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UK gives green light to food health ratings
The UK is introducing a labelling scheme which colour codes foods according to how healthy they are.
abc.net.au (1 minute ago)

East Wing Journal: Michelle Obama Promotes Healthy Eating With a Grass-Roots Campaign
As part of the first lady’s agenda to improve children’s eating habits, a healthy recipe contest will culminate with the winning authors joining her for a “state dinner.”
nytimes.com (1 hour ago)
Google, Clorox restaurants among the nation's healthiest
Restaurants at Google and Clorox were recognized recently by a national health food nonprofit for serving nutritional meals and promoting healthy habits.
mercurynews.com (2 hours ago)

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Skip Sunscreen
I'm always preaching to my family, friends and co-workers the benefits of wearing sunscreen. I've learned so much about sun protection as a beauty editor, but there are an alarming amount of people who brave the UV rays without applying sunblock. (Isn't skin cancer scary enough?) On my campaign for sunscreen, I've...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
K. Sujata: This Land Is Your Land
The U.S. Senate opened up the floor for debate and amendments on the historic bipartisan immigration bill, S. 744. This bill, which has the potential to alter the lives of many and improve the immigration system, is worth applauding. The bill that is now hitting the Senate floor has good and bad inclusions, but is a...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Debra Pickett: Paying Attention to the Other Chicago
If you're not sick about it, you're just not paying attention. This was the headline I read Monday morning and over and over again throughout the day: 10 Dead, More Than 40 Wounded in Most Violent Weekend of 2013. This was the headline that made me pay attention. Writing for DNAInfo Chicago, reporters Erica Demarest...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Split Las Vegas council pursues healthy food but not unhealthy food outlets
The city that pioneered cheap casino buffets and counts 8,000-calorie burgers as a civic attraction has adopted a healthy food policy, but not without an argument.
lvrj.com (4 hours ago)
Nowhere to hide from diarrhea-causing bacteria: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Otherwise healthy people with a diarrhea-causing infection may have picked up the bacteria in doctors' offices or other healthcare sites, according to a new government study that also hints heartburn medications might increase the risk.
reuters.com (4 hours ago)
State Funding Healthy Lifestyle Ads
MOSCOW - The Health Ministry is pushing ahead in trying to wean Russians off tobacco and drugs through a series of television ads that promote healthy lifestyles, although this year the number of ads has been cut in half.
sptimes.ru (5 hours ago)
Session to explore 'age-friendly' designation for Augusta
Augusta Commission member Bill Lockett is calling a work session Thursday to gauge interest in the city’s becoming an Age-Friendly Community and member of AARP’s Network of Age-Friendly Communities. An AARP Age-Friendly Community “entails an inclusive and accessible urban or suburban environment that encourages...
chronicle.augusta.com (5 hours ago)
U.K. Mulls Breakup of RBS
The British government is considering splitting RBS into two banks: one housing the lender's healthy assets and the other containing its pile of troubled loans and securities, the U.K. Treasury chief said.
wsj.com (5 hours ago)
Eating bugs is healthy
Scorpions, crickets and other insects are inching their way into America's diets. Holly Firfer reports.
cnn.com (6 hours ago)
Mike Berman: Lululemon, Continuing to Do the Right Things
If any publicity is good publicity then Lululemon's CEO job posting is certain to move their stock back in the right direction from its nearly 20 percent decline last week. Even if their innovative help wanted ad doesn't generate favorable publicity or even a new CEO, it reinforces why Lululemon is fast becoming a...
huffingtonpost.com (7 hours ago)

WATCH: IBM Workstrong Program Takes Preventative Stance for Employee Health
The University of California recently launched a wellness program for employees who have sustained an injury in the workplace. This program, started in 2011, is called "WorkStrong" and its goal is to help the university's employees get healthier and stay injury free. This effort runs across the University of...
huffingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)
Montco recognized as one of Americas 50 healthiest for children
NORRISTOWN - U.S. News & World Report has ranked Montgomery County among the 50 healthiest counties for children in the United States, putting it at No. 35 nationwide and making it the only county in Pennsylvania to be named. To announce the distinction, the county Board of Commissioners convened a press...
pottsmerc.com (8 hours ago)

Kloss, Delevingne, and Other Models Partied the Most This Week
From this week in parties that attracted famous faces, Coach's Highline Party took first prize. In addition to hiring male acrobats (dressed in matching blue bodysuits) to perform body-entwining movements well into the evening, it drew a healthy mix of the fashion and celebrity crowds into the sunlight. Lynn Yaeger,...
nymag.com (8 hours ago)

Lisa Murkowski is third Republican senator to support same-sex marriage
A third sitting Republican senator has backed gay marriage as the US waits for the Supreme Court to reach a decision on two pivotal cases regarding the constitutionality same-sex marriage. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said on Wednesday that she supported marriage equality and "supports the government getting out of the...
guardian.co.uk (9 hours ago)

Decline and fall: how American society unravelled
In or around 1978, America's character changed. For almost half a century, the United States had been a relatively egalitarian, secure, middle-class democracy, with structures in place that supported the aspirations of ordinary people. You might call it the period of the Roosevelt Republic. Wars, strikes, racial...
guardian.co.uk (9 hours ago)

6 Ways Instagram Could Beat Vine at Video Sharing
War is a-brewin'. Video sharing has been slow to become part and parcel of our everyday schemata of social media, but with the success of Vine, competitors are scrambling to get in on the action. Among them? Reigning heavyweight social champ Instagram, which is reportedly adding video to its arsenal this month....
gizmodo.com (10 hours ago)
Steelers offseason report: Another .500 effort won't cut it
Pittsburgh banking on healthy Ben Roethlisberger as it eyes return to ranks of NFL's elite.
usatoday.com (10 hours ago)

Furness general hospital failings hard to believe, says bereaved father
James Titcombe, whose son, Joshua, died nine days after his birth at Furness general hospital, has said the failings by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) health watchdog identified in an independent report were hard to believe. The Titcombes are just one of the families living with the consequences of the failures...
guardian.co.uk (11 hours ago)

Does Kanye West Think He’s God? Or Has He Given Up on God?
You can't title an album Yeezus and include a song called "I Am a God" without looking like an egomaniac, especially when you already have a well-established reputation as such. But while Kanye West's level of self-belief is more than healthy - "I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve [Jobs] of Internet, ...
vulture.com (11 hours ago)

In Germany, Obama defends U.S. surveillance programs
Susan Crabtree President Obama vigorously defended U.S. surveillance programs Wednesday, saying he has scrutinized the programs and has come to the conclusion that they strike the right balance between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberties. After assuming office in 2008 with a “healthy skepticism” for...
washingtonexaminer.com (11 hours ago)

Barack Obama: NSA is not rifling through ordinary people's emails
Barack Obama has sought to address European concerns over internet privacy in the wake of the National Security Agency surveillance scandal, insisting US authorities are not "rifling through the emails" of ordinary people and he is confident the US intelligence services have "struck the appropriate balance" between...
guardian.co.uk (12 hours ago)
Live at 1: How design can encourage walking, biking and transit use
Mark Fenton, a national public health, planning, and transportation consultant, will give a keynote address at the Healthy Community Design Summit at the Holiday Inn City Centre in downtown Sioux Falls. Fenton's presentation will explore the principles of healthy design to encourage more walking, bicycling and...
argusleader.com (12 hours ago)
Protect yourself from serious medical conditions
A recent brush with death offers key lessons about how staying healthy can stave off financially ruinous health care costs
cbsnews.com (12 hours ago)
Greater variety, more health options found at drive thru
As our leisure time dwindles, restaurants are picking up the slack by offering more healthy and varied options via pickup windows.
news-press.com (13 hours ago)

Dr. Zorba Paster: Aging, peanut butter and wrinkle cream
Dear Dr. Paster: I’ve read that a person’s biological age is different from their chronological age. I’m a healthy, active 66-year-old man. According to one website I’m actually a younger 55-y…
madison.com (13 hours ago)

Giants' Mark Herzlich to co-host health expo at MetLife Stadium
Expo to include health screenings and healthy cooking demonstrations
nj.com (13 hours ago)
What's in your fridge? Sarah Owen
There's a mix of healthy and what some might consider toxic in Sarah Owen's fridge.
news-press.com (13 hours ago)