Today)
At the Monday, Feb. 18 Board meeting of Corner Counties Empowerment Agency (CCEA), funding was approved for an Iowa State University (ISU) Extension nutrition and activity project for 10 preschools in Page and Fremont Counties.

Google Readies Google Health (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
The upcoming service is expected to look similar to Google News and provide links to profile data, medical contacts, health notices, and drug interaction warnings.

Liberia health service hampered by staff shortages (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Liberia’s health services are chronically understaffed with only 51 native doctors in the war-ravaged west African nation, Health Minister Walter Gwanigale said Thursday.

Google Previews Google Health (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing with several screenshots of what it will look like.

Google Health to include Quest, Health Grades (CNN Money)
Quest Diagnostics, Health Grades to provide patient and physician data through new service provided by the Online search and advertising company.

Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Google releases health service details (AP via Yahoo! News)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Google previews Google Health (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing, showing off a couple of screenshots of what it will look like.

Google To Tackle Safe Storage Of E-Health Records (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
The search leader is building a new part of its site called Google Health, where users will be able to store all manner of health records. They’ll be able to import data from test providers, doctors and the like, to put together their own — and Google (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) says private — online health dossier. Thursday, Google executives for the first time talked in detail about how Google …

I-Team: Unlicensed Doctor, Pt. 2 (FOX 5 News Atlanta)
ATLANTA (FOX 5) — We told you the story of women who said an unlicensed doctor provided private, personal treatment to them. And many of you responded. Twenty-four women called our I-Team to tell us they too were treated by this unlicensed doctor. Including one woman who says the man performed surgery on her. Dale Russell reports. Click video for more information.

UTMB presents Doctor s Dilemma’ (Galveston County Daily News)
GALVESTON Dr. C. Joan Richardson, chief of medical staff at the University of Texas Medical Branch, will join seven other UTMB faculty members and six medical and graduate students in a dramatic reading of George Bernard Shaw s The Doctor s Dilemma on Nov. 20.

Doctor recruitment a manageable issue for health centre (myKawartha.com)
"Efforts have been made for many years to recruit physicians… A considerable effort has been made with limited success," Doctor recruitment will be the biggest challenge for the Brock Community Health Centre, but it’s not an insurmountable one.

No checks done on banned doctor (Sydney Morning Herald)
A DEREGISTERED doctor was able to illegally attend 36 obstetric patients at two South Coast public hospitals - despite being banned from the specialty five years earlier - because the NSW Health Department failed to conduct background checks on him.

Doctor to face charges of murdering husband (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
A doctor suspected of murdering her husband will face murder charges after the high court declined to grant an order that sought to stop her prosecution.

Botswana: Bantom, the Music Traditional Doctor (AllAfrica.com)
Ace producer and keyboard master Gavin Bantom has become known as the traditional doctor "gaxeba" of local music because of his contribution to the industry.

Obama and Clinton clash on health care in debate (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply over health care in a presidential debate on Tuesday, accusing each other of misrepresenting their plans to offer coverage for 47 million uninsured Americans.

Health Officials Weigh Yearly Flu Shot for Kids (NPR)
Public health officials are meeting to decide whether to recommend that schoolchildren get a flu shot each year. Proponents say it would protect kids and reduce the spread of flu through communities.

Health Care Costs to Double Next Decade (ABC News)
Federal economists warn that U.S. health-care spending will exceed $4 trillion.

Bernanke Gauges Economy’s Health (Time Magazine)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is giving Congress a fresh assessment of the country’s economic health, which between a housing, credit and energy prices is hurting

Health Highlights: Feb. 27, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Global Health Bill Highlights Ideological Divide (NPR)
A global health aid package worth tens of billions of dollars is being debated in the House of Representatives this week. Among the items under consideration is whether to integrate money for family planning into AIDS prevention efforts.

Fed chief assessing economy’s health (AP via Yahoo! News)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is giving Congress a fresh assessment of the country’s economic health, which has been pummeled by a housing bust, a credit crunch and soaring energy prices.

Obama and Clinton clash in debate on health care (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply over health care in a debate on Tuesday, accusing each other of misrepresenting their approaches to offering coverage for 47 million uninsured Americans.

Diet & Nutrition I 2008 Feature Releases (wallstreet:online AG)
The following releases focus on the topic Diet & Nutrition I ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN

RECIPE FINDER: Diet Workshop Bread Pudding (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Karen Roach of Catonsville, Md., was looking for the Diet Workshop recipe for bread pudding. She said it was great for breakfast. Phyllis Seward of Glen Burnie, Md., sent in a recipe from a Diet Workshop recipe booklet she had, and it sounds like it could be the one that Roach wanted.

Marion team has diet for success (The Gazette)
DES MOINES and#8212; As he ushered three of the Marion Indians to the media room Tuesday, Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union staffer Jason Eslinger made an offer."Would anyone like something to drink? Pop?" he said.The response was unanimous: Thanks, but no thanks."Diet is everything for an athlete," said senior Jacqueline Kane. "If you drink pop, you’re going to be a couple laps behind."So …

Cardiologist says diet exercise are the best medicine to ward off heart disease (The Demopolis Times)
DEMOPOLIS The old adage an apple a day keeps the doctor away, may be true, but cardiologist Dr. John Mantle said the best way to stave off visits to the physician is proper diet, exercising and avoiding smoking.

RECIPE FINDER: Diet Workshop Bread Pudding (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Karen Roach of Catonsville, Md., was looking for the Diet Workshop recipe for bread pudding. She said it was great for breakfast. Phyllis Seward of Glen Burnie, Md., sent in a recipe from a Diet Workshop recipe booklet she had, and it sounds like it could be the one that Roach wanted.

Mumba admits to junk food diet (Digital Spy)
Popstar Samantha Mumba says her diet mainly consists of "fish and chips and fry-ups".

Diet & Nutrition I 2008 Feature Releases (Centre Daily Times)
The following releases focus on the topic Diet & Nutrition I

Diet May Hold Secret To Fountain Of Youth (WeatherNet5.com)
A natural diet of food that doesn’t get heated can help you lose weight and feel great, some say.

Diet & Nutrition I 2008 Feature Releases (wallstreet:online AG)
The following releases focus on the topic Diet & Nutrition I ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN

How’s your diet working so far? (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Chances are the diet you started on Jan. 1 is already history. No wonder: You gave up everything you love and ate everything you loathe. A diet like that is the definition of deprivation.

Come Into My Kitchen: Korean diet focuses on vegetables, fruit (The Kansas City Star)
Samhui Sam Mitchell needs no coaxing to eat all her vegetables. Mitchell, a native Korean, says her Asian-based diet isn t centered on meat.

Seminar offers cow-nutrition advice (Rapid City Journal)
Livestock experts will present two training sessions addressing cow nutrition at calving and herd health, Feb. 22 in Wessington Springs and March 14 in Mitchell.

Healthy Food Means Struggles For School Nutrition Programs (FOX 29 Lake Charles)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — School officials would rather see children eat more apples and oranges and fewer french fries, but the fruit is more expensive and that is leading to struggles for child-nutrition programs statewide.

Nutrition Notes: Simple Swaps to Cut Calories (Kansas City InfoZine)
By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN - A new year, a new you, right? It’s the promise we all make ourselves in the weeks and months following the holiday season. But while you may indeed need a head-to-toe lifestyle makeover, attempting to change everything all at once can often spell disaster. But there’s good news: If your eating habits have veered a bit off course, a few small changes can make all …

SDSU offers cow nutrition training sessions (Tri-State Neighbor)
BROOKINGS, S.D. - Livestock experts will present two training sessions addressing cow nutrition at calving and herd health Feb. 22 and March 14. The Feb. 22 event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the 4-H building, 604 Second St. N.E., Wessington Springs, S.D. The session is free of charge.

Nutrition for Life (Richfield Reaper)
(Family Features) - Have you ever tried eating smart? It’s not just about making savvy nutrition choices like opting for whole grain over white, steamed over fried, or baked over saut ed. It’s about boosting your eating knowledge to reap rewards that go beyond losing weight or reducing health risks.

Healthy lifestyle, good nutrition highlighted in program (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
TORONTO A free program emphasizing good nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices will continue at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Season s Pediatric at Fran s Wellness Center, 1011 Franklin Ave.

Youth receive $3,000 for nutrition program (Kern Valley Sun)
Jeanette Rogers representing the Kern Community Foundation presented the Kern River Valley Youth Center on Monday, Feb. 11 with a check for $3,000. The money is to help fund the youth center’s nutrition and fitness program.

Nutrition IQ (The Sacramento Bee)
Vegetarian Times magazine has a wonderful nutrition column on fiber in its March edition. Here’s a quiz, based on the column, on how much you know about the fiber in your diet.

Using Healthy Foods Means Struggles For School Nutrition Programs (WITN 7 North Carolina)
School officials want children to eat more fruit and fewer french fries, but the fruit costs more and that’s causing problems for child-nutrition programs statewide.

Kardea Nutrition Launches Natural Cholesterol Management Alternative (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Kardea Nutrition is launching a system of natural foods and quality supplements that helps people easily follow a diet that can significantly improve their cholesterol levels without prescription medications.

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