Health and technology brief highlights nutrition and gadgets
The piece notes iceberg lettuce is low calorie but least nutritious versus darker greens like romaine arugula kale and Swiss chard. It covers a NutriGuide pocket computer for tracking 8000 foods at 149.95, plus a review of the Cambridge SoundWorks Model 88CD at 349.99 praising sound and features in a Dallas Morning News context.
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Pump Girls Highlight Teens and Diabetes Pump Innovation
Brittany Rausch and fellow teens in California juggle diabetes management with fame as the Pump Girls. The group promotes insulin pumps like the Minimed Model 508, offering independence from strict meal timing while touring nationally to inspire other youths with Type 1 diabetes.
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Jackie Teichman
Pediatric Adolescent Diabetes Research and Education Foundation
Children’s Hospital of
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Colleen Cottrell
Sarah Ann Carey
Exercise as great medicine praised in Consumer Reports survey
Consumer Reports highlights a large survey showing exercise tops many therapies for arthritis back pain and mood. It notes many readers discuss alternatives with doctors and many doctors approve. The piece cites 46 000 respondents and compares prescription drugs to exercise for mood blood pressure and cholesterol outcomes.
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Eports
Energy Express
Ronni Sandroff
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reporter
Sandroff
St. John’s Wort
Consumerreports.com
Rockies
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