NBC: Castro creates more chatter
MSNBC - Sedema Vazquez, a retired teacher, points to his rapid weight loss of more than 40 pounds in the month following surgery. “That can only be one thing,” she said, refusing to say the actual word and reflecting the general public’s view that all cancer

Health Journal: Web site tallies your risk of disease 
Everybody worries about cancer, heart disease and other illnesses, but most people don’t have any idea what their long-term risk for developing a serious health problem really is.

MetroWest less likely to light up 
MetroWest residents are far less likely to smoke than other Bay Staters, according to a new survey that found statewide smoking rates have reached their lowest level since surveillance began 20 years ago.

Acomplia (Rimonabant) Miracle Weight-Loss Drug may not be Magic …
SeniorJournal.com, TX - Oct 18, 2006October 18, 2006 Hailed as the weight-loss “miracle pill,” Acomplia, still known in the US by its generic name “rimonabant,” while it awaits FDA approval …

Area population drops by 2,000-plus
Sentinel & Enterprise - She added many businesses look at local schools’ performances when deciding where to locate. “If you don’t have healthy communities, you’re not going to have a healthy state,” she said. “It’s backwards thinking that a healthy state creates a

RClub Interactive Fitness and Kids in Action Partner for a
Earthtimes - The Kids in Action program offers a sound solution to help kids and their families learn the healthy habits critical to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight for life.” About RClub Interactive Fitness About Kids in Action (1) Caprio S, Genel M

Candidates bicker, but have similar health views 
Paul Ewalt, 66, pays about $300 per month for health insurance for both himself and his wife. The retired golf pro and salesman can afford his insurance and drug supplement payments, but he knows many people can’t.

Grading a health plan’s successes and failures
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 8 hours agoPicking the right health plan is like looking at houses whose windows are blackened and whose doors lack knobs: You can’t tell what they’re like inside. …

Busy running week draws to a close, Thankful Turkey 5K on horizon 
San Marcos There are some weeks when things in the running world are a little slow and then other weeks everything happens at once. This week is a little like that.

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CBS News - You need to focus on eating healthy and exercising while working on what’s inside of you and the way you feel about yourself,” Elaine Magee, M.PH., R.D., a WebMD Weight Loss Clinic consultant, told WebMD in January. “Don’t get hung up on pounds and