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• Personal Health: Giving City Streets Built-In Safety Features February 7, 2012
  Safer road designs can slow motor vehicles and separate them from pedestrians and cyclists, and also enhance the physical activity and health of residents. […]
  By JANE E. BRODY
• The Consumer: New Weight Watchers Plan Leaves Some Grumbling February 7, 2012
  An overhaul to Weight Watchers' diet plan has caused many longtime members to complain about slow weight loss. […]
  By RONI CARYN RABIN
• Vital Signs: Fructose Consumption Increases Visceral Fat, Study Reports February 7, 2012
  Fructose consumption may increase cardiovascular risk factors because it increases visceral fat, the kind that accumulates around internal organs. […]
  By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
• Exemestane, Thought to Prevent Cancer, Also Causes Bone Loss February 7, 2012
  A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect. […]
  By ANDREW POLLACK
• House and Senate at Impasse on Medicare February 7, 2012
  Lawmakers in both parties say they want to give doctors a small increase in Medicare payments, but they cannot agree on how to pay for it. […]
  By ROBERT PEAR
• Assisted Suicide Law in Georgia Is Overturned February 7, 2012
  The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a law outlawing the promotion of assisted suicide was unconstitutional, a decision likely to shape the national debate over the practice. […]
  By KIM SEVERSON
• G.E. Ends Bid to Create a Supply of Technetium 99m February 7, 2012
  Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery. […]
  By MATTHEW L. WALD