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• Serotonin is Linked to SIDS
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also pl...
• Local Tomatoes Get Blessing
  Jul. 4--TRIAD -- Clyde Priddy, who gardens at his High Point residence, took a big bite out of a free tomato s...
• Watermelon Reportedly Has a (Very Mild) Viagra-Like Effect
  Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax...
• Survey: Patients Waiting Days for Care
  When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face down on a waiting room floor last ...
• Salmonella Signs Point to Peppers
  Jul. 4--WASHINGTON -- Investigators are seeing more signs that the salmonella outbreak blamed on tomatoes migh...
• Mosquito Disease Risk Isn't Higher: Health Officials Don't See Flood Link
  Jul. 4--The swarms of mosquitoes spawned by warm weather and lingering floodwaters in Wisconsin are more blood...
• Inquiry Adds More Produce
  WASHINGTON - Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fre...
• Taking a SWAT at Bugs
  About 10 percent of the population actually qualifies, according to entomologist Jerry Butler, a professor em...
• Study Shows Molecular Basis of Crib Death
  Researchers in Italy say an imbalance of the neuronal signal serotonin in the brain stem may help explain Sudd...
• BRIEF: Baylor Medical Center in Dallas Closes Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
  Jul. 3--Baylor University Medical Center, the largest hospital in Dallas, has closed its inpatient psychiatric...