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Well: The Appetite Workout

International Herald Tribune - Posted: January 17th, 2013, 2:31pm EST

Can exercise help regulate how much we eat? New science suggests that if you stick with the right kind of exercise, you may change how your body interacts with food.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/27a1aeb7/mf.gif' border='0'/

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Search of DNA Sequences Reveals Full Identities

International Herald Tribune - Posted: January 17th, 2013, 2:24pm EST

Surprising results from a DNA researcher highlight the growing tension between the advancement of medical research and privacy concerns.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/27a18beb/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884780411/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a18beb/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884780411/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a18beb/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151884780411/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a18beb/a2t.img" border="0"/

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The New Old Age: In Flu Season, Use a Mask. But Which One?

International Herald Tribune - Posted: January 17th, 2013, 1:12pm EST

Do face masks help prevent people from getting the flu? And if so, how much protection do they give? You might think the answer to this question would be well established. It's not.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/279355cd/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884494871/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/279355cd/kg/342/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884494871/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/279355cd/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151884494871/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/279355cd/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/

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Question Mark: Some Baby Boomers Feel Less Irritated as They Age

International Herald Tribune - Posted: January 17th, 2013, 11:29am EST

Baby boomers have plenty of complaints about the big things in life, but on the little irritants many find themselves becoming surprisingly accepting.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/27a1340c/mf.gif' border='0'/

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Well: The Fallout of a Chance Medical Finding

International Herald Tribune - Posted: January 17th, 2013, 11:22am EST

A small mass was "incidentally noted" on my patient's chart. But once the incidentaloma had been given life, so to speak, it was no longer incidental. We were now obliged to run some highly complicated - and expensive - lab tests.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/27a0217b/mf.gif' border='0'/

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HEALTH: Flu Season Strikes Again...and Again

International Herald Tribune - Posted: January 17th, 2013, 10:59am EST

The flu comes every year, and this year’s strain has hit early and hard. The Times reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. says plenty of people are sick but don’t just blame influenza.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/27a00b7e/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884773796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a00b7e/kg/342/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884773796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a00b7e/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151884773796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a00b7e/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/

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HEALTH: Flu Season Strikes Again ... and Again

International Herald Tribune - Posted: January 17th, 2013, 10:59am EST

The flu comes every year and this year’s strain has hit early and hard. The Times’s Donald G. McNeil Jr. says plenty of people are sick, but don’t just blame influenza.img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/27a00b7e/mf.gif' border='0'/br/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884773796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a00b7e/kg/342/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884773796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a00b7e/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"//aimg width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151884773796/u/0/f/640346/c/34625/s/27a00b7e/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/

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