'Tinderbox': How The West Fueled The AIDS Epidemic - Fresh Air

Mississippi Losing The War With Obesity

Fat chance - BBC - The Interview

Have our brains been hijacked by processed foods? David Kessler, former head of America's Food and Drug Administration, argues the compulsion to eat fat, sugar and salt is making humans obese.

More, Please Weight-loss schemes were popular long before Americans en masse became so massive. WSJ

Super Size Me

Fast Food Nation

A ‘catastrophic’ rupture hits region’s water system - The Boston Globe

A ‘catastrophic’ rupture hits region’s water system - The Boston Globe

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House Approves Health Overhaul, Sending Landmark Bill to Obama - NYTimes.com

House Approves Health Overhaul, Sending Landmark Bill to Obama - NYTimes.com

‘The Cause of My Life’ By Edward M. Kennedy | NEWSWEEK

Inside the fight for universal health care.

Controlling the American Appetite (NPR On Point 7/2/2009)

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The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

Blue Cross, Tufts break fee deadlock

You Walk Wrong

It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take.