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Study: Carnivore Diet May Trigger Girls' Early Puberty

15 hours 44 minutes ago |AOL News

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(June 11) -- High-meat diets among young girls may lower the age at which they reach puberty, potentially putting them at greater risk for life-threatening diseases, according to a new British study. ...

Oil Washing Into Alabama's Pristine Perdido Pass

1 day 16 hours ago |AOL News

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(June 10) -- Oil from the BP disaster washed into Alabama's Perdido Pass, the latest beauty spot threatened by the country's worst-ever oil spill. Oil penetrated as deep as three miles down current ...

Latest Genetic Research May Help Decode Autism

2 days 13 hours ago |AOL News

(June 9) -- In a breakthrough that could help scientists develop accurate diagnostics and effective treatment for autism, researchers have pinpointed dozens of genes implicated in the illness. But th ...

Amish Farmers Face Fines for Manure Pollution

2 days 18 hours ago |AOL News

Keith Srakocic, AP

(June 9) -- Amish farmers in Pennsylvania are coming under pressure from the federal government to stop allowing manure from their cows to reach the Chesapeake Bay or face environmental fines, accord ...

Chinese Youths Escape From Internet Addicts' Camp

3 days 22 hours ago |AOL News

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (June 8) -- A group of youngsters hog-tied their counselor and escaped from an Internet addicts' rehab camp in China earlier this month, according to a report in the Yangtze Evening Ne ...

Couple Takes Two-Week Camel Milk Challenge

3 days 23 hours ago |AOL News

Fred Saxon

(June 8) -- Of all the ways someone can milk publicity for their cause, drinking camel milk isn't the first that comes to mind. Yet that's what a couple of camel farmers plan to do starting June 16. ...

White House Mounts PR Blitz for Health Care Reform

4 days 15 hours ago |AOL News

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WASHINGTON (June 7) -- The White House and its allies are launching a massive public relations campaign to convince a skeptical public that its historic health care reform legislation is just what th ...

Chrysler Recalls Dodge Caliber Over Sticky Pedals

7 days ago |AP

WASHINGTON (June 5) -- Chrysler is recalling nearly 35,000 Dodge Calibers in the United States and around the world to fix a potential problem with sticky gas pedals, the same issue that has affected ...

Cadmium: The Health Hazards of an Everyday Toxin

7 days 15 hours ago |AOL News

Phil Long, AP

(June 4) -- More than 10 million pounds of it are used in the United States each year, but most of us don't know just how often cadmium -- a natural element that's highly toxic to humans -- is lurkin ...

Survey: High Schoolers Abusing Prescription Meds

7 days 19 hours ago |AOL News

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(June 4) -- One in five American high school students has knowingly misused prescription drugs, according to a federal report that also highlights the failure to curb drug use among teens. The survey ...

McDonald's Recalls 12 Million 'Shrek' Glasses

8 days 1 hour ago

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(June 4) -- McDonald's has issued a recall for 12 million "Shrek Forever After 3D" drinking glasses after learning they are tainted with cadmium, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The ...

State: Crews Face Greater Risk From Heat Than Oil

8 days 16 hours ago |AOL News

Patrick Semansky, AP

BATON ROUGE, La. (June 3) -- Most of the health troubles suffered by Gulf of Mexico cleanup crews have been caused by heat exhaustion, not exposure to crude oil or chemical dispersants, Louisiana hea ...