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More than 500 people in 32 states have become sick after eating tomatoes carrying salmonella bacteria.

Craig Hedberg, a University of Minnesota expert in food-borne disease, says that we're seeing an increase because people are eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and also because public health officials are doing a better job of identifying outbreaks.

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If your teenager is overweight, don't encourage him or her to go on a diet—it might make matters worse.

That's according to a new study led by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, a University of Minnesota expert on nutrition, obesity, and disordered eating.

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Online communities may be displacing physical communities for gays around the world. That's according to a new study by Simon Rosser, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota.

With HIV cases on the increase, Rosser says the Internet could and should be used to promote HIV prevention.

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Researchers have found that people with high oxidation levels of LDL, or low-density lipoprotein—a particle that carries cholesterol throughout the blood—are much more likely to develop metabolic syndrome.

David Jacobs, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist, was the lead researcher of this study.

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