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Certain Diets May Help Body Burn More Calories: Study HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:06 PM PDT TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Dieters have long been told that to lose weight, you simply need to cut calories. But new research suggests that some combinations of foods may burn more calories than others. Genetic variant is linked to obesity and insulin resistance Science Daily Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:54 PM PDT A large study in people at risk of diabetes has found a direct association between the presence of a small genetic alteration in a hormone receptor and increased body fat and insulin resistance. The results suggest an adverse role for a previously described genetic variant, the BclI polymorphism. Old Williams magic likely gone for good Columbia Daily Tribune Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:37 PM PDT Venus Williams is 32 years old and has an autoimmune disease she first told us about at the 2011 U.S. Open. Sjogren's syndrome can leave her feeling lethargic even when she has rested and eaten well and treated her body as if it is a precious heirloom. Barton Family Benefit supports High River cancer fighter Okotoks Western Wheel Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:37 PM PDT Fighting any form of cancer would be devastating to say the least. One could only imagine the grief a mom and wife felt when she discovered cancerous cells inflaming her body. Questions Remain Following Hepatitis C Outbreak New Hampshire Public Radio Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT After a lifetime of health challenges, the last thing Katrina wanted to hear was that she’d contracted Hepatitis C.  “I was devastated,” says the 41-year old, whose last name is being withheld at her request. She also suffers from diabetes and kidney failure, and believes she got Hep C about five years ago, possibly from sharing razors with a female roommate. Because Hep C can live in the body ... West Carroll Considers ‘Weighted Grading’ System, Leaves Wrestling Meets at High School The Prairie Advocate Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:09 PM PDT THOMSON â€" The West Carroll School Board listened to High School Principal Bob Lamb talk about the pros and cons (but mostly pros) of a new system that would change the way grade point averages are calculated, at the June 20th, 2012 meeting of that body at the West Carroll Intermediate School in Thomson. Jury begins deliberations The Daily Reflector Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:08 PM PDT A jury began deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of shooting his fiancee and setting her body on fire in 2009 after his attorney completed closing arguements. Closing arguments completed The Daily Reflector Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:53 AM PDT Law enforcement did not look for evidence supporting the innocence of a man accused of shooting his fiancee and setting her body on fire in 2009, his attorney argued Tuesday during closing arguments in the trial. Police investigate body in burned-out car CBC Montreal Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:07 AM PDT Quebec provincial police have released more information about the body found in a burned-out car near Blainville on the weekend. Officials: 11 killed in 2 Iraq bombings Reno Gazette-Journal Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:04 AM PDT A body of a victim lies on the ground as firefighters try to extinguish flames after a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad. / By Emad Matti, AP

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