Tag: Nutrition

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Pediatrics panel suggests screenings, drugs to deal with childhood cholesterol

Monday, July 07, 2008

Guest: Dr. Peter Jung, pediatrician, Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas

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The end of food

Thursday, June 12, 2008

The signs are all around us: salmonella outbreaks; riots over food shortages; fears over mad cow disease; water shortages; skyrocketing global food prices. These are portents for the end of easily accessible food. Paul Roberts, author of "The End of Food" and "The End of Oil" sees the potential cataclysm ahead.

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More on global food solutions

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

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World leaders confer in Rome as food prices rise

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

The United Nations has convened a high-level conference of the World Food Program in Rome to discuss the challenges of climate change, bioenergy and food security amid rises prices. Making an appearance is Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, whose own country faces an inflation rate of 165,000 percent.

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