Aspartame (NutraSweet) Linked To Leukemia and Lymphomas!

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Aspartame Linked To Leukemia And Lymphoma In New Landmark Human Study

As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than other past studies, which appeared to show no risk. And disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on other cancers in future studies.

22 Years And Over Two Million Person-Years

A total of 2,278,396 person-years of data derived from 77,218 women and 47,810 men over a 22-year is the most thorough and awesomely sheer amount of data to ever been utilized in a study of aspartame (NutraSweet).  Apart from sheer size, what makes this study superior to other past studies is the thoroughness with which aspartame intake was assessed. Every two years, participants were given a detailed dietary questionnaire, and their diets were reassessed every four years. Previous studies which found no link to cancer only ever assessed participants' aspartame intake at one point in time, which could be a major weakness affecting their accuracy.

One Single Diet Soda A Day Increases Leukemia • Multiple Myeloma • Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

The combined results of this new study showed that just one 12-fl oz. can (355 ml) of diet soda daily leads to: 

• 42% higher leukemia risk in men and women (pooled analysis) 
• 102% higher multiple myeloma risk. 
• 31% higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk

These results were based on multi-variable relative risk models, all in comparison to participants who drank no diet soda. It is unknown why only men drinking higher amounts of diet soda showed increased risk for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Note that diet soda is the largest dietary source of aspartame (by far) in the U.S. Every year, Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total, of which about 86 percent (4,500 tons) is found in diet sodas.

Confirms Previous Research On Animals

This new study shows the importance of the quality of research. Most of the past studies showing no link between aspartame and cancer have been criticized for being too short in duration and too inaccurate in assessing long-term aspartame intake. This new study solves both of those issues. The fact that it also shows a positive link to cancer should come as no surprise, because a previous best-in-class research study done on animals (900 rats over their entire natural lifetimes) showed strikingly similar results back in 2006: aspartame significantly increased the risk for lymphomas and leukemia in both males and females. More worrying is the follow on mega-study, which started aspartame exposure of the rats at the fetal stage. Increased lymphoma and leukemia risks were confirmed, and this time the female rats also showed significantly increased breast (mammary) cancer rates. This raises a critical question: will future; high-quality studies uncover links to the other cancers in which aspartame has been implicated (brain, breast, prostate, etc.)?

There is now more reason than ever to completely avoid aspartame in our daily diet. The devastation it inflicts on our immune systems should make it a no-brainer! For those who are tempted to go back to sugary sodas as a "healthy" alternative, this study had a surprise finding: men consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily saw a 66 percent increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (even worse than for diet soda).

 The take away from this study....Sodas Kill People!

Sources for this article include:
http://www.naturalnews.com/037772_aspartame_leukemia_lymphoma.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23097267
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507461
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17805418

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Aspartame Linked To Leukemia And Lymphoma In New Landmark Human Study

As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than other past studies, which appeared to show no risk. And disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on other cancers in future studies.

22 Years And Over Two Million Person-Years

A total of 2,278,396 person-years of data derived from 77,218 women and 47,810 men over a 22-year is the most thorough and awesomely sheer amount of data to ever been utilized in a study of aspartame (NutraSweet).  Apart from sheer size, what makes this study superior to other past studies is the thoroughness with which aspartame intake was assessed. Every two years, participants were given a detailed dietary questionnaire, and their diets were reassessed every four years. Previous studies which found no link to cancer only ever assessed participants' aspartame intake at one point in time, which could be a major weakness affecting their accuracy.

One Single Diet Soda A Day Increases Leukemia • Multiple Myeloma • Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

The combined results of this new study showed that just one 12-fl oz. can (355 ml) of diet soda daily leads to: 

• 42% higher leukemia risk in men and women (pooled analysis) 
• 102% higher multiple myeloma risk. 
• 31% higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk

These results were based on multi-variable relative risk models, all in comparison to participants who drank no diet soda. It is unknown why only men drinking higher amounts of diet soda showed increased risk for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Note that diet soda is the largest dietary source of aspartame (by far) in the U.S. Every year, Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total, of which about 86 percent (4,500 tons) is found in diet sodas.

Confirms Previous Research On Animals

This new study shows the importance of the quality of research. Most of the past studies showing no link between aspartame and cancer have been criticized for being too short in duration and too inaccurate in assessing long-term aspartame intake. This new study solves both of those issues. The fact that it also shows a positive link to cancer should come as no surprise, because a previous best-in-class research study done on animals (900 rats over their entire natural lifetimes) showed strikingly similar results back in 2006: aspartame significantly increased the risk for lymphomas and leukemia in both males and females. More worrying is the follow on mega-study, which started aspartame exposure of the rats at the fetal stage. Increased lymphoma and leukemia risks were confirmed, and this time the female rats also showed significantly increased breast (mammary) cancer rates. This raises a critical question: will future; high-quality studies uncover links to the other cancers in which aspartame has been implicated (brain, breast, prostate, etc.)?

There is now more reason than ever to completely avoid aspartame in our daily diet. The devastation it inflicts on our immune systems should make it a no-brainer! For those who are tempted to go back to sugary sodas as a "healthy" alternative, this study had a surprise finding: men consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily saw a 66 percent increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (even worse than for diet soda).

 The take away from this study....Sodas Kill People!

Sources for this article include:
http://www.naturalnews.com/037772_aspartame_leukemia_lymphoma.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23097267
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507461
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17805418

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Treatment of feline sporotrichosis

Chaves AR, de Campos MP, Barros MB, et al. Treatment abandonment in feline sporotrichosis - study of 147 cases. Zoonoses Public Health. Aug 17, 2012.

Sporotrichosis is a environmental or zoonotic disease caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii and is commonly found in soil, wood, and decaying vegetation. The fungus is a dimorphic forming yeast in tissues or culture at 37^oC, but growing as a filamentous mould in the environment at room temperature. Most cases of sporotrichosis are acquired from the environment as a result of contact between broken skin and fungal spores and are most common in persons that work with vegetation such as forestry workers, horticulturists, gardeners and florists. As a consequence, the disease is commonly referred to as “Rose Gardener’s Disease”. Cats can similarly acquire infection from the environment via wound contamination or penetrating foreign bodies. 

The most common form of the disease in cats and humans is a lymphocutaneous form that first appears at the site of inoculation leading to formation of papules. The papules develop into pustules that slowly expand along the draining lymph system, forming swollen cutaneous nodules that may become necrotic, ulcerate, and produce a gray or yellowish pustular exudate. Subclinical infections are possible. Disseminated and pulmonary sporotrichosis are serious, life-threatening diseases, but are much less common.

Sporotrichosis is also an important zoonotic disease and transmission from infected cats to humans is possible due to the high number of infectious organisms found in open draining wounds. Cats can also harbor the fungus in the mouth, nasal cavity, and nail beds facilitating transmission via bites or scratches.

This study describes the epidemiological, clinical, and mycological aspects of feline sporotrichosis in 147 infected cats identified between 1998 and 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A large number of cases of infection in cats, dogs and humans have occurred in this area, representing the first zoonotic epidemic of this mycosis. Treatment of infected cats typically is carried out by oral administration of anti-fungal agents such as itraconazole or ketoconazole. Factors in treatment abandonment included low income of owners, the difficulty in transporting the cats to clinics for follow-up, and the difficulty in administrating oral medications to cats. The most common reason for treatment abandonment was the misperception by owners of lesion healing, often leading to recurrence of the disease. Treatment abandonment may represent an obstacle in control of this disease and possibly contributes to the Rio de Janeiro epidemic. Efforts on adherence to the protocol in the beginning of treatment, but especially after the skin lesions have improved, seems to be an important measure for better compliance and increased cure rates. [GO]

See also: Reis ÉG, Gremião IDF, Kitada AAB, et al. Potassium iodide capsule treatment of feline sporotrichosis. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 399-404.

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Chaves AR, de Campos MP, Barros MB, et al. Treatment abandonment in feline sporotrichosis - study of 147 cases. Zoonoses Public Health. Aug 17, 2012.

Sporotrichosis is a environmental or zoonotic disease caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii and is commonly found in soil, wood, and decaying vegetation. The fungus is a dimorphic forming yeast in tissues or culture at 37^oC, but growing as a filamentous mould in the environment at room temperature. Most cases of sporotrichosis are acquired from the environment as a result of contact between broken skin and fungal spores and are most common in persons that work with vegetation such as forestry workers, horticulturists, gardeners and florists. As a consequence, the disease is commonly referred to as “Rose Gardener’s Disease”. Cats can similarly acquire infection from the environment via wound contamination or penetrating foreign bodies. 

The most common form of the disease in cats and humans is a lymphocutaneous form that first appears at the site of inoculation leading to formation of papules. The papules develop into pustules that slowly expand along the draining lymph system, forming swollen cutaneous nodules that may become necrotic, ulcerate, and produce a gray or yellowish pustular exudate. Subclinical infections are possible. Disseminated and pulmonary sporotrichosis are serious, life-threatening diseases, but are much less common.

Sporotrichosis is also an important zoonotic disease and transmission from infected cats to humans is possible due to the high number of infectious organisms found in open draining wounds. Cats can also harbor the fungus in the mouth, nasal cavity, and nail beds facilitating transmission via bites or scratches.

This study describes the epidemiological, clinical, and mycological aspects of feline sporotrichosis in 147 infected cats identified between 1998 and 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A large number of cases of infection in cats, dogs and humans have occurred in this area, representing the first zoonotic epidemic of this mycosis. Treatment of infected cats typically is carried out by oral administration of anti-fungal agents such as itraconazole or ketoconazole. Factors in treatment abandonment included low income of owners, the difficulty in transporting the cats to clinics for follow-up, and the difficulty in administrating oral medications to cats. The most common reason for treatment abandonment was the misperception by owners of lesion healing, often leading to recurrence of the disease. Treatment abandonment may represent an obstacle in control of this disease and possibly contributes to the Rio de Janeiro epidemic. Efforts on adherence to the protocol in the beginning of treatment, but especially after the skin lesions have improved, seems to be an important measure for better compliance and increased cure rates. [GO]

See also: Reis ÉG, Gremião IDF, Kitada AAB, et al. Potassium iodide capsule treatment of feline sporotrichosis. J Feline Med Surg. 2012; 14: 399-404.

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Women who smoke triple their risk of dying early, but quitting early enough might just wipe out that risk

A new study of more than a million women found that smokers have more than triple the risk of early death than nonsmokers, and that quitting can virtually eliminate the increased risk. Smoking is still the most preventable cause of death in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The University of Oxford study, published this week in the British medical journal The Lancet, included 1.3 million women between the ages of 50 and 65, making it one of the largest ever conducted on smoking. At the start of the study, in 1996, 20 percent of the women were smokers, 28 percent were former smokers and 52 percent had never smoked. "Each of the women was registered in the U.K.’s national health system, so their deaths and cause of death were recorded," explains Alexandra Sifferlin of Time magazine. "By 2011, 66,000 had passed away." Researchers found that even smokers who smoked as few as nine cigarettes a day had twice the mortality rate of nonsmokers.

"More encouraging, however," writes Sifferlin, "was the positive effect that quitting seemed to have on the women’s life span. Those who quit smoking before they reached 40 avoided more than 90 percent of the increased risk of premature death from cigarettes, while women who stopped even earlier -- before age 30 -- avoided 97 percent of the added risk." (Read more)

A new study of more than a million women found that smokers have more than triple the risk of early death than nonsmokers, and that quitting can virtually eliminate the increased risk. Smoking is still the most preventable cause of death in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The University of Oxford study, published this week in the British medical journal The Lancet, included 1.3 million women between the ages of 50 and 65, making it one of the largest ever conducted on smoking. At the start of the study, in 1996, 20 percent of the women were smokers, 28 percent were former smokers and 52 percent had never smoked. "Each of the women was registered in the U.K.’s national health system, so their deaths and cause of death were recorded," explains Alexandra Sifferlin of Time magazine. "By 2011, 66,000 had passed away." Researchers found that even smokers who smoked as few as nine cigarettes a day had twice the mortality rate of nonsmokers.

"More encouraging, however," writes Sifferlin, "was the positive effect that quitting seemed to have on the women’s life span. Those who quit smoking before they reached 40 avoided more than 90 percent of the increased risk of premature death from cigarettes, while women who stopped even earlier -- before age 30 -- avoided 97 percent of the added risk." (Read more)

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FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Remember Hurricane Katrina, and how it took George W. Idiot weeks to send help?! Of course, that’s not what’s happening in New York tonight and tomorrow, or is it? Of course the NYPD blue are ready. But how many NYPD blue are there, in ratio to the number of looters that are on jet ski’s, and in boats, and swimming around in the night in wetsuits, stealing?

Who dares report that there aren’t enough National Guard ready?

Who dares to tell the truth about racial inequality and “too little too late” mentality?

Who exposes the fact that the government spends too little on the people and too much on the big wastes, like war and the pentagon?

Who writes about how the welfare of the innocents is at stake, day in day out, even in the face of tragedy, like hurricane Sandy?

Natural News.
The Health Ranger Mike Adams.
Alex Jones
Natural News Reporters
Natural News Journalists
Natural News podcasts
Natural News breaking video clips!

 

FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Don't get too distracted by the Media though;

Remember the WAR going on in California to label GMO's! This could be the precedent we need to Label GMO's all accross America!!

Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!

More than 700 chefs and professional foodies, "from prominent names like David Bouley to up-and-comers like the chef Bryant Terry of Oakland," have lent their voice to supporters of the measure, saying - as all of us who support the effort have said - it is time the public learned all there is to know regarding GM foods.

To the chefs and foodies, it's not just the right thing to do, it's about protecting the integrity of the foods they prepare and we eat.


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037755_chefs_GMO_labeling_Proposition_37.html#ixzz2AoJaU5OG

Who donated $10,000 to help prop 37 in California label GMO food?
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

Who cares about your safety, your well being, your health, and who writes thousands of words every day to help communicate the truth?

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

The truth. Natural News. Untainted News. Get the scoop.

http://naturalnewsblog.blogspot.com/#!/2012/10/monsanto-writes-its-own-fda-quote-to.html

http://naturalnewsconnection.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-do-you-prevent-900-nutritional.html

http://healthrangerupdate.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/tsa-scanners-cause-cancer-add-it-up-with-x-rays-microwave-ovens-dental-exams-breast-cancer-screenings-and-yes-watch-out/



 

 

FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Remember Hurricane Katrina, and how it took George W. Idiot weeks to send help?! Of course, that’s not what’s happening in New York tonight and tomorrow, or is it? Of course the NYPD blue are ready. But how many NYPD blue are there, in ratio to the number of looters that are on jet ski’s, and in boats, and swimming around in the night in wetsuits, stealing?

Who dares report that there aren’t enough National Guard ready?

Who dares to tell the truth about racial inequality and “too little too late” mentality?

Who exposes the fact that the government spends too little on the people and too much on the big wastes, like war and the pentagon?

Who writes about how the welfare of the innocents is at stake, day in day out, even in the face of tragedy, like hurricane Sandy?

Natural News.
The Health Ranger Mike Adams.
Alex Jones
Natural News Reporters
Natural News Journalists
Natural News podcasts
Natural News breaking video clips!

 

FROM FLOODS TO LABELING GMO'S, THE HEALTH WAR IS ON!

 

Don't get too distracted by the Media though;

Remember the WAR going on in California to label GMO's! This could be the precedent we need to Label GMO's all accross America!!

Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!
Label GMO's all accross America!!

More than 700 chefs and professional foodies, "from prominent names like David Bouley to up-and-comers like the chef Bryant Terry of Oakland," have lent their voice to supporters of the measure, saying - as all of us who support the effort have said - it is time the public learned all there is to know regarding GM foods.

To the chefs and foodies, it's not just the right thing to do, it's about protecting the integrity of the foods they prepare and we eat.


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037755_chefs_GMO_labeling_Proposition_37.html#ixzz2AoJaU5OG

Who donated $10,000 to help prop 37 in California label GMO food?
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

Who cares about your safety, your well being, your health, and who writes thousands of words every day to help communicate the truth?

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, Editor of Natural News!

The truth. Natural News. Untainted News. Get the scoop.

http://naturalnewsblog.blogspot.com/#!/2012/10/monsanto-writes-its-own-fda-quote-to.html

http://naturalnewsconnection.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-do-you-prevent-900-nutritional.html

http://healthrangerupdate.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/tsa-scanners-cause-cancer-add-it-up-with-x-rays-microwave-ovens-dental-exams-breast-cancer-screenings-and-yes-watch-out/



 

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Here are the seven factors driving health care cost increases

Escalating health care costs are everybody's problem and no one entity's fault. Julie Appleby at Kaiser Health News reports that the United States spends about18 percent of its gross domestic product -- or about $2.6 trillion a year -- on health care costs. So what's making that figure rise? A Bipartisan Policy Center study took on the task of finding out and came up with it believes are seven major factors:

1. Paying our doctors, hospitals and other medical providers in ways that reward doing more, rather than being efficient. Even insurers like Medicare pay on a fee-for-service system. New efforts in the federal health law look to change that.
2. Growing older, sicker and fatter as a nation.Medicare is set to grow by an average of 1.6 million people annually. With two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese, lots of additional medical spending looms.
3. Wanting the latest drugs, technologies, services and procedures. Prices for newer treatments are often higher than for the products they replace.
4. Employers and employees get tax breaks on health insurance, and it costs employees little to seek care. Appleby writes, "The majority of people with insurance get it through their jobs. The amount employers pay toward coverage is tax deductible for the firm and tax exempt to the worker, thus encouraging more expensive health plans with richer benefits, the report says. How that coverage is designed also plays a role: Low deductibles or small office co-payments can encourage overuse of care, the report says. Increasingly, however, employers are moving toward high-deductible coverage as a way to slow premium growth and require workers to pay more toward the cost of care."
5. Not having enough information to make decisions on which medical care is best for us.
6. Hospitals increasingly gain market share through consolidation and demand higher prices.
7. Legal issues complicate efforts to slow spending. Doctors sometimes prescribe tests or treatment out of fear of facing a lawsuit, the report says. Fraudulent billing is another concern. The report notes that laws sometimes limit the ability of medical professionals to do work for which they are trained but that more highly paid doctors must do. (Read more)

To read the entire Bipartisan Policy Center report here.

Escalating health care costs are everybody's problem and no one entity's fault. Julie Appleby at Kaiser Health News reports that the United States spends about18 percent of its gross domestic product -- or about $2.6 trillion a year -- on health care costs. So what's making that figure rise? A Bipartisan Policy Center study took on the task of finding out and came up with it believes are seven major factors:

1. Paying our doctors, hospitals and other medical providers in ways that reward doing more, rather than being efficient. Even insurers like Medicare pay on a fee-for-service system. New efforts in the federal health law look to change that.
2. Growing older, sicker and fatter as a nation.Medicare is set to grow by an average of 1.6 million people annually. With two-thirds of adults are either overweight or obese, lots of additional medical spending looms.
3. Wanting the latest drugs, technologies, services and procedures. Prices for newer treatments are often higher than for the products they replace.
4. Employers and employees get tax breaks on health insurance, and it costs employees little to seek care. Appleby writes, "The majority of people with insurance get it through their jobs. The amount employers pay toward coverage is tax deductible for the firm and tax exempt to the worker, thus encouraging more expensive health plans with richer benefits, the report says. How that coverage is designed also plays a role: Low deductibles or small office co-payments can encourage overuse of care, the report says. Increasingly, however, employers are moving toward high-deductible coverage as a way to slow premium growth and require workers to pay more toward the cost of care."
5. Not having enough information to make decisions on which medical care is best for us.
6. Hospitals increasingly gain market share through consolidation and demand higher prices.
7. Legal issues complicate efforts to slow spending. Doctors sometimes prescribe tests or treatment out of fear of facing a lawsuit, the report says. Fraudulent billing is another concern. The report notes that laws sometimes limit the ability of medical professionals to do work for which they are trained but that more highly paid doctors must do. (Read more)

To read the entire Bipartisan Policy Center report here.

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Kentucky to get $811,000 from drug company as settlement of federal suit alleging unfounded promotion of three medications

Attorney General Jack Conway has confirmed that the state will receive almost $811,000 for its share of recoveries in a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. In all, the drug company has agreed to pay $95 million to settle allegations that it promoted three drugs for uses in Kentucky and other states that were not medically accepted.  The Associated Press reports that the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease drug Combivent, and the high-blood-pressure drug Micardis are the drugs named in the suit. The Justice Department said the company also promoted the use of the heart drug Atrovent at doses exceeding those covered by federal health programs. (Read more)

Attorney General Jack Conway has confirmed that the state will receive almost $811,000 for its share of recoveries in a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. In all, the drug company has agreed to pay $95 million to settle allegations that it promoted three drugs for uses in Kentucky and other states that were not medically accepted.  The Associated Press reports that the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease drug Combivent, and the high-blood-pressure drug Micardis are the drugs named in the suit. The Justice Department said the company also promoted the use of the heart drug Atrovent at doses exceeding those covered by federal health programs. (Read more)

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Anthem funds program to fight childhood obesity in Louisville area

A $35,000 Anthem Foundation grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics will allow a program that fights childhood obesity in Louisville and northern Kentucky counties to continue, reports Darla Carter of the The Courier-Journal. The grant provides free YMCA memberships and fitness and nutritional guidance to families of 9- to 17-year-olds with weight issues who have been referred by member physicians. The foundation is a philanthropic arm of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky. 

A $35,000 Anthem Foundation grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics will allow a program that fights childhood obesity in Louisville and northern Kentucky counties to continue, reports Darla Carter of the The Courier-Journal. The grant provides free YMCA memberships and fitness and nutritional guidance to families of 9- to 17-year-olds with weight issues who have been referred by member physicians. The foundation is a philanthropic arm of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky. 

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