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Big Move: Chicago Schools To Buy Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Big news on several fronts: against the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and for healthier food for school children. The Chicago Public Schools announced that its main food-service company, Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality, will begin buying and serving chicken drumsticks from birds raised in the local area without antibiotics. The deal will bring 1.2 million pounds of chicken to 473 schools per year.

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School-wide Suicide Prevention Program Cuts Teen Risk in Half

After participating in a prevention program at school, European teenagers were about half as likely to attempt suicide or to feel suicidal, according to a new study involving 11,000 students and published in The Lancet.

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Dozens of People Perform CPR to Save One Heart Attack Victim

For more than an hour and a half more than two dozen bystanders and first responders took turns performing CPR on a fallen Minnesota man. Their teamwork saved his life, in what may be one of the longest, successful out-of-hospital resuscitations ever.

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Ralph Lauren To Build World-Class Breast Cancer Research Facility (His Second)

Since the late 1980s, when Ralph Lauren was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and his close friend died from breast cancer, the fashion mogul has been dedicated to the fight against the deadly disease. He announced plans to build a second world-class breast cancer research center recently in London.

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What Cancer Patients Want Most - To Laugh (Help Them do it)

It's not just an "old adage" that tells us laughter is the best medicine these days. Scientists, doctors, mental health professionals, and patients themselves call humor a remedy for any ailment -- at least temporarily. In the book, 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know, the #1 statement in a recent survey of more than 600 survivors is, "I need to laugh – or just forget about cancer for a while." Now there is a resource and you can contribute to the funny file.

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Inmates Find Health and Solace in Yoga

When many states have cut their wellness and education programs for inmates, citing cost and political pressure, some wardens looking for a low-cost, low-risk way for inmates to reflect on their crimes, improve their fitness and cope with the stress of overcrowded prison life are turning toward yoga.

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Health Plans Will Pay $1B Obamacare Rebate For Not Spending Enough On Care

More than $1 billion is headed to consumers and employers this summer from their insurance companies thanks to a part of the federal health law that requires a rebate from plans that don't spend at least 4 of every 5 premium dollars on medical care.

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Today is 'Drug Take-Back Day' to Safely Dispose of Unwanted Prescription Drugs

The Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day to take place at thousands of sites around the U.S. today. During the third Drug Take-Back Day in 2011, Americans turned in more than 188.5 tons of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal. The 5,327 drop off locations were available in all 50 states and U.S. territories.