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Ian Welch was on his first combat tour in Iraq, waiting to storm across the Diyala Bridge and seize Baghdad, when an artillery round exploded behind him–changing his life forever. Now he and his girlfriend Katie are hoping love can change it back.

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Breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Friday reversed its decision to stop funding grants to Planned Parenthood, following four days of controversy. Louise Radnofsky has details on Lunch Break.

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The overall economy added 243,000 jobs last month — with the health-care sector continuing to show strength — while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%.

As the WSJ reports, that’s the lowest the jobless rate has been since Feb. 2009. (Here’s the full report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

Tobacco, alcohol … and sugar?

A new commentary published in Nature argues that just as the first two substances are regulated in various ways by government authorities, so should be sugar. While acknowledging that food, unlike alcohol and tobacco, is required for survival, the authors say taxes, zoning ordinances and even age limits for purchasing certain sugar-laden products are all appropriate remedies for what they see as a not-so-sweet problem.

The controversy over the defunding of Planned Parenthood affiliates by breast-cancer group Susan G. Komen for the Cure is showing no signs of cooling off.

As we all gather ’round the Super Bowl snack spread this Sunday, how worried should we be about the health consequences of the party foul known as double dipping?

We tackled that question as part of our “Is It True?” video series here at the Health Blog — you can see the video below.

As Super Bowl fans gather around the TV and the chip bowl, some will probably be guilty of double-dipping those chips. In this latest “Is It True” segment, WSJ’s Christina Tsuei finds out whether double-dipping is really such a health hazard.

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Pfizer Inc. is recalling about a million packages of two types of birth-control pills because they might not contain enough pills with active ingredients, Jennifer Corbett-Dooren reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.

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Here at Health Blog headquarters, we’ve been intrigued by the career of John Johnson ever since he left a company called Johnson & Johnson.

That was back in 2007, when he became CEO of ImClone Systems, which was eventually acquired by Eli Lilly.

Today, Johnson, who is 53, was named president, chief executive and chairman-elect of Dendreon, succeeding 43-year-old Mitch Gold, who remains executive chairman until June 30. Gold has been CEO for nearly a decade. (Here’s the WSJ story.)

The simple act of putting photos of green beans and carrots in cafeteria-tray compartments sparked increased consumption among elementary-school students, according to a small study that suggests one more potential avenue for getting kids to eat their veggies.