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Adolescents are eating more fast food today than they did in the late-1990s. And as kids move from middle school to high school the rate increases dramatically.

That's according to new results from the Project EAT research study at the Univesity of Minnesota.

Researcher Katherine Bauer explains the findings and offers advice to parents.

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Women who have taken menopausal hormone therapy have a lower risk of developing colorectal cancer. That's according to a study of more than 56,000 postmenopausal women over 15 years.

University of Minnesota researcher Jill Johnson led the study.

While this appears to be good news, it runs counter to other studies showing an increased risk of breast cancer associated with women who used hormone replacement therapy.

Johnson says more research is needed.

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Binge drinking is common among active-duty military personnel and is strongly associated with many health and social problems, including problems with job performance and alcohol-impaired driving, according to a new study released by the University of Minnesota and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

But what is binge drinking and what can be done to reduce its prevalence?

We asked Mandy Stahre, a University of Minnesota doctoral candidate and first author of the study.

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