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Move over Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus. There’s a new health-promoting gut bacterium in town, and it’s called Akkermansia muciniphila.
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The federal government has taken a new step to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions of nursing home patients by lowering a year’s worth of p…
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The U.S. school lunch program is making room on menus again for noodles, biscuits, tortillas and other foods made mostly of refined grains.
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November is American Diabetes Month, and a good time to sort fact from fiction regarding this serious disease.
The Food Network threw down the gauntlet, pitting the two popular Thanksgiving desserts in a head-to-head battle for superiority.
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Chelsea Place celebrated the grand opening of its newest location, Chelsea Place Home Care on 3626 Tamiami Trail, Nov 7, in Port Charlotte.
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