Health

American Indian energy bar wins national appeal

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — It's a 70-calorie energy bar made of two unusual ingredients and branded with a funny-sounding name. Who knew that combining buffalo and cranberries would be so sweet? But therein lies the recipe for success for Native American Natural Foods, a company based on the Pine Ridge Indian ...

Blog brings human face to big-city murder

Friday, April 18th, 2008

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Two or three people are killed each day by others in Los Angeles County. Most of them died anonymously until Jill Leovy and her blog, The Homicide Report, came along. For more than a year, Leovy made it her job to document every homicide in Los ...

DASH Diet Can Protect Heart

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Researchers who conducted a 24-year study of 88,517 women discovered that those who ate little meat, low-fat dairy products, and lots of produce lowered their risk of heart disease and stroke. Teresa T. Fung and colleagues at Simmons College in Boston conducted the research. Participants in the study were female nurses ...