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FDA requires new warnings for smoking-cessation drugs

The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts.

Full Story published 7/1/2009 12:22 PM

Food-safety lessons set to music tend to stick better

It turns out that food-safety lessons set to music tend to stick better in the minds of food-service supervisors, culinary arts students and your average middle-school health class, according to an article in the Journal of Food Science Education.

Full Story published 6/29/2009 12:03 AM

Missing sleep can harm blood vessels, organs, even immune system

If your sleep habits are not what they could be, chances are, neither are your arteries. Scientists have found that the same molecule that makes us want to go to sleep also has a natural inflammatory effect in the body.

Full Story published 6/29/2009 12:03 AM

Slow bouncing balls help beginners learn tennis ... and fast

Young baseball players start with t-ball, basketball players start with lower hoops and smaller basketballs, but new tennis players usually get thrown right into their sport with regulation rackets, courts and tennis balls.

Full Story published 6/29/2009 12:03 AM

Food myths die hard -- here's the real story on healthy eating

Even if you're up on nutrition news, it can be hard to keep score on the latest super-food or the newest no-no. That's because science is still in the process of learning what our bodies need - and the best way to get it.

Full Story published 6/29/2009 12:03 AM

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