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No Butts About it: DoD Wants You to Quit

Stars and Stripes|by Charlie Reed CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- Military health workers were full of gimmicks for the 2009 Great American Smokeout, an American Cancer Society campaign supported by bases around the world. “The military...

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Earnings Preview: Hormel Foods Corp.

Hormel Foods profit expected to rise in fiscal 4Q as hog costs ease By EMILY FREDRIX AP Food Industry Writer MILWAUKEE November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Hormel Foods Corp. reports results for its fiscal...

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Wis. Mulls Harley-Davidson, Cheese Microbe Honors

Choppers And Cheese: Wisconsin State Honors Sought For Harley-Davidson, Cheese Microbe (AP) MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Bills to honor Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Lactococcus lactis - a bacterium used in the making of cheese -...

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Shoppers going green despite struggling economy

Despite the struggling economy more shoppers are spending on green products, like the organic foods offered at stores such as Whole Foods, despite their higher average prices. NEW YORK — Despite the worst U.S. recession in...

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Tips for smart, healthy holiday travel

As if traveling with the kids over the holidays weren't tough enough, this year we must contend with airline surcharges and swine flu, as well as all the usual annoyances and delays that go along with traveling -- especially...

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Cigarettes Harbor Many Bacteria Harmful to Human Health

Cigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new international study conducted by a University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial...

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Flowers Foods Names David V. Singer To Board

Flowers Foods Names David V. Singer To Board, Effective Jan. 1 (AP) THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Bakery goods company Flowers Foods Inc. on Friday said its board elected David V. Singer, president and chief executive officer of...

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Africa: NEPAD And Agra - Partnering for Action On Africa's Farms

African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government....

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Scripps research scientists find new link between insulin and core body temperature

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a direct link between insulin-a hormone long associated with metabolism and metabolic disorders such as diabetes-and core body temperature.

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Unknowlingly consuming endangered tuna

While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the...

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