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171. Death Toll Rises From Listeria in Cantaloupes
     

     Sept. 20, 2011 -- Four people are confirmed dead -- with three more deaths under investigation -- in the ongoing outbreak of listeria food poisoning from contaminated cantaloupes. The CDC's official count has grown to 35 cases in 10 states. In every case where medical records are available, people i

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172. Second Listeriosis Death From Contaminated Cantaloupes
     

     Sept. 15, 2011 -- A second person has died of listeriosis as the outbreak from contaminated cantaloupes has spread to seven states. Including the two deaths, 22 people have been sickened.  The CDC, FDA, and Colorado health authorities have traced the outbreak to Jensen Farms of Holly, Colo. It is no

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173. Tempest in an Apple Juice Box
     

     Sept. 14, 2011 -- Does apple juice contain unsafe amounts of deadly arsenic? Yes, warns Mehmet Oz, MD, star of TV's The Dr. Oz Show. No, says the FDA. In what a promotional ad calls "the most shocking investigation in Dr. Oz Show history," Oz points to tests commissioned at a private lab. Those test

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174. CDC Warning: Deadly Listeria in Cantaloupe
     

     Sept. 13, 2011 -- Cantaloupe from the Rocky Ford region of Colorado may carry deadly listeria bacteria, the CDC warns. So far the outbreak has caused 15 hospitalizations -- including one death -- in four states: Colorado (11 cases), Nebraska (one case), Oklahoma (one case), and Texas (two cases). Th

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175. More Ground Turkey Recalled Because of Salmonella Risk
     

     Sept. 12, 2011 -- About 185,000 more pounds of ground turkey have been recalled from the same Arkansas processing facility associated with last month's massive ground turkey recall. Cargill announced the voluntary recall of about 185,000 pounds of 85% lean fresh ground turkey after products produced

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176. CDC: 1,000 Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in a Year
     

     Sept. 8, 2011 -- The latest numbers from the CDC show the U.S. had more than 1,000 outbreaks of food-borne disease in a single year. The CDC study includes reports of illness from 2008, the most recent year that information is available. The outbreaks caused 23,152 cases of illness, nearly 1,300 hos

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177. 49 Million Americans Struggle to Put Food on the Table
     

     Sept. 7, 2011 -- The number of Americans struggling to put adequate food on the table remains at an all-time high, a new government report shows. The report, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), finds that 49 million Americans, or one in six, lacked the resources to eat sufficient, regula

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178. The Truth About Sugar
     

     Recently, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres declared that she was going on a sugar cleanse, purging her diet of all refined sugars to boost her well-being. While naturally occurring sugars, such as the kind found in sugar snap peas, were still OK to eat, no one was going to catch Ellen letting a Bundt

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179. Health Benefits of Green Tea
     

     It's difficult not to gush about green tea. More than a decade's worth of research about green tea's health benefits -- particularly its potential to fight cancer and heart disease -- has been more than intriguing, as have limited studies about green tea's role in lowering cholesterol, burning fat,

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180. The Truth About Red Meat
     

     Does eating red meat increase the risk of dying from heart disease or cancer? It’s a question that keeps coming up, fueled by research and high-profile campaigns by advocacy groups on both sides of the debate. WebMD asked the experts, looking for answers about disease risk, health benefits, and what

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