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A health advocacy group says, the healthcare reform bill passed in the U. S. House requires calorie-labeling on chain-restaurant menus.

The legislation applies to chains with 20 or more outlets and requires them to provide additional nutrition information on request, Margo G. Wootan, nutrition policy director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, said.

Calorie information will be required to be provided by the restaurants on menus, menu boards, drive-through displays and vending machines.

Silver closed lower but nevertheless staged an "impressive" rally in bouncing from its low.

Healthcare reform is not perfect, but offers a step toward protecting human dignity, the largest group of U. S. non-profit health systems says.

I applaud the U. S. House of Representatives and President Barack Obama for enacting healthcare reform legislation that will save and improve lives, says Sister Carol Keehan, president and chief executive office of the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

Gold closed lower, unable to fully recover with the euro and with interest-rate concerns still overhang

U. S. researchers have warned that shift workers may be more at risk than others for irritable bowel syndrome.

Abdominal pain is more common among nurses working rotating shifts, found researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.

Saying it ends the Medicare drug benefit "doughnut hole," AARP officials have applauded House passage of healthcare reform legislation,