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Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe

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(AP) -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.

Popular diet product recalled in US amid bacteria fears

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Dec 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Millions of cans of a popular ready-to-drink diet product are being recalled in the United States after tests showed the liquid meals could be tainted with bacteria, the manufacturer said Friday.

Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men

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Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Weight loss reduces obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with the greatest effect seen in patients with severe disease, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal today.

Improvements in School Nutrition Have Positive Influence on Youth Eating Behaviors

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Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When schools serve healthier, more nutritious food, students do not compensate by eating more unhealthy food at home, a new Yale University study has found. In addition, the study shows that ...

Acculturation influences smoking cessation by Latino men

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Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Latino men who are more adapted to U.S. culture are more likely to quit smoking than their less-acculturated counterparts, according to research by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center published ...

Nicotine Levels Higher in Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke in the Home

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Dec 03, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, supports the World Health Initiative’s efforts for a home smoking ban, according ...

Parents encourage underage drinking

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Dec 03, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Half of Australian adults and 63 per cent of Australians on a higher income believe 15 to 17 year olds should be allowed to consume alcohol under parental supervision at home, according to the latest MBF Healthwatch survey.

Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.

Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea

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Dec 03, 2009 | 3 / 5 (4) | 1

(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.

Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth

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Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Whether non-smoking Mexican-American adolescents go on to experiment with smoking depends largely on their initial attitude toward the habit, researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the December issue of Cancer Ep ...

Toxic chemicals found in a third of children's toys: study

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Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A third of the most popular children's toys in the United States this year contain harmful chemicals including lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, a US consumer group said Wednesday.

Young adults who exercise get higher IQ

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Dec 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0

Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

Waterpipe tobacco smokers inhale same toxicants as cigarette smokers

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants - carbon monoxide and nicotine - as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by ...

Chances of surviving cardiac arrest at home or work unchanged in 30 years

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the University of Michigan Health System.

Alcohol companies target youths with magazine ads, new study shows

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Dec 02, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 1

Alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such ...

Obesity will snuff out health benefits gained by smoking declines

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Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the ...

Widowed facing higher mortality risk, researcher finds

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Married people in the United States are living longer these days, but the widowed are experiencing a higher mortality rate, according to new research by a Michigan State University sociologist.

Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims ...