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Small changes can lead to big rewards, says ASN president

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Small changes can lead to big rewards, such as maintaining a healthy weight, American Society for Nutrition (ASN) President James O. Hill, PhD, describes in a recent report. The article, to be published in the February issue ...





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Survey highlights support for nanotech in health fields but disapproval elsewhere

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A landmark national survey on the use of nanotechnology for "human enhancement" shows widespread public support for applications of the new technology related to improving human health. However, the survey also shows broad ...


The key to a healthy lifestyle is in the mind

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The main factors influencing the amount of physical exercise people carry out are their self-perceived ability and the extent of their desire to exercise. A study of 5167 Canadians, reported in the open access journal BMC Pu ...


New study reveals the financial effects of stroke in China

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study has found that families in China face considerable economic hardship following stroke, and it is not uncommon for health care costs to push families below the poverty line. The large study shows over 70% of stroke ...


Less than 10 percent of Americans have low risk for heart disease

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

After two decades of improvement, the percentage of Americans without major heart disease risk factors is dropping, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Pre-election surveys show deep concern about state of health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With only a few days remaining before Election Day, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, writing for the November 6, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine, find that seven in ten ...


Calories from homecooked recipes grow over time

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created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Recent research presented today at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Small Changes Summit that addresses childhood obesity shows that calories in recipes have gradually increased over time.


Teens are heading in wrong direction: Likely to have sex, but not use contraception

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created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Between 2003 and 2007, the progress made in the 1990s and early 2000s in improving teen contraceptive use and reducing teen pregnancy and childbearing stalled, and may even have reversed among certain groups of teens, according ...


New studies managing psychiatric meds in transition to college

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An increasing number of students are packing more than their computers and iPods when leaving for college. They are bringing along prescribed psychiatric medications. Case Western Reserve University researchers will survey ...


NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna. ...


Air pollution from freeway extends further than previously thought

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Environmental health researchers from UCLA, the University of Southern California and the California Air Resources Board have found that during the hours before sunrise, freeway air pollution extends much further than previously ...



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