http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In a large study of men in Japan, the presence of fatty liver disease by ultrasonography showed an inverse ( reduced risk) association with the frequency of moderate alcohol consumption; however, there was some suggestion of an increase in fatty liver disease with higher volume of alcohol consumed per day. Moderate drinkers had lower levels of obesity than did non-drinkers, and both obesity and metabolic abnormalities were positively associated with fatty liver disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-frequent-moderate-alcohol-fatty-liver.html Addiction Tue, 24 May 2011 10:18:25 EST news225451080 Dairy products can be high in harmful saturated fat but not necessarily in risk to the heart. A newly published analysis of thousands of adults in Costa Rica found that their levels of dairy consumption had nothing to do statistically with their risk of a heart attack. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dairy-consumption-elevate-heart-attack.html Health Wed, 18 May 2011 11:05:17 EST news224935498 (Medical Xpress) -- Children exposed to advertisements for high-calorie and nutrient-poor foods consume more unhealthy foods overall, regardless of the specific product and brand being marketed, finds a new study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. The study, published in Economics and Human Biology, shows a relationship between children's exposure to food advertising on television and the consumption of unhealthy food, particularly sugar-sweetened beverages and fast food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-truth-advertising-junk-food-children.html Health Tue, 10 May 2011 08:20:01 EST news224233587