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Watching television for long hours could lead to agressiveness

...d more than three hours a day. This study is being disputed by British experts....

A New Product Offering protection against anthrax

...he study after two scientists listed as co-authors disputed the articles findings, saying they had never read or approved it. A number of anthrax experts who reviewed the original article for the newspaper, placed little value on Heggers claims because he failed to test spores of a highly infectious form of...

Fasting, Feasting Your Way To Health

...ally improved insulin and glucose levels. He also disputed the popular notion that it is good for you to engage in "grazing" - eating several small meals during the course of a day. "Our basic metabolism was set up when we were hunter-gatherers," he told The Times. "The pattern would have been a mixture o...

Early Screening For Hearing Impairments In Newborn Can Be Helpful

...rldwide. The benefit of newborn screening has been disputed for this condition but preliminary evidence suggests that enrolling children with PCHI in an intervention program by the age of 9 months can reduce deficits in their development of language and speech. Colin Kennedy (Southampton General Hospital, UK...

Flu Vaccine’s Destination Changed From Illinois To Pakistan

...vaccines are delivered to the people living in the disputed region of Kashmir who were hit worsely by the earthquake on October killing 87,000 people and rendered millions homeless. Blagojevich ordered the vaccines in 2004 when Illinois thought that it would experience shortage of vaccines. But the US Food...

Driven to Suicide by Stigma of HIV

... with most people with HIV, although this has been disputed by Indian authorities who state that the number infected was only 5.2 million as against the the UN figure of 5.7 million sufferers. In India people with HIV and Aids often face discrimination, including being ostracised and denied access to schoo...

Overseas dentists joining NHS on a high

...lso said that the NHS numbers may be affected by a disputed contract that was brought in this April. The new contract establishes how the NHS dentists charge their patients and fixes new goals. The contract is rejected by around 1 in 10 dentists. Professor Denise Lievesley, chief executive of the Informat...

Simi Valley Nuclear Meltdown Effects Greater than Suspected

...lth, Safety and Radiation Services Phil Rutherford disputed complaints that crucial data on the meltdown was withheld, and produced two thick binders of expert analysis that was prepared for Boeing’s defense during a class-action lawsuit. That case, which charged that the lab made neighbors sick, was settled ...

Strong Evidence Suggests Incidence Of Mating Of Ancestors With Neanderthals

...rch which they support as it concurs with the long disputed speculation of other biologists who had previously suggested such a possibility could contribute to present day human genetic blue print. Genetic and fossil studies concur that humans may have emerged from Africa 200,000 years ago and also hint that...

Support Claims With Science Not Magic, Beverage Owners Warned

...the publishers of the journal Obesity, the society disputed the study's conclusions, stating "it is improper to state or imply that the results of this study supports any weight loss" claim. No test of Enviga has lasted more than three days and a European study found that EGCG and caffeine did not increase ...

Improving Body Image Key to Treating Eating Disorders

... decrease the distorted thoughts and focus more on disputed thought.” Patients also participate in a body image party, in which they must come up with one word that describes their appearance. For example, a female patient may choose "grotesque” as her word. The group then gives her feedback that she is not...

Expert Panel Sets Limits on Pesticide Residues in Soft Drinks

...Union (EU) standards. Both companies have strongly disputed the report. The Ganguly panel’s report has been submitted to the Indian Supreme Court, which is hearing the issue of pesticides in colas. Stating that its report was in line with the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on t...

African Americans Tend to Suffer More from Drug Abuse

...nd its users more violent-prone. But this has been disputed by many experts. In fact 12 years ago a sentencing commission concluded that violence associated with the crack had more to do with the environment in which the drug trade was carried on. The crack is usually sold in the open and violence-prone...

Girls Feet Severed in Amusement Park Accident

...Goldberg, a spokeswoman for Six Flags in New York, disputed that account. Goldberg said two representatives from Kentucky Kingdom went to the hospital following the accident and stayed for "some time" before the Lasitter family asked them to leave. She would not say who the representatives were. "We are dee...

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