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Enter Mead Johnson, a leading manufacturer of infant formulas. This week the company is introducing EnfaGrow, a new line of fortified solid foods that it hopes will help bridge the nutritional gap for kids ages 1 to 4. "These foods are not a substitute for a healthy diet," says Susan A. Roberts, a research scientist at Mead Johnson. "But they may help, particularly with finicky eaters...
...After choosing which form of cancer (currently breast, lung, colon, or prostate) to evaluate, users submit a brief survey on diet, medical and family history. The Web site then returns an estimate of risk relative to others of the same age and gender...
...Based on the results of the questionnaire, the Web site recommends behavioral changes, such as a healthier diet or increased exercise, that may help reduce cancer risk...
...Silence. The house chills down in an hour or two. Water in the pipes jells up and starts to freeze. The radiator in the downstairs bedroom cracks. A case of Diet Cokes in the kitchen bloats to solid ice, each can swollen to bursting, like the Incredible Hulk. Now the water pipes give way. We step outside for firewood to stoke the wood stove, and we gasp: Our breath emerges in jagged-crystal puffs under a cold headlight moon...
DIXIELAND DOWNER A nationwide study finds Southerners are more likely to have high blood pressure than folks living elsewhere in the country. The worst off: those in the rural South. Limited access to health care may be partly to blame, but the Southern diet--rich in salty, fried foods--no doubt plays a role...