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• She drops 100 pounds, gains new world
  I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.
  
• For teens, too little sleep may equal too many snacks
  All those late nights spent trolling Facebook, texting friends, and cramming for tests may be taking a toll on teenagers' diets, a new study suggests.
  
• Build-it-yourself playground helps kids imagine
  He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony.
  
• In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail
  The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.
  
• FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs
  Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.
  
• Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some
  Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
  
• West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece
  West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
  
• Flu 2010: 5 things you should know
  Ohio State offensive lineman Andrew Miller wants to be first in line for a vaccine this year. Here are five things you should know.
  
• The truth about 12 health myths
  If you cross your eyes, they'll stay that way. If you have wet hair, you'll catch a cold. Some adages -- about nutrition, home remedies, and more -- need an update.
  
• 'Heroic' E. coli survivor still battling
  It was prom night, May 2009, and Linda Rivera of Las Vegas, Nevada, was making goodies for her twin sons' party.
  

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