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Overweight youth with certain socio-environmental, psychological, and behavioral tendencies are more likely to suffer from eating disorders.

These tendencies include reading magazine articles about dieting, reporting a lack of family connectedness, and placing a high importance on weight.

That's according to research led by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, a University of Minnesota professor of epidemiology.

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State health officials report that the flu is now widespread in Minnesota. While not all of the cases are the swine flu, or H1N1, officials believe it's playing a big role in the upsurge.

So, what are the symptoms? We asked John Finnegan, dean of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

He says the symptoms are similar to those of seasonal influenza - they include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting.

Finnegan also explains when someone should seek medical care.

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For many Midwesterners, the tanning bed is a necessity of life. Now, it's also officially a cancer-causing agent, according to the World Health Organization.

In a recent report, the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer states that there is a causal link between ultraviolet radiation produced by tanning beds and cancer.

DeAnn Lazovich a University of Minnesota cancer epidemiologist, explains.

Based on this report and her own research, Lazovich offers advice.

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