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Fat free for real? 5 food labels demystified

TODAYs diet and nutrition editor Madelyn Fernstrom shares need-to-know tips about fats, sweeteners, meat and poultry, grain and fiber and fruit.

Hour stories: Smooth operator

I don't know much about smoothies. They vaguely remind me of '80s-era California. This is odd because I was attending elementary school in the '80s and it certainly wasn't anywhere near the Pacific Ocean.

Riva Greenberg: Health Insurance Companies Are Withholding Life-Saving Education

Education has fallen so low as a health priority that it's barely noticed when the lack of it causes devastating consequences, including death.

Craig Garner: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': The Hospital Menu in the Modern Age

Medical technology has made dramatic leaps in the past hundred and fifty years. Oddly, one aspect of the hospital stay has remained surprisingly constant -- the menu.

Diabetes linked to heredity, obesity - Thu, 22 Jul 2010 PST

DEAR DR. GOTT: I have been a type 2 diabetic for four years now. What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes? DEAR READER: Diabetes is a disorder in which blood-glucose levels are above normal. People develop diabetes either because the pancreas doesnt produce adequate insulin or because the cells in the muscles, liver and fat dont use insulin properly. This results is glucose ...