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'Power Punch Broccoli?' New Names Spice Up Veggies

09/18/2012 at 3:32 am

Ablestock.com/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Forget plain old carrots and boring broccoli. Rebranding these veggies as "X-ray Vision Carrots" or "Power Punch Broccoli" helps more kids eat healthy at school, according to a new study.

The study, published in the Journal Preventive Medicine, exposed more than 1,000 kids in seven New York elementary schools to lunchtime veggie choices with and without innovative names like "Silly Dilly Green Beans" or "Tiny Tasty Tree Tops."  read more ≫


West Nile Virus: Fighting the Largest Outbreak in US History

09/17/2012 at 7:29 pm

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(DALLAS) -- Brandt Leondar is learning to walk again. A single mosquito bite infected with West Nile virus has ravaged his body and his mind.

But Leondar, a 51-year-old high school band director from Grapevine, Texas, wasn't even expected to survive, and his doctor prepared the family for the worst.

"I had talked to his wife candidly," said Dr. Cedric Spak, "I told her I'm not sure which way this is going to go." read more ≫


Watch Part Two of Aerosmith's Web Series on the Making of "Music from Another Dimension!" Now

09/17/2012 at 6:00 pm

Columbia RecordsThe second installment of an eight-part video series on the making of Aerosmith's upcoming album, Music from Another Dimension!, has debuted online at Vimeo.com.  The three-minute segment includes footage shot in the summer of 2011 of the band members poring over song ideas at guitarist Joe Perry's Boston-area studio, The Boneyard, and at the group's Vindaloo rehearsal space in Hanover, Massachusetts. read more ≫


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