News tagged with environment
My hearing is fine, thank you, but could you please speak up?
(Medical Xpress) -- More than half of factory workers who thought they had excellent or good hearing actually suffered hearing loss and didn't even recognize the problem, a new study shows.
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Jul 11, 2012 |
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U.S. schools throwing the book at unhealthy drinks
(HealthDay) -- More U.S. elementary schools are banning unhealthy beverages from the premises, according to a new report.
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Jul 05, 2012 |
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Surgical residents perform better in OR if they receive structured training in simulated environment
New research has shown that surgical residents who received structured training in a simulated environment perform significantly better when they start operating on patients.
Surgery
Jul 05, 2012 |
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Taking the fate of stem cells in hand: Researchers generate immature nerve cells
German biologists have deliberately transformed stem cells from the spinal cord of mice into immature nerve cells. This was achieved by changing the cellular environment, known as the extracellular matrix, ...
Medical research
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Researchers find link between neuritin gene activity and stress induced depression
(Medical Xpress) -- Research teams from the US and Korea have together been studying depression and other mood disorders and have found that chronic stress can block a gene whose job it is to maintain healthy neuron connections ...
Neuroscience
Jun 27, 2012 |
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Kids eat healthier when school-based nutrition programs involve teachers, staff, parents
Programs to promote healthy eating can substantially reduce the amount of unhealthy foods and beverages on school grounds if the programs focus on a school's specific needs and involve teachers, parents, staff, and administrators, ...
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Jun 27, 2012 |
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Low and middle income countries are the recent targets of processed food manufacturers
"There is significant penetration by multinational processed food manufacturers such as Nestle, Kraft, PepsiCo, and Danone into food environments in low-and-middle income countries, where consumption of unhealthy commodities ...
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Jun 26, 2012 |
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Parents' work-life stress hinders healthy eating
In a tight economy, with fewer jobs, many people end up working harder and sacrificing more to stay employed. A new study finds that one of those sacrifices is sometimes their own and their family's nutrition.
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Jun 22, 2012 |
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Front-most part of the cortex involved in making short-term predictions about what will happen next
Researchers at the University of Iowa, together with colleagues from the California Institute of Technology and New York University, have discovered how a part of the brain helps predict future events from ...
Neuroscience
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Parents say that healthy eating is challenging for youth who play sports
The food and beverages available to youth when they participate in organized sports can often be unhealthy, according to a new study released in the July/August 2012 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. The fi ...
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Jun 19, 2012 |
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Plague rare in U.S., surfacing in more affluent areas
(HealthDay) -- Although the plague is typically considered a remnant of the Middle Ages, when unsanitary conditions and rodent infestations prevailed amid the squalor of poverty, this rare but deadly disease ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 13, 2012 |
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The first day of development -- a window to successful pregnancy
An article published in F1000 Biology Reports discusses recent important advancements in the development of alternative methods of embryo evaluation and selection that could lead to improvements in the reliability of IVF ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Greek crisis creates medicine shortages
Greece's highly uncertain future has forced businesses into a quasi hand-to-mouth existence, with one of the most alarming effects a shortage of medicines, including for the seriously ill.
Medications
Jun 06, 2012 |
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U.S. program targets antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes
(HealthDay) -- U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they're hoping to reduce the use of antipsychotic drugs among nursing home residents by 15 percent before year's end.
Medications
May 30, 2012 |
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Eat healthy -- your kids are watching
If lower-income mothers want kids with healthy diets, it's best to adopt healthy eating habits themselves and encourage their children to eat good foods rather than use force, rewards or punishments, says a Michigan State ...
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May 30, 2012 |
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