Children's taste sensitivity and food choices influenced by taste gene
Variation in a taste receptor gene influences taste sensitivity of children and adults, accounting for individual differences in taste preferences and food selection, report a team of researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center. In addition to genes, age and culture also contribute to taste preferences, at times overriding the influence of genetics. The findings may help to explain...The tough choices facing health care
In today's issue, the first of our two-part series on the issues arising from the Digital Healthcare Conference, you'll read about the technology choices Wisconsin health organ...Preview: Electronic health records, tech choices explored at Digital Healthcare Conference
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced yesterday that a new organization, the American Health Information Community (AHIC) will be formed to make recommendations for a nationwide system for storing and sharing patient's medical records electronically. This news makes the , which wi...Learning About Healthy Diet Choices Begins At Schools
Schools that inculcate healthy eating habits by practicing what they preach can go a long way in promoting long term diet choices in elementary // children, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Texas. The researchers divided the study in two parts. The first part aimed at an ambience change that afforded many selections of food under the low fat...Terminally Ill: End Of Life Choices
Canada: Terminally ill Canadians are not so much concerned about where they die, rather they prefer to be able to die in the right environment and circumstance// , according to Queen's University Professor of Medicine Daren Heyland.This was part of a National study on end-of-life care that was led by Dr. Heyland, research director in the Department of Medicine at Kingston General Hospital...Wider Addictive Choices – Now, Tanned Addicts
If you have felt elated using the tanning beds and cannot seem to get enough of them, there may be more to the elation than just the look good factor of the tan. // Researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center , have researched the background of the ‘feel good’ factor , suggesting that the ultraviolet light causing the beautiful tan could also be igniting euphoric sensa...Big Brands Ensure Lasting Influences In Dietary Choices.
Boston: Well known food brands hold many families sway to their recommendations on what is good and what is not under the garb of promoting healthy food culture. // This attitude has really got under the skin of many consumer lobbies that are unable able to digest the ingredients, labeling and marketing strategies of these so called household brands. Is that what brand building is all...