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Advertising Blamed For Kids' Poor Choices

... fast-food ads on educational TV shown in schools; magazine ads with stick-thin models and toy and other product "tie-ins" between popular movie characters and fast-food restaurants. The academy suggests that the federal agencies should ban junk-food ads during shows aimed at young children, limit commercia...

Dogs May Help Prevent Kids From Wheezing

...out 500 infants, reported online edition of health magazine WebMD. Wheezing in infants is associated with a higher risk of developing allergies and asthma later in life. The researchers found that infants who live in a home with two or more dogs and a high level of certain types of a bacterial substance we...

Indian Men Need Smaller Condoms

...e former editor of the Indian edition of the men's magazine Maxim, “ Indian men need not be concerned about measuring up internationally” "It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said. "From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well.” "With apologies to the poet Ale...

Kids With Higher IQ May Turn Vegetarian At 30

...ain in 1970, reported the online edition of health magazine WebMD. Participants took an IQ test when they were 10. Twenty years later, they were asked whether they were currently vegetarians. The vast majority said they weren't vegetarians, but 366 said they were. Those with higher IQ scores at 10 were mor...

Researchers Find Two Biomarkers With Potential to Predict Breast Cancer Spread

... Prevention. Its most recent publication, CR, is a magazine for cancer survivors, patient advocates, their families, physicians, and scientists. It provides a forum for sharing essential, evidence-based information and perspectives on progress in cancer research, survivorship, and advocacy. Surce-Newswise S...

Korean Varsities Seek Partnership With AIIMS

...both," Gupta told IANS. In October, international magazine Newsweek had profiled AIIMS as one of the top 10 hospitals of the world by calling it "an oasis for India's poorest". Source-IANS...

Soda and Juice Drinks Could Make Kids Obese

...versity, according to the online edition of health magazine WebMD. By age 13, 14 percent of the girls already showed high risk of developing metabolic syndrome - a cluster of ominous risk factors that indicate a person could be headed toward heart disease, stroke, or Type 2 diabetes, the researchers report ...

Chemical in Vegetables Keep Blood Vessels Healthy

...effects, according to the online edition of health magazine WebMD. Scientists at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences examined the effects of short-term nitrate supplementation in a group of 17 healthy, non-smoking young adults. Each participant rotated between taking a daily dose of nitrate s...

Chemical in Vegetables Keep Blood Vessels Healthy

...effects, according to the online edition of health magazine WebMD. Scientists at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences examined the effects of short-term nitrate supplementation in a group of 17 healthy, non-smoking young adults. Each participant rotated between taking a daily dose of nitrate supp...

Drop That Glossy, Girl!

...might want to have another look at that attractive magazine their daughter is reflecting upon.// According to...lso included this question: "How often do you read magazine articles in which dieting or weight loss is discussed?" Forty-four percent of the girls reported re...

Parkinson's Drugs Could Increase Heart Disease Risk

...as Dostinex, reported the online edition of health magazine WebMD. Two studies published in the Jan 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine involved more than 11,000 patients prescribed anti-Parkinson's drugs from Britain registered in a nationwide database. The studies compared treatment histories a...

Infant Car Seats Fail Crash Tests

...rands of infant car seats were recommended and the magazine suggested the federal recall of the Evenflo Discov... is better than putting it into a car seat." The magazine also reports that nine seats failed in some or all of the higher speed tests, but met the required 3...

Gates Foundation Pledges $3 Million to Fight Malaria in Africa

...of the United Methodist Church, Sports Illustrated magazine and others, will use the funds to procure and distribute insecticide-treated bed nets through the Measles Initiative. The Initiative, a partnership of the UN Foundation, the UN World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the A...

Vitamin D Tablets to Cure Prostate Cancer

...ailable in 2009, reports Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. 'If the results of the phase III trial are as good as those of the phase II trial, that would be significant,' says Nick James, professor of oncology at the University of Birmingham. In the phase II trials, Asentar significantly improve...

Boston: Best Place For Having a Baby

...rs like low birth risks and family recreation. The magazine shared its results of the survey on NBC's Today show on Wednesday. Mayor Thomas M. Menino, while commenting on the report, said: "We are fortunate to have a robust network of community health centers and hospitals that is second to none." He also a...

Bacteriophages may Boost the Effectiveness of Antibiotics

...iversity of Vienna, told Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI, that certain bacteriophages, a type of virus that infects bacteria, can boost the effectiveness of antibiotics gentamicin, gramacidin or tetracycline. It is the phages' ability to channel through bacterial cell membranes that boosts ant...

New Findings In Breast Cancer

...earch in Montreal. Their study, published in the magazine Nature Genetics, shows that halting the activity of this gene in mice predisposed to cancer slowed the growth of - and in some cases, prevented - tumors. "In this new study, we found that the role of PTP1b in modulating metabolism is equally cruci...

Air Pollution May Cause Heart Disease

...n recognised, reported an online edition of health magazine WebMD. Researchers followed 66,000 women - aged 50-79 - living in 36 cities. All the women were enrolled in an ongoing health study, the Women's Health Initiative. After adjusting for other risk factors for heart disease and stroke, the research...

Fashion Industry Takes Its Toll on Young Models

...ugh - albeit slowly. Linda Wells, editor of the magazine Allure, says: "What becomes alarming is when you see bones and start counting ribs." Even supermodel Jessica Stam has expressed concern. "I don't know if they are healthy or not but I don't think the frail, fragile look is very feminine, and I don...

Grape Expectations for Healthier Wine

...reports Jennifer Rohn in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. The same technique could be used in the wine-making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites that can cause asthma and other conditions in some people. Mass-marketed grapes can remain in storage for months and are ...

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