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Recipes for Health: Turkish Bean and Herb Salad	8/31/2010 10:30 PM
This fragrant bean salad requires far less olive oil than the traditional version.
Tai Chi Reported to Ease Fibromyalgia	8/19/2010 1:40 PM
Slow exercise and meditation as practiced in an ancient Chinese regimen may help sufferers of a mysterious and controversial disease.
Making Soldiers Fit to Fight, Without the Situps	8/31/2010 9:58 AM
The goal of a new training program is to reduce injuries and better prepare recruits for the rigors of combat.
Personal Best: When Repeat Injuries Can’t Dim an Athlete’s Passion	8/16/2010 10:50 PM
Despite strains, fractures and tears, we keep going, switching sports or even doctors. At least one expert would say we stubborn athletes have a psychological problem.
Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak	8/19/2010 9:10 AM
An Iowa company broadened a recall of its eggs to 380 million after hundreds of people got sick across the country.
Moose Offer Trail of Clues on Arthritis	8/17/2010 3:22 PM
Research on moose suggests that arthritis in human beings may be linked in part to nutritional deficits.
Q & A: A Calcium Quandary	8/16/2010 10:20 PM
Do vitamin C and calcium in milk cancel each other’s benefits?
Vital Signs: Diet: Low-Fat vs. Atkins: Parallel Results	8/9/2010 11:11 PM
One of the longest trials to pit low-fat diets against Atkins-style diets found that participants lost the same amount of weight after two years, regardless of which diet they were on.
Vital Signs: Hazards: Salmonella Is Traced to Dry Pet Food	8/10/2010 9:11 AM
Salmonella infections in toddlers have been traced to dry pet food, the first time a strain has been linked to the food, health officials say.
The Bay Citizen: Tofu Maker Is Idled After Recall of Products	8/5/2010 10:39 PM
Quong Hop, one of the largest tofu makers in California, is shut down after yet another recall linked to food safety. The company’s future is now in doubt.