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Week of: March 12, 2012 Boston.com/Health Blogs: Daily Dose | White Coat Notes

This Week's Highlights Stopping age-related muscle loss Think you have to get weak as you age? Researchers are finding ways to fight back with strategic exercise and protein intake. PHOTOS How to go green with your foods Our Nutrition and You blogger Joan Salge Blake offers up five super healthy green veggies to try, along with easy recipes. BE WELL | VIDEO Bath salts, a new way to get high An unlikely way to get high is growing in popularity among illegal drug users: Bath salts. Dr. Raj Krishnamurthy discusses the dangers this new meth-like habit can pose. G FORCE Morality in making decisions Liane Young, an associate professor of psychology at BC, recently won a national award for early-career scientists for her work studying moral decision-making. From the blogs MD Mama What overuse injuries are telling us about youth sports NUTRITION & YOU Realistic Ways to Reduce Sugar Inake Short White Coat When HIV privacy goes too far HEALTH STEW Statins, Chronic Disease -- and the Definition of Insanity IN PRACTICE My Flu-less Winter CHILD IN MIND Pregnancy Loss and Postpartum Depression In Health News MIT energy researcher moving to Harvard Lown Cardiovascular Center conference to focus on overtreatment Eileen McCarthy named vice president for compliance at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center FDA considers putting more drugs over-the-counter, while curtailing antibiotic use Statin side effects: How common are memory loss, diabetes, and muscle aches?

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Week of: March 12, 2012 Boston.com/Health Blogs: Daily Dose | White Coat Notes