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Lab Notes: Girls Who Walk to School Have Better Scores; Social Smoking Can Trigger Heart Attack

Yesterday's top story: Girls who walk or bike to school do better on tests, but the same isn't true of boys, reports Reuters.

Fear, Denial and Making a Change: The Addiction of Unhealthy Lifestyles

Dr. J ruminates on how we get stuck in our unhealthy practices out of fear and denial.

American Military Having Trouble Fitting into Their Uniforms

Bob Wieder reports on overweight soldiers in U.S. military branches. From 1992 to 2007, some 24,000 soldiers were discharged from the Army for excess weight. Some personnel are resorting to extreme measures to meet fitness standards, from diet pills to extreme exercise, purging and liposuction.

Lab Notes: FDA Taking Another Look at Amalgam Dental Fillings; The Biology of Political Ideology Seen in the Eyes

Yesterday's top story: The FDA has decided to revisit whether mercury-containing silver (amalgam) fillings are safe for dental patients

Nibbles: Children's Eating Disorders, Diets for Chubby Babies and Baby Spanx

Diet News Shorts: The number of children under 12 hospitalized for eating disorders increased by 199 percent between 1999 and 2006. Some parents are putting their babies on disturbingly restrictive diets, and SNL parodies this disturbing parenting trend with its fauxmercial for Baby Spanx.

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