NM 36th in obesity
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 New Mexico ranked 36th in the nation in annual rankings of obesity among adults. |
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Smith’s expands recall on beef
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 Smith’s Food and Drug Stores says it is expanding its recall on beef to include packages weighing two pounds or more of store-brand labeled beef grind 85/15 with sell-by dates of April 27 to June 1.
 Recall notice |
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Buddy Check 4
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 On the 4th of every month we remind you to please do your monthly breast self exam and then call your "buddy" and remind her to do the same. |
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Advocates are back with real health care stories
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When carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.
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Federal probe finds problems with chelation study
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A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death.
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Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
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With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is _ so far _ more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people’s respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday’s edition of the journal Science.
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CDC: US swine flu cases rise to nearly 34,000
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The number of U.S. swine flu cases has reached nearly 34,000, and deaths have risen 34 percent in the past week to 170, federal health officials reported Thursday.
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Holder having surgery for cracked tooth
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Attorney General Eric Holder had emergency oral surgery Thursday to remove a cracked tooth.
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