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Coffee House Drinks Pile on the Calories

Calories in Cafe drinks may be derailing your best efforts to lose or maintain your weight.

As innocent as that afternoon pick-me-up seems, fancy flavored lattes and baked goods are loaded with fat and calories.

Soon, calorie counts will be on display to help you make an informed decision when you order.

The hope is that seeing the fat and calorie counts will allow consumers to calculate whether or not those extra 300 or more extra calories fit into their daily intake allowance.

Increased Risk of Cancer Plagues 9/11 NYC Firefighters

9/11 NYC Firefighters are at higher risk of cancer years after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Researchers have reported the presence of hundreds of compounds in ground zero dust, among them known carcinogens. Potential cancer-causing agents such as asbestos that coated the Trade Center buildings’ lower columns, and benzene, a component of jet fuel that caused uncontrollable fires when planes barreled into the twin towers, have been a cancer concern for researchers.

Responders are struggling to pay the medical bills caused by cancers.

Many suspect that this is the tip of the iceberg.

As new cases continue to emerge the financial burden adds to the tragedy of 9/11.

Light and Healthy Labor Day Picnic Food Alternatives

Labor Day is the last big Summer holiday and three months of picnics, ice cream, and cold beers have derailed your best dieting efforts.

End your summer on high note by choosing healthy alternatives to usual fattening picnic fare.

Short of going vegetarian, there are many less gut busting treats to enjoy with friends and family.

Replace fattening appetizers and dips with fresh veggies and a handful of nuts.

And pass on filling desserts by opting for the end of summer’s bounty of fresh and delicious fruits.

Grilled chicken sandwiches are an easy switch from fatty burgers.

Find more menu swapping ideas to keep you slim and trim into Fall.

Pediatricians Turn Away Children Without Vaccinations

Parents failure to immunize their children could lead to conflict with pediatricians.

On one hand, doctors are there to treat everyone, and turning patients away leaves them still unvaccinated and without care. But an unvaccinated child who is carrying a virus is “literally a walking Typhoid Mary” who puts other children in a waiting room at risk.

Unvaccinated children who carry a disease infect those infants and smaller children who are too young to be inoculated and are therefore vulnerable to illness.

More Colleges to Ban Smoking on Campus

Grass roots efforts driven by students and faculty have helped colleges to ban smoking.

The University of Kentucky is one of more than 500 college campuses across the country that have enacted 100% smoke-free or tobacco-free policies as of July 1. Although policy enforcement varies from school to school, most prohibit smoking on all campus grounds, including athletic stadiums, restaurants and parking lots.
An increasing number of colleges adopted smoke-free or tobacco-free policies in the past few years, according to American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation Project Manager Liz Williams. In the past year alone, 120 campuses were added to the smoke-free list.

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