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Parents still give cough medicine to infants despite FDA warning

Nearly two years after the FDA issued a formal advisory urging parents not to give over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to infants younger than 2 years old without a doctor's advice, a new study says many parents still ...

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CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source

Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Imaging live mouse spinal cord will aid trauma therapy

(Medical Xpress) -- To study spinal cord injuries, researchers have had to conduct exploratory surgeries on mice to determine how nerves and other cells respond after trauma. But these approaches have only ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When making meaning of the world, the brain is a multi-tasker

(Medical Xpress) -- How does the brain confer meaning on the things we perceive in the world? “Many of us favor the theory that, whether it comes in through the eyes or ears, through reading [or other stimuli], it’s ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Brain MRIs may provide an early diagnostic marker for dyslexia

Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a study at Children's Hospital Boston. Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trying to eat healthy? Read those nutrition labels carefully

People who made New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier or lose weight might also want to brush up on their math skills.

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

N.Y. teens' mystery illness labeled 'conversion disorder'

It's a term used so rarely that most of us haven't heard of it. Even mental health professionals say they have read about it in textbooks rather than seen it up close.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Color-coding, rearranging food products improves healthy choices in hospital cafeteria

A simple program involving color-coded food labeling and adjusting the way food items are positioned in display cases was successful in encouraging more healthful food choices in a large hospital cafeteria. ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New method pinpoints important gene-regulation proteins

A novel technique has been developed and demonstrated at Penn State University to map the proteins that read and regulate chromosomes -- the string-like structures inside cells that carry genes. The specific ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Review: Thunderbird innovates, but Web mail wins

The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Nutrient data in time for the new year

Two timely nutrient data sets provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are being used by the beef and pork industries to provide new Nutrition Facts labels for their products. Federal rules ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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