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1. Typical Restaurant Meal Loaded With Fats, Calories
   

   By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- The next time you sit down at your favorite local eatery, ponder this: Two new studies find that the average restaurant meal provides diners with most of the calories, fats and salt they require for the entire day. The authors

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2. Hungry Shoppers Buy High-Calorie Foods
   

   By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- People who grocery shop when hungry tend to load up their carts with higher-calorie foods and more of them, a new study suggests. Not only does that affect the meal they will be eating at home that night, but their meals through

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3. WHO Study Identifies Riskiest Meats
   

   Ground beef and chicken cause more foodborne illness-related hospitalizations than other meats, according to a new study. Chicken nuggets, ham and sausage pose the lowest risk, according to Center for Science in the Public Interest researchers who examined more than 33,000 cases of foodborne illness

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4. Number of U.S. Food-borne Illness Cases Stalled
   

   By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Progress in reducing foodborne illness in the United States seems to have stalled, health officials reported Thursday. "Every year, we estimate that about 48 million of us -- that would be one in six people in the United Stat

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5. Health Highlights: April 17, 2013
   

   Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are present in a significant amount of raw meat sold in the United States, according to a Food and Drug Administration report. Tests conducted by the agency found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in 81 percent of raw ground turkey, 69 percent of pork chops, 55 percent of g

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6. La. Company Expands Meat Recall
   

   A recall of meat products due to possible bacterial contamination has been expanded by a Louisiana-based meat packing company, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says. The recall by the Manda Packing Company now includes 468,000 pounds of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, tasso pork, ham shanks, hog h

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7. 3 Million Pounds of Snacks & Frozen Pizza Recalled
   

   Possible E. coli contamination has prompted Rich Products Corp. of Buffalo to expand a recall to include about 3 million pounds of frozen pizza, mozzarella bites, Philly cheese steaks and other snack products. The recall involves all products made at the company's plant in Waycross, Ga. The products

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8. Woman's Tea Addiction Led to Loss of Teeth
   

   By Barbara Bronson Gray HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a cautionary tale about the value of moderation. A case study reported in the March 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows how habitually drinking an extreme form of highly concentrated tea over

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9. Tuna Recalled Over Loose Seals
   

   Editor's note: This story was updated on March 8 to include recall information from Chicken of the Sea. March 7, 2013 -- Bumble Bee Foods and Chicken of the Sea are recalling some of their tuna because the cans might not be sealed tightly. If you have 5-ounce cans of Bumble Bee or Brunswick Chunk Wh

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10. Salmonella Risk Prompts Easter Candy Recall
    

    March 1, 2013 -- A candy company is recalling some chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs because of possible salmonella contamination. Zachary Confections, Inc., says its Zachary Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow Eggs should be thrown out or returned to the store. The affected candy was shipped to stores i

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