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Kristin Key

Food Industry Sets Standards for Advertising to Kids - healthfinder.gov - 0 views

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childhood nutrition diet diet and health diet and nutrition nutrition dietary guidelines

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  • According to Kolish, about one-third of products currently advertised to kids don't meet the new nutrition criteria. By Dec. 31, 2013, products must meet the new standards or they can't be advertised to kids.
  • Kristin Key on 14 Jul 11
     
    A coalition of the nation's largest food makers on Thursday unveiled a plan to set new nutrition standards for foods that can be advertised to children. The standards include reducing sugar, salt, calories and trans fat and saturated fat. According to Kolish, about one-third of products currently advertised to kids don't meet the new nutrition criteria. By Dec. 31, 2013, products must meet the new standards or they can't be advertised to kids.
Jackie Longe

Secondhand smoke boosts kids' ADHD, learning disability risks - 0 views

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ADHD smoking

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  • Jackie Longe on 11 Jul 11
     
    Two new studies from the American Academy of Pediatrics look at how exposure to secondhand smoke affects American youths' learning behaviors and their attitudes toward smoking. The first found that children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home had a 50% increased risk of developing two or more childhood neurobehavioral disorders compared with children who were not exposed at home.
Kristin Key

Idea to take the "D" out of PTSD studied - 0 views

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post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD mental health military health

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  • Kristin Key on 18 Jan 12
     
    -The president of the American Psychiatric Association says he is "very open" to a request from the Army to come up with an alternative name for post-traumatic stress disorder so that troops returning from combat will feel less stigmatized and more encouraged to seek treatment.
Kristin Key

The Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance: In-Depth Reports - 0 views

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antibiotic resistance antibiotics

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  • Kristin Key on 09 Feb 12
     
    Bacteria are finally overrunning our last defenses. Can we stop them? [collection of articles]
Brenda Lerner

'Race against time' as 50 countries set to miss health-related MDGs - 0 views

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public health

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  • Brenda Lerner on 14 Jun 12
     
    More than 50 countries look set to miss both millennium development goal targets for cutting mortality rates for young children and mothers by the 2015 deadline, according to a report
Kristin Key

'Atkins'-Type Diets May Raise Risk of Heart Problems: Study - healthfinder.gov - 0 views

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atkins diet diets low-carbohydrate diet high-protein diet

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Kristin Key

FDA OKs first new weight-loss pill in 13 years - Vitals - 0 views

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diet drugs obesity diets drugs fda approval

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  • Kristin Key on 28 Jun 12
     
    lorcaserin (Belviq)
Kristin Key

BBC News - Surgeons carry out first synthetic windpipe transplant - 0 views

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transplant surgery stem cell therapy

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  • Kristin Key on 07 Jul 11
     
    Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world's first synthetic organ transplant.
Kristin Key

Many children with liver transplants from parents can safely stop using anti-rejection ... - 0 views

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transplant surgery liver transplantation immunosuppressant drugs

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  • Kristin Key on 02 Feb 12
     
    Pilot study shows 60 percent of children who received liver tissue from a parent can safely discontinue immunosuppression; larger study planned
Brigham Narins

Blood mystery solved - 0 views

www.eurekalert.org/...uov-bms022312.php

Blood type

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  • Brigham Narins on 24 Feb 12
     
    Two new blood types
Kristin Key

Egg Yolks Almost as Bad for Arteries as Smoking: Study - healthfinder.gov - 0 views

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diets high cholesterol cardiovascular disease

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  • Kristin Key on 15 Aug 12
     
    But industry and some health experts say the food may not be so dangerous.
Kristin Key

Embryonic stem cells improve vision for two women - CNN.com - 0 views

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stem cell therapy macular degeneration

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  • Kristin Key on 24 Jan 12
     
    Two women with untreatable eye diseases said they had dramatic improvements in their vision after injections of human embryonic stem cells, making it the first documented time these controversial cells have helped someone.
Kristin Key

Study Supports CT-Based 'Virtual' Colonoscopy to Spot Colon Cancer - healthfinder.gov - 0 views

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colonoscopy virtual colonoscopy CT colonography imaging studies colon cancer

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  • Kristin Key on 23 Feb 12
     
    Check to see if information on virtual colonoscopy is in regular colonoscopy entry. Similar articles: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/acor-ccs021712.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/rson-vce021712.php
Brigham Narins

Improve your vision with an app - tech - 08 October 2011 - New Scientist - 0 views

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Vision Ophthalmology

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  • Brigham Narins on 01 Nov 11
     
    I've seen this thing reported elsewhere, so there must be something to it. It seems like an interesting idea--especially for me with my magnifying spectacles. But it also seems like a scam: $95 for the app for three months, then a monthly fee. Red flags.
Jackie Longe

Researchers Discover Underlying Cause of Lou Gehrig's Disease - 0 views

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Lou Gehrig's disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS neurological disorder

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  • Jackie Longe on 23 Aug 11
     
    Louis Van Oeyen / WRHS / Getty Images Researchers report they've discovered a common cause of all forms of the fatal neurological disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. The findings, published in Nature, point to a possible new avenue for treatment.
Jackie Longe

OTC inhalers to be phased out to protect ozone layer - 0 views

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Asthma Environmental health

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  • Jackie Longe on 23 Sep 11
     
    WASHINGTON - Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government's latest attempt to protect the Earth's atmosphere. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday patients who use the epinephrine inhalers to treat mild asthma will need to switch by Dec.
Jackie Longe

iPhone brain-training app could help you do away with reading glasses - 0 views

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Vision Eyesight Aging Medical app

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  • Jackie Longe on 29 Sep 11
     
    Last updated at 11:57 AM on 29th September 2011 Far from making your sight worse, it seems that time spent staring at a computer or iPhone screen could soon improve vision. A brain-training app that gives middle-aged people the eyesight of those ten years younger will be available to download within months, developers say.
Jackie Longe

A Tick-Borne Parasite Invades the Blood Supply - 0 views

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deer tick blood supply babesiosis blood transfusion

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  • Jackie Longe on 07 Sep 11
     
    A parasitic infection normally transmitted by deer ticks has made its way into the U.S. blood supply, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday
Brigham Narins

Mother's diet influences baby's allergies -- new research - 0 views

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Allergies

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  • Brigham Narins on 09 Sep 11
     
    The research found that if a mother's diet contains a certain group of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) - such as those found in fish, walnut oil or flaxseed - the baby's gut develops differently. The PUFAs are thought to improve how gut immune cells respond to bacteria and foreign substances, making the baby less likely to suffer from allergies.
Brigham Narins

Weight-Loss Program Could Save Up To $15 Billion For Medicare - 0 views

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Obesity Diabetes Public health

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  • Brigham Narins on 12 Sep 11
     
    If we do a book on public health, we should consider topics related to public health spending policy, like this one.
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