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"Healthy" fast foods do not good to the heart
annatto submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Endothelial function is a measure of the activity of endothelial cells that line the inside of the blood vessels. These cells control blood flow by regulating the dilation of the blood vessels. 


Kid's taste buds influenced by branding
abc01 submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reutershealth.com)
In taste tests, preschool-age children preferred the taste of foods and drinks packaged in McDonald's cartons over identical foods and drinks packaged in unbranded cartons. 


Toxic whale meat found in Japanese school lunches
DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Whale meat served in school lunches in an area of rural Japan are contaminated with alarming levels of mercury, a local assemblyman said on Wednesday, calling for a halt in plans for the meat to be shipped to schools nationwide. 


China defends food exports, to shut small firms
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reutershealth.com)
China said it would shut small or unregulated food processors, reducing the number of firms by half, but defended the quality of its exports on Wednesday amid a spate of health scares over Chinese-made food and drugs. 


Study finds chocolate good for the heart
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.chron.com)
Good and bad news for chocoholics: A small study suggests.Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount that is less than two Hershey's Kisses to do it, 


Study Links Health to Day Care Equipment
annatto submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.intelihealth.com)
According to a study, fewer children and workers at out-of-home day care centers would get sick if the centers had better equipment for changing diapers, washing hands and preparing food. 


UN Study Challenges Assumptions On HIV Spread And Refugees in Africa
saury submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (allafrica.com)
A new study by the United Nations refugee agency disputes assumptions that violence and rape propel the HIV epidemic in conflict areas, with those forced to flee having a high prevalence of the virus. 


Thrombosis risks double after 4-hour travel: study
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)
The chances of developing deep vein thrombosis double after traveling for four hours or more, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday in a study estimating one in 6,000 long-haul passengers is at risk. 


FDA recalls Veggie Booty snacks
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Food and Drug Administration said, Veggie Booty, a snack particularly popular among small children, may carry Salmonella food poisoning and should be thrown out, the U.S. 


Study finds: Gabbing doctors not helping patients
captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Too much personal talk by doctors can be bad medicine, according to a study published on Monday in which U.S. researchers sent actors posing as new patients to see doctors in secretly recorded visits. 


Dinner plate helps diabetics shed pounds - study
DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.alertnet.org)
Canadian researchers said on Monday, Overweight people with diabetes have as much success dropping pounds using a colorful dinner plate that measures food portions as they do on many weight-loss drugs, 


Snakes can years without eating? What allows them to do this?
mmccue submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.journals.uchicago.edu)
Some snakes, that inhabit environments that have limited or unpredictable food resources, have the uncanny ability to tolerate periods of starvation that can last in excess of one year. Given this fact, this study asks, “What physiological changes occur in a snake that is subjected to long-term food deprivation?” After subjecting several desert-dwelling rattlesnakes, recognized for their ability to fast for long periods to a controlled fast lasting six months, the study found that these animals showed several potentially adaptive mechanisms for coping with prolonged fasting 


Low 'energy density' foods aid weight loss
captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)
This is may be an approach that allows you to focus on the foods that you should be eating. Experts find that foods that fill you up without packing a ton of calories can help in the battle of the bulge 


Female meat-eaters more likely to be obese
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Over the 7-day study, the investigators found that the low-intake group ate less than 1.9 three-ounce servings of meat per day, as opposed to more than 3.18 servings for the high-intake group.More than half (52.8 percent) of the women classified as having a high meat intake were obese, defined in this study as having greater than 35 percent body fat. Conversely, 37.3 percent of women in the moderate meat intake group were obese and only 15.6 percent of those in the low meat intake group were obese. 
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