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Calories: energy and enemy

One of dietitian Jill Weisenberger's clients kept a puzzling food journal: The calorie counts were all out of whack. The woman wrote that a tuna sandwich had 33 calories; an apple, 144.

Pray for an end to HIV/AIDS
By Elizabeth Leland | E-mail | February 9, 2010

Mecklenburg county has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in North Carolina, the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network says and invites you to pray for healing.

New kind of dental caregiver debated
By Sarah Avery | E-mail | February 9, 2010
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Some N.C. dentists hope to create a new kind of mid-level dental worker as a way of expanding care to people in poor and rural areas of the state. But the effort faces a long and arduous road.

Disease from different perspectives
By Karen Garloch | E-mail | February 9, 2010

Five faculty members from Davidson College and UNC Charlotte will share different perspectives on the effects of disease as part of a free panel discussion Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.



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