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FILE - This Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo shows fliets of Copper River Salmon from Alaska in Seattle. Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found. The work, published in the Thursday, May 9, 2013 New England Journal of Medicine, makes clearer who does and does not benefit from taking supplements of omega-3 fatty acids, the good oils found in fish such as salmon, tuna and sardines. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks

Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found. The work makes clearer who does and does not benefit from taking supplements of ...

Christie's surgery highlights weight-loss options

Weight-loss surgery such as the type that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not just improve people's waistlines, but their health. Obesity causes or worsens myriad health problems, from diabetes to heart disease, severe sleep apnea to arthritic knees. Christie has revealed that after struggling with his weight for ...

A guide to NJ Gov. Christie's weight-loss surgery

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is seen as a possible presidential candidate for 2016, said Tuesday that he underwent a procedure in February to have a band implanted around his stomach in February in an effort to lose weight. A look at the procedure, his decision, and ...

FILE - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question in this April 30, 2013 file photo taken in Long Beach Township, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie secretly underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight at the urging of his family. Christie told The New York Post for a story in Tuesday's May 7, 2013 edition. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

A bit slimmer: Christie has weight-loss surgery

Gov. Chris Christie, who once famously called himself "the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen," disclosed Tuesday he had secretly undergone weight-loss surgery, a major new step by the potential Republican presidential contender to address both his health and a political vulnerability. The stakes are high for Christie, with medical ...

Proposed SC budget says no junk food for governor

Lawmakers in South Carolina are trying to keep junk food out of the governor's mansion. State senators inserted a clause in the 2013-14 budget plan that would bar Gov. Nikki Haley's office and the Governor's Mansion from buying junk food with public money, whether for employee treats or entertaining. The ...

Steve Ford shows the inside of his small greenhouse on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at his home in Casper, Wyo. Ford takes the plants inside at night when temperatures dip below 50 degrees. Ford grows produce for personal consumption and he sells some of it to help cover growing costs. He has two other locations other than his home that he uses for growing his produce. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Leah Millis)

Local food movement catches on in Casper

Steve Ford takes pride in his heirloom tomatoes. He grows them in community plots and climate-controlled "tunnels" at his South Conwell Street home in Casper, where recently planted seedlings and future transplants sit in a 6- by 8-foot greenhouse. Indoors, more tomato starts await sale in a multilevel window box. ...

Healthy food initiatives underway at Centra

Centra officials plan to give people an incentive to choose healthy food when they eat in the health care system's cafeterias. Prices will be based on nutritional value and healthy foods will cost less than unhealthy foods. Color labels based on calories, fat, cholesterol and sodium content will help diners ...

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