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Drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of throat cancer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

People are advised to wait a few minutes before drinking a cup of freshly-boiled tea today as a new study, published on bmj.com, finds that drinking very hot tea (70°C or more) can increase the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, ...





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Improvements in School Nutrition Have Positive Influence on Youth Eating Behaviors

Improvements in School Nutrition Have Positive Influence on Youth Eating Behaviors

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 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 ...


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Scientists Make Temperature-Regulating Coffee Mug

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 17 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- A well-insulated mug may keep your coffee somewhat warm, but now scientists have designed a high-tech mug that can keep drinks hot or cold at the perfect temperature for up to half an hour. ...


Study shows link between caffeine and miscarriage

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 21, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

High doses of daily caffeine during pregnancy – whether from coffee, tea, caffeinated soda or hot chocolate -- cause an increased risk of miscarriage, according a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The ...


New study shows that cocoa flavanols can be preserved during cooking and baking

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In a study published this month in the Journal of Food Science, scientists from The Hershey Company and Brunswick Laboratories (Norton, MA) showed that over 85% of the cocoa flavanols were preserved in recipes for chocol ...


Study: Your mother was right -- again

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created Jan 17, 2006 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Research by University of Virginia Health System nurses suggests your mother was right when she told you not to eat or drink before taking your temperature.


Home testing kit could help identify 'hidden' caffeine in beverages

Chemistry /

created May 11, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you’ve ever wondered whether your favorite coffee, tea or soda contains caffeine — despite its decaf label or the absence of caffeine on the ingredient list — then you may soon be able to test the beverage yourself. Chemists ...


FDA questions safety of alcoholic energy drinks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury.


Alcohol companies target youths with magazine ads, new study shows

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 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 ...


Bourbon versus vodka: Bourbon hurts more the next day, performance is the same

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Many alcoholic beverages contain byproducts of the materials used in the fermenting process. These byproducts are called "congeners," complex organic molecules with toxic effects including acetone, acetaldehyde, fusel oil, ...


Cold and lonely: Does social exclusion literally feel cold?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

When we hear somebody described as "frosty" or "cold", we automatically picture a person who is unfriendly and antisocial. There are numerous examples in our daily language of metaphors which make a connection between cold ...



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