- Pink slime burgers: McDonald's is no longer using beef scraps treated with ammonia -- so-called 'pink slime' - but the burger-filler will keep showing up in the nation's school cafeterias, a report says. The U.S. government labels the product "generally recognized as safe," but celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and others have raised concerns.
- Military suicides: Suicides among U.S. soldiers rose 80 percent between 2004 and 2008. Many of the suicides can be linked to stresses associated with combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, Army researchers say.
- Facing Alzheimer's alone: One in seven people with Alzheimer's disease lives alone and half of those people don't have a caregiver, says a new report. These isolated individuals are at increased risk for falls, wandering and death.
- Circumcision death: Prosecutors are investigating the death of a New York City baby who developed herpes after a "ritual circumcision with oral suction." The ritual, practiced in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, involves sucking the blood from the wound after a newborn boy's foreskin is removed.
Today's talker: Is the prospect of living longer not enough to make you eat your fruits and veggies? Then consider this: Consuming produce might actually make you more attractive. Diets rich in fruits and vegetables seem to change (white) skin color in a way that fellow humans consider pleasing, scientists report. They say they'll have to do more research to see if non-Caucasians get similar results.
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