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Agencies get grants to address obesity in kids
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Community Health has selected 10 agencies for a pilot program to help improve physical activity and healthy eating for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. The aim of $915,000 in grant...Tags: Weight, Healthy Diet, Obesity
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentum
DALLAS (AP) — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realized that spending up to 11 hours behind the wheel, frequently eating fast...Tags: Weight, Asthma, Vehicles, U.S. Department of Transportation, Physical Conditions
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Head injury awareness grows
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Awareness is growing about the long-term danger of concussions and other head injuries, but there is still much that needs to be studied, according to two physicians who regularly treat such cases. One thing is clear: "Athletes should never...Tags: Soccer, General Practitioners, University of Notre Dame, Concussion, Chicago Bears
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Man plans 8,500-mile bike ride to 'fattest' cities
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A mid-Michigan man who has dropped about 130 pounds bike riding during the past year plans an 8,500-mile ride to cities across the country where obesity is viewed by some as a health problem. Jerry Smith tells WILX-TV (http://...Tags: Obesity
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American Taliban fighter says prayer rule 'absurd'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh says a federal prison rule barring him and other Muslims from praying together daily is "absurd" and contends the U.S. is causing him to sin against his religion by prohibiting such...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Taliban, Islam, Afghanistan, Prisons
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Docs at odds over kids' cholesterol test guidance
CHICAGO (AP) — Should all U.S. children get tested for high cholesterol? Doctors are still debating that question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some kids....Tags: Cardiologists, Health Organizations, High Blood Pressure, Pediatrics, Merck & Company Incorporated
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Young rower finds strength after sexual assault
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Jenn Gibbons waited, longer than she should have, by her own estimation. She stared at the numbers on her cellphone — 9-1-1 — but hesitated to hit send. She was stunned and alone on a desolate stretch of...
Tags: Lab Tests, Assault, Sexual Assault, Cancer, Boats
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Market Basket: Cheddar's to open soon
An opening date has been set for the new Cheddar's Casual Cafe, which broke ground last November on Mishawaka's north side. An Aug. 13 opening is planned at the new 8,000-square-foot restaurant, located on the northeast corner of Main Street and Edison...
Tags: Restaurants, Cheddar Cheese, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Companies and Corporations
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Notre Dame football: Williams primed for breakout season
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterShaun Williams knew it was coming, but he still got sticker shock from his grocery bill in the days after son Ishaq arrived home from Notre Dame for what was supposed to be a brief three-week break in May. "I definitely had to adjust my shopping," said...Tags: Neil Sedaka, The Pennsylvania State University, Basketball, Abraham Lincoln, Arthur Miller
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Yoga teacher fired for glaring at Facebook worker
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A California yoga instructor has been fired for her disapproving stink-eye glare at a Facebook employee using a cellphone in class. Alice Van Ness, who was hired to teach hour-long yoga sessions at Facebook's Menlo Park...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Mercury
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Fire victims file suit against Park Jefferson
South Bend TribuneResidents were not warned of deficient electrical wiring and other dangerous conditions that existed at Park Jefferson before fire destroyed their apartments, a lawsuit claims. The class-action suit, filed May 21 in St. Joseph Circuit Court on behalf...Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Trials, Health, Rentals
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Study: Drinking down, suicide up among Indiana teens
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana teens are drinking less alcohol than in the past, but are more likely than their U.S. counterparts to commit suicide, according to a new study of young people's health risks. The Centers for Disease Control and...
Tags: High Schools, Health, Suicide, Health and Safety at School, Students
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