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Fat Tax Could Avoid Considerable Amount of Heart Attack and Stroke Deaths Annually

...al formula to calculate the likely impact of price rises on demand of a range of complementary foodstuffs. They used three different approaches. They first applied the tax to dairy products containing high levels of saturated fats, such as whole butter and cheese, baked goods, puddings. In the secon...

Strategies for the Summer

...egulate its core temperature, the body temperature rises rapidly, the sweating mechanism fails and the body is unable to cool down. It is most common in infants, older people, outdoor workers physically exerting themselves in the heat, and those who are unable to leave their homes. Heat stroke can catch...

US Companies Cut Junk Food Ads on Kids' Shows

...s sentiment against junk food in the United States rises and Americans' waistlines bulge. The others in the group include Campbell Soup Company, General Mills, Hershey Foods, Kraft Foods and Unilever. Studies show a steep increase in overweight children, with 20 percent measuring as obese, three times ...

Consume Less, Experts Advise as Malthusian Nightmare Returns to Haunt West

...en insulated from the early effects of these price rises by the competitive nature of the countrys retail system. But the supermarkets cannot shield the people for long. The European Commission no longer has reserves to help cushion its citizens. Its mountains of unsold butter and meat and its lake of p...

Street-protesting Polish Nurses Threaten to Stay Put

Hundreds of Polish nurses who are seeking pay rises remained camped outside the prime minister's office on Monday, and warned they would stay put for weeks unless the government gives ground. The nurses first pitched camp on a grass verge opposite the government headquarters on June 19, in the wake...

Death Rates Will Rise Because of Global Warming

...mperature. While all 50 US cities showed similar rises in deaths when temperatures plummeted, more deaths were seen during extreme temperature rises in cities with milder summers, less air conditioning and higher population density. The authors su...

Living With Stress

...e and cortisone spring into action. Blood pressure rises and the body prepares to react to the stress. An appropriate defensive action (fight response) uses up the hormones in the blood leading to lessening of stress or anxiety symptoms. On the other hand, when we fail to raise our defences (flight respons...

Female Infanticide and Feticide Continue to Increase

...ap between young men and women is 3.7 per cent, it rises to 10.7 per cent for those in their thirties. "Even if you look at the UK, life is still difficult for some minority girls," said Marie Staunton, chief executive of Plan UK. "More girls are going to university but then it flattens off. They have br...

Modest Increase in Urban Parks Could Equalize Global Warming Until 2080s

...nvironment by 4C, which would overcome temperature rises caused by global warming over the next 75 years, effectively climate proofing our cities, said Dr Ennos. "By the 2080s, our summers will be hotter and drier but winters are predicted to become wetter. An extreme wet winters day by the 2080s will de...

Myths About Hydropower Projects Exposed

... emission is due to the oxidation of methane as it rises from the bottom of a reservoir to its surface. "Large dams in India are responsible for about a fifth of the country's total global warming. These dams are the largest global warming contributors compared to all other nations," the research noted. ...

Exposure to Smoking in Prenatal Stage Increases ADHD Risk in Children

...h prenatal cigarette smoke exposure, the ADHD risk rises very significantly. When the child has either or both of two specific forms of dopamine pathway genes (DAT and DRD4), and was exposed to cigarette smoking in utero, the risk for having combined type ADHD (many inattention and hyperactive/impulsive sy...

Blood Test may Help Signal Tumor's Remission, Return in Throat Cancer Patients

...fewer factors. Finally, patients with the sharpest rises in protein levels had lower chances for survival, with patients who had a history of smoking experiencing the largest spikes. (For this reason, estimates of relative risk of death were adjusted to exclude the compounding effects of smoking.) Becaus...

Infant Mortality Rising in Deep South in US

..., according to figures released recently. Smaller rises also occurred in 2005 in Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee. Louisiana and South Carolina saw rises in 2004 and have not yet reported on 2005. There is a disturbing racial angle too. The national a...

Encephalitis Kills 6 in Western Bangladesh

...ted panic among people// as the number of patients rises everyday. Doctors at Kushtia General Hospital said that more than 50 people are being treated at the hospital and the number of patients is growing day by day, The Daily Star reported Thursday. According to the hospital and Civil Surgeon's office...

Canadians Consuming Too Much Salt

...sodium intake and hypertension. When sodium intake rises in susceptible individuals, blood pressure tends to increase.' So what are the foods responsible for this? As usual, fast foods are in the dock. Pizzas, submarines, hotdogs, chips, soups and burgers are all loaded with sodium, and account for ge...

Prostate Awareness Month Kick Starts in Singapore

...en. The risk of developing BPH and prostate cancer rises as men age. In view of Singapore's aging population, the incidence of prostate disease among men in Singapore is expected to increase. Dr Koo Wen Hsin, Chairman of the Singapore Cancer Society said: “Symptoms of BPH may occur with other diseases t...

C-Reactive Protein Induces Hypertension

... of mechanisms that link a circulating factor that rises with chronic inflammation, obesity and aging to the regulation of blood pressure," said Dr. Philip Shaul, professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern and the study's senior author. "Doing so provides a new perspective on how these conditions have a ne...

India Developing Oral Vaccine to Fight Diabetes

...leads to other health related problems, the amount rises four-fold. The loss of working hours also results in revenue loss. Source-IANS SRI...

Mental Health of Kashmiris Needs Urgent Attention: Survey

...ffered from psychological distress. This figure rises to more than 70 percent of people suffering psychological distress if the more widely accepted lower cut-off score is utilised. The MSF report points to an acute need for a wide range of psychiatric and psychosocial support in Kashmir. There is on...

Be True to Your Heart With a Handful of Almonds

...ts who ate the almond meal had significantly lower rises in blood sugar and insulin levels afterwards. Almonds play a key role in a cholesterol lowering eating plan. A one year study showed that eating a certain combination of heart-healthy foods, including almonds, oatmeal, lean meats and fish can help ...

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