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California weighs in with its own solution
A trend may not truly be set until it takes hold in California. But when it comes to artery-clogging, waist-bulging food, many Minnesotans look first to their own State Fair. ... But consumers still need to monitor labels, a University of Minnesota research team [which included Lisa Harnack, Lyn Stefan and David Jacobs] reported this year in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Minnpost
http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/07/28/2729/california_weighs_in_with_its
_own_solution

Science Direct

'U' grad students solve salmonella outbreak
It took a team of local graduate students, along with a high tech lab in St. Paul, to point the finger at the source of an international salmonella outbreak. ... In a matter of days the group of about 10 graduate students from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health were able to uncover what federal investigators have been tracking down for weeks." We called clinics and talk to physicians," said Team D member, Ryan Gierke. "In the evenings we talk to the people who were ill and interview them."
KAAL - TV
To view: http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S522712.shtml?cat=10728

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR20080729
02287.html

Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/26124594.html?location_refer=opinion
 

'Team Diarrhea' helped state crack salmonella case
In less than two weeks, Minnesota Department of Health investigators traced the source of a mysterious salmonella outbreak that had stumped federal health officials for two months and sickened more than 1,200 people in 43 states and Canada. ... "What happened in Minnesota should be the norm," said Mike Osterholm, University of Minnesota foodborne illness expert and an adviser to state and federal health agencies.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/25837094.html?page=2&c=y

Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hoVNNMbbTPzpFP_Oaubc_ZXF7I7QD923PDL00

Winston Salem - Journal
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jul/24/minnesotas-success-may-guide-
future-salmonella-inq/

NewsDay
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/thursday/health/ny-hssalm
245775326jul24,0,2838518.story

CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/24/health/main4289455.shtml

Family Meals Can Help Teen Girls Avoid Drugs, Alcohol
Eating meals together as a family can reduce a teen girl's risk of turning to alcohol or drugs, a new study suggests. ... In families who ate at least five meals a week together, the teen girls were much less likely to drink alcohol, or smoke marijuana or cigarettes five years later, said study author Marla Eisenberg, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
USA Today
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/07/family-dinner-i.html

Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080723/hl_hsn/
familymealscanhelpteengirlsavoiddrugsalcohol

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072
301072.html

MSN
http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/relationships/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1585177

The Oregonian
http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1217
017513209680.xml&coll=7

Greater Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080730/MOMS05/807250363
/1004/LIFESTYLE

Peer groups have big effect on body image of teen girls
Television, movies, magazines and other popular media often get blamed for pressuring teen girls to try to be as thin as models. ... The research found that family meals are linked to better diets, including more fruit and vegetables, less soda and less dietary fat, said Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and a lead investigator of Project EAT.
The Register Guard - Oregon
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=
124018&sid=41&fid=1

Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2008053107_squires16.html

Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/25620224.html?page=2&c=y

Southwest Florida Herald Tribune
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080730/ARTICLE/807300316/-1/newssitemap

Web may hold key to fighting new HIV wave
At first glance, Sexpulse looks like a sexually explicit gaming Web site, with provocative pictures of nude men, cartoons and cheeky icons. ... The website, in development at the University of Minnesota, is the newest strategy to slow a second wave of the HIV/AIDS epidemic rising among young gay and bisexual men.
Rochester Post-Bulletin
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates
/localnews_story.asp?z=10&a=351901

Heavy alcohol use tied to conditions in the college environment
Heavy alcohol use, or binge drinking, among college students in the United States is tied to conditions in the college environment. ... The review was conducted by CAS Director Henry Wechsler, lecturer on society, human development and health at Harvard School of Public Health and Assistant Director Toben Nelson, assistant professor of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota.
News - Medical
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39955

A good night's sleep can help keep you alive
As men age, they need their sleep if they want to live long. That's according to a health study from the University of Minnesota. Disrupted sleep somehow manages to kill off even men who are in apparently good health.“Waking early, staying up late, and severely disturbed sleep patterns may have a detrimental impact on health in older men, especially since this group was generally in good health,” Misti Paudel, and EpiCH Research Fellow, who led the study, told the Ottawa Citizen. “A good night's sleep is important.”
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Internet, tolerance spark change in urban gay communities
Gay communities – such as clubs, bars, events, and neighborhoods – appear to be changing worldwide in light of several key factors, including Internet dating and achievement of civil rights, according to new University of Minnesota research. To read more about the study visit: http://www.ahc.umn.edu/news/releases/InternetToleranceSpark
ChangeinUrbanGayCommunities/index.htm. Also download an audio clip of Simon Rosser discussing his research.

Ankle-Arm Blood Pressure Test Predicts Heart Disease Risk
A seldom-used test that measures blood pressure in the ankle and the arm can help improve assessment of the risk of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular problems, an international research group reports. ... ABI testing right now isn't for everyone, said Dr. Aaron B. Folsom, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the research team.
U.S. News and World Report
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/07/08/ankle-arm-blood-p
ressure-test-predicts-heart.html

State abortions rates have declined; why not for teens?
Hidden within the positive news Tuesday of a decline in the state's abortion rate are some troubling numbers about teenagers. ... An important piece is contraceptives," said Wendy Hellerstedt, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health who studies trends in reproductive medicine.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/22754969.html?location_refer
=Science%20+%20Technology

Study finds parental pressure to get teens to diet tends to backfire
Parents worried about their teen's extra pounds should avoid using the "d word" -- diet -- because it ultimately backfires, new research shows. ... A University of Minnesota study (EAT) ound that overweight teens whose parents urged them to diet were far more likely to still be heavy five years later than hefty adolescents whose parents had said nothing.
Press Enterprise
 http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/
PE_News_Local_S_diet01.4a38e69.html

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