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Proposed changes to nutrition labels and marketing food to children
Date: Feb-27-2014The nutrition labels on packaged food and beverages may be due a makeover, thanks to proposals from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency is accepting public comment on the proposed changes for 90 days. If passed, the proposed changes will mark the first major overhaul for nutrition labels since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made them compulsory 20 years ago. FDA officials say that the redesign has been prompted by a shift in shoppers' priorities.
Chemical exposure: the impact on infant brain development
Date: Feb-27-2014There are more than 80,000 industrial chemicals in widespread use across the US. Around 3,000 of these chemicals are in products that we come into contact with every day, including clothing, carpets, toys, cleaning products and cosmetics. But is it safe to be so frequently exposed to these chemicals?Past studies have associated chemical exposure with negative impacts on health. In 2012, Medical News Today reported on a study suggesting that routine exposure to toxic chemicals may increase the risk of breast cancer, although this link has never been confirmed.
Making defibrillators as common as fire extinguishers could save lives
Date: Feb-27-2014Despite several campaigns to increase numbers of defibrillators in public places - and the English government's acknowledgement of their life-saving role - public access to them is low, as is understanding of their use, says a new UK study. The findings imply it would be a different story if defibrillators were as accessible and as well understood as fire extinguishers.Estimates from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) suggest around 60,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests or heart attacks occur in the UK every year.
Mailing free test kits improves colon cancer screening rates
Date: Feb-27-2014Colon cancer screening rates went up by nearly 40% in a Kaiser Permanente study that mailed test kits to patients' homes. The pilot study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was part of a program to address disparities among uninsured, low-income and Latino patients. The findings are to be published in the journal BMC Cancer.Lead author Dr.
Mailing free test kits improves colon cancer screening rates
Date: Feb-27-2014Colon cancer screening rates went up by nearly 40% in a Kaiser Permanente study that mailed test kits to patients' homes. The pilot study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was part of a program to address disparities among uninsured, low-income and Latino patients. The findings are to be published in the journal BMC Cancer.Lead author Dr.
Mailing free test kits improves colon cancer screening rates
Date: Feb-27-2014Colon cancer screening rates went up by nearly 40% in a Kaiser Permanente study that mailed test kits to patients' homes. The pilot study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was part of a program to address disparities among uninsured, low-income and Latino patients. The findings are to be published in the journal BMC Cancer.Lead author Dr.
Making defibrillators as common as fire extinguishers could save lives
Date: Feb-27-2014Despite several campaigns to increase numbers of defibrillators in public places - and the English government's acknowledgement of their life-saving role - public access to them is low, as is understanding of their use, says a new UK study. The findings imply it would be a different story if defibrillators were as accessible and as well understood as fire extinguishers.Estimates from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) suggest around 60,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests or heart attacks occur in the UK every year.
Mailing free test kits improves colon cancer screening rates
Date: Feb-27-2014Colon cancer screening rates went up by nearly 40% in a Kaiser Permanente study that mailed test kits to patients' homes. The pilot study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was part of a program to address disparities among uninsured, low-income and Latino patients. The findings are to be published in the journal BMC Cancer.Lead author Dr.
MIND Institute launches 'Colombia Project of Hope' to investigate fragile X-related disorders
Date: Feb-27-2014Researchers at the internationally respected UC Davis MIND Institute are collaborating with scientists at two Colombian universities to investigate the very high rate of fragile X-related disorders in one region in the South American country. Named the "Colombia Project of Hope," the initiative aims to advance fragile X research and benefit individuals with fragile X-related disorders in the United States and around the world by focusing on a recently identified fragile X "hotspot" in Colombia.
Red meat and exercise could be the key to keeping body and mind in peak condition as we age
Date: Feb-27-2014Protein loading to improve muscle performance isn't just for athletes and bodybuilders, with Deakin University researchers finding that a protein rich diet incorporating lean red meat combined with strength training improved the size and strength of muscles in elderly women. The researchers believe the study's results show that the combination of red meat and strength training could be the key to reducing the impact age-related muscle loss has on the risk of falls and the ability of the elderly to undertake day-to-day activities such as getting out of a chair.
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