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Weight Loss May Cut Cancer Risk: Study The Huffington Post Tue, 01 May 2012 14:31 PM PDT Overweight women who shed just 5 percent of their body fat may be able to make a dent in their cancer risk, according to a new study. Kovalchuk to miss Game 2 against Flyers as New Jersey tries to even series Hamilton Spectator Tue, 01 May 2012 14:26 PM PDT New Jersey Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk will miss Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Philadelphia Flyers with an undisclosed lower-body injury. Evidence that BMI has an independent and causal effect on heart disease risk EurekAlert! Tue, 01 May 2012 14:26 PM PDT In addition to the many risk factors associated with poor health, reducing body mass index (BMI) will have a considerable and independent impact if you want to reduce the risk of developing ischemic heart disease. This is the key finding from new research, published in PLoS Medicine, which evaluated the causal relationship between BMI and heart disease in 76,000 individuals. Evidence for causal link between increased BMI and ischemic heart disease EurekAlert! Tue, 01 May 2012 14:25 PM PDT A Mendelian randomization analysis conducted by Børge Nordestgaard of Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark and colleagues, using data from observational studies, supports a causal relationship between body mass index and risk for ischemic heart disease. Addicts find revolving door San Clemente Sun Post News Tue, 01 May 2012 14:20 PM PDT The more I learn about the way our legal system handles drug addicts, the more perplexed I become.Fourteen hours after getting out of jail on a drug possession charge and less than 24 hours before his body was found dumped on the side of a road, Joey... Body of man found in Perry County, Mo. KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau Tue, 01 May 2012 13:51 PM PDT Crews found the body of a 21-year-old man in Perry County Tuesday. Urinary Tract Infection [JAMA Patient Page] Journal of the American Medical Association Tue, 01 May 2012 13:45 PM PDT The urinary tract is made up of the bladder, the urethra, the ureters, and the kidney. Urine is made by the kidneys. It then flows down the ureters to the bladder where it is stored before being passed out of the body through the urethra. Ilya Kovalchuk to miss Game 2 vs. Flyers with lower-body injury Puck Daddy Tue, 01 May 2012 13:45 PM PDT Ilya Kovalchuk didn't look like Ilya Kovalchuk in Game 1 against the Philadelphia Flyers. It was obvious something was nagging him and it showed on the stat sheet with zero shots and his lowest ice time since the end of March. After a video session Monday, Kovalchuk wasn't available to the media and was said to have gone to "therapy" . And when Tim Sestito stepped on the ice at Wells Fargo ... Devils-Flyers odds shift with sniper Kovalchuk out Covers.com Tue, 01 May 2012 13:09 PM PDT New Jersey Devils sharpshooter Ilya Kovalchuk has been ruled out of Game 2 with a lower-body injury, causing oddsmakers to adjust their odds. The Flyers opened around -155 at most books, but can now be found as high as -170 at a number of onlin... Body found in trunk of burned car on levee in Baton Rouge WAFB Baton Rouge Tue, 01 May 2012 12:58 PM PDT A body was found Tuesday morning in the trunk of a burned vehicle on the levee in Baton Rouge.

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