Maine lawmakers mull cell phone health warnings
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Mar 02, 2010 | Comments Off
BOSTON (Reuters) – Maine’s state Legislature could soon vote on a bill making the Northeast U.S. state the first to require that cellular phones carry warnings of a possible link between mobile phone radiation and brain cancer.
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Dozens of studies on the issue have shown no link, but have not ended the debate. Any requirement for warning labels could be a headache for cell phone manufacturers.
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Snacks mean U.S. kids moving toward “constant eating”
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Mar 01, 2010 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. children eat an average three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, a finding that could explain why the childhood obesity rate has risen to more than 16 percent, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Children snack so often that they are “moving toward constant eating,” Carmen Piernas and Barry Popkin of the University of North Carolina...
Brain images suggest Alzheimer’s drug is working
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 28, 2010 | Comments Off
LONDON (Reuters) – New imaging technology suggests an experimental drug for Alzheimer’s reduces clumps of plaque in the brain by around 25 percent, lifting hopes for a medicine that disappointed in clinical tests two years ago.
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Bapineuzumab — being developed by Pfizer Inc, Irish drugmaker Elan Corp and Johnson & Johnson — is a potential game-changer because it could be the first...
Severe allergic reaction to meat may not be rare
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 27, 2010 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eating meat may be a much more common trigger for anaphylaxis — a severe and potentially deadly allergic reaction — than previously thought, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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A study of 60 patients who had unexplained severe allergic reactions suggests that a compound in meat known as alpha-galactose may be the culprit, according to research presented at a meeting...
Physically fit students do better academically too: study
Posted by Health News From Reuters on Feb 25, 2010 | Comments Off
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Getting students to exercise more might not just address obesity issues but also improve their grades with a U.S. study finding physically fit students tend to score higher in tests than their less fit peers.
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Test scores dropped more than one point for each extra minute it took middle and high school students to complete a one mile run/walk...
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