School Lunches Too Fatty and Sugary, Critics Say
Assessment urges more veggies plus restrictions on unhealthy options WEDNESDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Despite some improvements, U.S. school meal programs are still laden with unhealthy fat, salt and sugar, nutrition experts contend. Students also have limited choices in foods...Sweet Surprise: Even Former Critics Dispel Long-Held Myths About High Fructose Corn Syrup
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A supplement in the December 2008 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that reviews the history and development of high fructose corn syrup finds no scientific support for the hypothesis that high fructose corn syrup is causally linked to obesity...Betsy McCaughey Responds to Poorly Informed Critics
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There has been enormous public controversy over the piece published on bloomberg.com (2/9/09) regarding health provisions in the President's stimulus bill. Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D. states: 1) While it is true that the office of the National Coordin...UK Mental Health Reforms Will Do More Harm Than Good, Critics Warn
The British House of Commons has begun the second reading of the controversial Mental Health Bill//. The bill is the government's third attempt in eight years to reform the 1983 Mental Health Act. It seeks to amend the existing legislation on the matter to ensure that patients continue to ...Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics
Some might squirm at the thought that doctors could be on the payrolls of drug manufacturers. Such stories are rampant in many developing countries. But things are no difference in the West too. Recently a study showed repeated visits by representatives of pharmaceutical firms resulted...Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics
More damning evidence is out on the callousness of the Bush administration towards its own soldiers returning from battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans are finding it evermore difficult to get mental health treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapist...US Confronted by a Major Healthcare Crisis, Say Critics
The US is entering a healthcare crisis, many activists are warning. It has one of the poorest health profiles in the developed world,// it has been assessed. Around 46 million in that country people do not have health insurance because they cannot afford it. Drug prices, health insurance, docto...Will Government Health Care Make Us Sick? Health Expert Suggests 5 Shocking Flaws of Obamacare
...oblems, decision-makers on both sides of the aisle may be ignoring important research into this very subject, some of which is over 30 years old. Some critics wonder whether Obama's health care proposal contains flaws that will not only cost consumers more money, but cause patients to receive inadequate and ...Standard IQ Test May Undervalue People With Autism
... of the brain to accelerate problem solving," said Isabelle Soulieres, a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University and the study's lead author. "Some critics argued that autistics would be unable to complete the RSPM because of its complexity, yet our study shows autistics complete it as efficiently and hav...Study finds autistics better at problem-solving
...ing," says lead author Isabelle Soulires, a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University who completed the experiment at the Universit de Montral. "Some critics agued that autistics would be unable to complete the RSPM because of its complexity, yet our study shows autistics complete it as efficiently and have...New Research Shows: Neurofeedback is an 'Evidence-Based' Treatment for ADHD
...e treatment of ADHD. This technique has become more popular by clinicians worldwide, and is currently provided for the treatment of several disorders. critics have often questioned the efficacy of Neurofeedback and whether it can be considered an Evidence Based treatment or not. In collaboration with ...Stevens' Center for Science Writings honors environmental critics with Green Book Award, April 30
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, whose critiques of the environmental movement have provoked widespread reconsideration of its methods and goals, have won the 2008 Green Book Award from Stevens Institute of Technologys Center for Science Writings. Nordhaus and Shellenber...Global sunscreen won't save corals
...fore it reached the Earth's surface, lowering global temperatures just as volcanic ash from the Mount Pinatubo did following its eruption in 1991. But critics have warned that such a scheme might also alter rainfall patterns, damage the planet's ozone layer, or have other unexpected effects. Until the cu...Equity concerns raised by congestion pricing can be addressed to make approach viable
...affic gridlock and raise money for transportation projects. However, because these policies impose a cost on something that previously was not priced, critics often suggest that it will harm lower-income drivers who will be forced to pay additional costs or be "priced off" the roads. "There is no single ...American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- May 6, 2009
... large amounts of timber. Reinforced concrete sleepers are an alternative that offer greater strength, durability and long-term cost savings, he said. critics of using concrete sleepers have charged that their manufacture increases greenhouse gas emissions as it involves higher consumption of fuel when compa...Experts lay to rest long-held misconceptions about high fructose corn syrup at ILSI-USDA workshop
...ether several scientific leaders from varying backgrounds, including former critics of high fructose corn syrup, who found there is little evidence that high f... to contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners." Even former critics of high fructose syrup dispelled myths and distanced themselves from earlie...Pure fructose frequently confused with high fructose corn syrup
...e corn syrup and obesity, stating that "high fructose syrup does not appear to contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners." Even former critics of high fructose corn syrup dispelled long-held myths and distanced themselves from earlier speculation about the sweetener's link to obesity in a c...Wetlands expert: China should think outside the flooding box with Three Gorges Dam
...ectric project in the world, intended to combine the generation of clean power with downstream flood control, and enable shipping in China's interior. critics are concerned that the reservoir will contain factory toxins and raw sewage and that sediment might cause the reservoir level to rise higher than plan...Meeting the challenges of teaching agriculture
...with food and fiber, but also biofuels, bioproducts, carbon storage, aquifer recharge, biodiversity, and still other goods and services. Meanwhile, critics demand a focus on sustainability and responsibility as this new agriculture develops, underscoring the grand intellectual, moral, and practical challe...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2008
...port a theory that a meteorite may be responsible for the sudden climate change that devastated large mammals in North America 11,000 years ago. While critics of such an extraterrestrial event have in the past noted the lack of evidence, the micro-tektites from the Clovis-age Murray Springs in Arizona could ...$685,000 too much for construction Web site, critics say
www.mchange.org Milwaukee As the highway reconstruction efforts continue their development in downtown Milwaukee, complaints have been leveled at the amount of money, $685,000, spent on a Web site that will update people on the road's status. The Web site for the Marquette Interchange Pro...Epic responds to critics of electronic record installation
Madison, Wis . - Following weeks of blistering criticism of its electronic medical record system and its ongoing installation at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan , Madison's Epic Systems Corp . has joined the subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente in defending its product. Epic Systems, a medical sof...A New Era in Cell Biology: German Company Develops Groundbreaking Alternative to Stem Cell Therapy
...n embryonic stem cell research could not be further apart: its proponents are calling for the complete liberalisation of stem cell research, while its critics are in favour of a general ban on the use of human stem cells, which are produced from embryos. While the Bundestag debates on a new regulation, Blast...Putting spam back in the can wont be all that easy
...d give recipients a mechanism for opting out of later e-mail messages. The acts penalties include fines and prison time. The problem with CAN-SPAM, critics say, is that it gives spammers one free shot at sending unwanted e-mail before recipients can tell them theyre not interested. And many experts say an...Outsourcing: Net gain or shifting the pain?
...ed service, it appears that the company has saved money. But if you add back the costs of the shadow IT people, the overall costs have actually risen. critics may point out that this is an organizational problem, not a weakness of the outsourcing solution and I would agree. I would also add that this is prec...Video games promoted as effective health-care training
...ion that video games can only promote aggressive behavior or passive learning. The explosion of real-world learning applications for games may astound critics of the virtual world. The first annual Games for Health conference featured games promoting nutrition, self-awareness and medical skills. Session...Structural change is coming to the UW System
...ducation for students who might otherwise not attend, so any plan to merge them into the four-year campuses needs closer inspection. At the same time, critics have long wondered why Wisconsin needs 13 two-year UW campuses and 16 two-year technical college districts especially when the technical college dist...Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
...ure L-tryptophan supplements sold over-the-counter. As the production error responsible for the contamination would have been easily correctable, some critics have suggested that this appears to have been done to make money for the manufacturers of SSRIs. Pharmaceutical grade L-tryptophan is currently availa...