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Troopers find ‘despondent’ man’s body at Mansfield Hollow Journal Inquirer Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:25 PM PDT MANSFIELD â€" State police responded to a report of a despondent man today, only to find him dead in a wooded area of Mansfield Hollow State Park. The man, whose identity was withheld pending notification of family, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel, police said. Doctors urged to calculate patients' BMI, treat obesity The Philadelphia Inquirer Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON - A government panel renewed a call Monday for every adult to be screened for obesity during checkups, suggesting more physicians should be routinely calculating their patients' body mass index, or BMI, a measure of whether you're overweight, obese or just right considering your height. Stabbing in Pottstown WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:05 PM PDT Police in Montgomery County are investigating a stabbing that sent a woman to the hospital. It happened at about 11:00 Tuesday night in the 800 block of Queen Street in Pottstown. Officials say the victim was rushed to the hospital after being found lying in the street with several stab wounds to the upper body. There is no word on what led to the stabbing or the condition of the victim ... Caltech researchers develop technique to focus light inside biological tissue News-Medical-Net Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:02 PM PDT Imagine if doctors could perform surgery without ever having to cut through your skin. Or if they could diagnose cancer by seeing tumors inside the body with a procedure that is as simple as an ultrasound. Parkinson's disease gene identified with help of Mennonite family: UBC-VCH research EurekAlert! Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:45 PM PDT ( University of British Columbia ) An international team led by human genetic researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health has identified the latest gene associated with typical late-onset Lewy body Parkinson's disease, with the help of a Canadian Mennonite family of Dutch-German-Russian ancestry. Mexican doctors successfully remove 33lb tumour that was crushing two-year-old Jesus Rodriguez Daily Mail Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:28 PM PDT Jesus Rodriguez, from Durango, Mexico, was born with the benign lump, which grew to take over the right side of his body and weighed more than he did when he underwent surgery two weeks ago. Sun City briefs Bluffton Today Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:15 PM PDT New fitness class: Strength & Stretch The Health & Wellness Department is offering a new class, Strength & Stretch with Sharon, beginning Monday at the Lakehouse. Get the day started with total body training. What the Supercool Arctic Ground Squirrel Teaches Us about the Brain's Resilience Scientific American Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:09 PM PDT Every September arctic ground squirrels in Alaska, Canada and Siberia retreat into burrows more than a meter beneath the tundra, curl up in nests built from grass, lichen and caribou hair, and begin to hibernate . As their lungs and hearts slow, the rivers of blood flowing through their bodies dwindle and their core body temperatures plummet, dipping below the freezing point of water. Electrical ... Barton Family Benefit supports High River cancer fighter Okotoks Western Wheel Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:07 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. Winter weight to keep Australians warm The Courier Mail Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:03 PM PDT Australians are expected to gain 15 million kilograms of body fat this winter, according to a study of seasonal eating habits.

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