Quick Study: Healthful eating may keep cataracts at bay

June 22, 2010 by  
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Ban trans fats and cut salt, demands UK health body
Britain’s influential health cost watchdog called on Tuesday for major changes in food production and marketing and said drastic cuts in fat and salt levels were needed to halt the scourge of heart disease.

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Children with special needs are at increased risk for oral disease
At the beginning of 2010, as many as 17 percent of children in the United States were reported as having special health care needs. Behavioral issues, developmental disorders, cognitive disorders, genetic disorders and systemic diseases may increase a child’s risk of developing oral disease.

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Quick Study: Healthful eating may keep cataracts at bay
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Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight on lower-carbohydrate diet: Study

June 21, 2010 by  
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Farmers market opens at Hall of Science
Going ‘green’ has never been easier in Queens.

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For Insulin-Resistant Women, Cutting Carbs Is More Effective Than Low-Fat Diet
Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight after three months on a lower-carbohydrate diet than on a traditional low-fat diet with the same number of calories, according to a new study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego. “The typical diet that physicians recommend for weight loss is a low-fat diet,” said the study’s lead author …

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Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight on lower-carbohydrate diet: Study
Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight after three months on a lower-carbohydrate diet than on a traditional low-fat diet with the same number of calories, according to a new study. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.

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Cutting carbs is more effective than low-fat diet for insulin-resistant women, study finds

June 21, 2010 by  
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Low-carbs diet help losing weight
Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight after three months on a low-carbohydrate diet than on a traditional low-fat diet with the same number of calories, says a study.

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What’s Inside Worcestershire Sauce? Fermented Surf for Your Turf
You may know about the anchovies, garlic and onion — but what about the devil’s dung? The secret spice in L&P’s sauce reeks like rotting garlic but tastes oniony when cooked.

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Cutting carbs is more effective than low-fat diet for insulin-resistant women, study finds
Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight after three months on a lower-carbohydrate diet than on a traditional low-fat diet with the same number of calories, according to a new study.

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Researchers study risks and consequences of cigarette smoking in people living in multiple-unit housing

June 19, 2010 by  
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Physical Fitness May Help Reduce Chronic Disease Risk In College Students
Staying in shape may bolster the metabolic profiles of college students, even in those with higher than desirable body fat percentages.

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Traffic Light Labels Given Thumbs Down By EU
The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (FGC) welcomes the landmark decision by the European Parliament to reject “traffic light” food labels and adopt a front-of-pack food labelling system similar to that used by the New Zealand and Australian food …

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Researchers study risks and consequences of cigarette smoking in people living in multiple-unit housing
In an effort to protect children from harmful tobacco smoke exposure, health and medical professionals are pushing for a ban on smoking in public housing in a report appearing in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine.

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More Shoppers Count Calories, according to Prevention Magazine, FMI Study

June 18, 2010 by  
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Genetics alter our sensitivity to salt
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 16 (UPI) — U.S. food scientists say genetic differences might make it more difficult for some people to maintain low-salt food diets.

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Supertasters tend to crave salt, study finds
Supertasters – people who taste flavors more acutely than the rest of the population – tend to have diets that are high in salt, a new study has found.

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More Shoppers Count Calories, according to Prevention Magazine, FMI Study
With an eye on nutrition labels, 43 percent of consumers polled said they’re paying more attention to calorie counts than they were two years ago, according to Shopping for Health 2010, an annual released this week by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Prevention Magazine, and published by Rodale Inc.

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Spices in ‘moderate’ doses don’t help weight loss, finds study

June 18, 2010 by  
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Terry Foster: Goal for summer weight loss: Stay active
Summer is in full bloom, and this is a great time to lose weight and work on losing those love handles.

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John Goodman tells David Letterman he once weighed ’400 pounds’ before dramatic weight loss
John Goodman may look good now, but he once tipped the scales at 400 pounds. The actor appeared on David Letterman ‘s “Late Show” Wednesday night and showed off his new svelte physique to the impressed host.

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Spices in ‘moderate’ doses don’t help weight loss, finds study
Researchers in Copenhagen, Denmark, set out to examine the potential of spices as part of common weight-loss strategies, after earlier studies found that some hot spices could boost satiety.

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Positive Phase I results from ChemoCentryx CCX354 study for RA presented at EULAR

June 17, 2010 by  
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Mainers decry federal government’s slight against potatoes
Despite an aggressive campaign by the potato industry to point out the health benefits of the product, some people still believe potatoes are unhealthful — and it appears that the U.S. Department of Agriculture may agree.

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Kevin Powell: Teachers, Students, and Conquering Cancer
As the summer of 2010 bears down upon us, the political climate is truly heating up. We have an oil spill in the Gulf of…

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Positive Phase I results from ChemoCentryx CCX354 study for RA presented at EULAR
ChemoCentryx, Inc., today announced that it reported positive Phase I results for its novel drug candidate CCX354 at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR). CCX354 is the Company’s orally-active small molecule drug candidate designed to specifically target the CCR1 chemokine receptor for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

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