Children Who Eat Vended Snack Foods Face Chronic Health Problems, Poor Diet redOrbit | Vended foods and beverages may be linked to obesity, diabetes and coronary artery disease, U-M study finds | School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality – and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chron...
Children who eat vended snack foods face chronic health problems, poor diet PhysOrg --> | School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality - and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease, according to research from the University ...
Awareness of child health care The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Sensitisation:M. Kausalya, Programme Officer, ICDS, giving away the prize to a baby. | PUDUKOTTAI: A special awareness programme on child health care was organised here under the joint auspices off the Pudukottai Maharani Ro...
Clinical trials can pose risks, but that's how medicine advances Irish Times | Are participants in clinical trials human guinea pigs or important participants in the bid to advance modern medicine, asks BRIAN O'CONNELL | THE hospitalisation last week of three men who had volunteered to take part in a clinical trial in Cork d...
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Chocolate - good for your health? The Examiner | Although chocolate isn't listed as a health food quite yet, there have been a growing number of studies over recent years that suggest that it can be a heart healthy choice. | ...
Health care reform benefits beginning next month The Examiner | On Sept. 23rd, several changes will take place in regards with the health care bill passed in March. A few other changes have already been implemented from the bill and more will...
Liberals will defend universal health care, Ignatieff says National Post  By Meagan Fitzpatrick, Postmedia News September 3, 2010 6:33 PM     Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff addresses supporters in Abbotsford, B.C. on Aug. 22, 2010. | Photograph by: Andy Clark/Reuters | Canadians would rather see their tax dolla...
Diabetes can lead to serious eye disorders Khaleej Times DUBAI ' Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye problems that people with diabetes may face. In some cases it can cause severe vision loss or even blindness. | Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in adults. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels of retina. | In some people with d...
Osteoporosis Drugs Tied to Esophageal Cancer ABC News | By JOHN GEVER, Senior Editor | Sept. 3, 2010 | A second look at British registry data indicates that esophageal cancer may be more common after all in patients taking oral bisphosphonate drugs, a type of drug used to treat osteoporosis, for long periods. | In an analysis involving some 80,000 patients tracked for more than seven years on average,...
Food inflation inches up to 10.86 % The Hindu | Special Correspondent | NEW DELHI: Halting the fortnight long downward movement, food inflation inched up marginally to 10.86 per cent for the week ended August 21 from 10.05 per cent a week ago, mainly owing to higher prices of cereals, fruits and milk. | The fact that food inflation during the like week a year ago was at 14.86 per cent provides...
