AP - Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow — like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda.
AP - The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll — it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods.
AP - Plans for a large-scale trial of a potential AIDS vaccine are being dropped in favor of a smaller, more focused study, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday.
AFP - Obesity continued to creep up in the United States last year and now affects more than one in four US adults, a US government report showed Friday.
Regular chlamydia tests urged for young people (Reuters)
Reuters - Young sexually active people should getthemselves tested annually for the infection chlamydia andagain every time they change partner, the Health ProtectionAgency said on Tuesday.
Falls Are Top Cause of Injury, Death Among Elderly (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Falls are a leading causeof serious injury and death among elderly people in the United States, andmost of those falls occur in the home, says the American Geriatric Society(AGS).
