News tagged with feeding
Unchecked antibiotic use in animals may affect global human health
The increasing production and use of antibiotics, about half of which is used in animal production, is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes, or ARGs, effectively reducing antibiotics' ability to fend ...
Medical research
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Has breastfeeding been oversold? Some experts take aim at 'breast is best' claims
If I could sum up my breast-feeding ordeal in one image, it would be me sitting in a hospital bed with one of my newborn sons cradled in my arms.
Pediatrics
Dec 24, 2012 |
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China breaks up fake medicine racket
China said Friday it had busted a gang that produced and sold fake medicine -- some made of animal feed -- arresting 114 suspects and seizing more than 65 million counterfeit tablets.
Medications
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Formula-fed babies at risk in emergencies: New study finds how to better prepare and protect infants
(Medical Xpress) -- Recent natural disasters in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United States have shown even in developed nations infants - especially those fed formula - are vulnerable. Now a new study has found detailed ...
Health
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Gastric feeding tubes may raise pressure ulcer risk
A new study led by Brown University researchers reports that percutaneous endoscopic gastric (PEG) feeding tubes, long assumed to help bedridden dementia patients stave off or overcome pressure ulcers, may ...
Other
May 14, 2012 |
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23andMe discovers surprising genetic connections between breast size and breast cancer
Using data from its unique online research platform, 23andMe, a leading personal genetics company, has identified seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) significantly associated with breast size, including three SNPs ...
Genetics
Jul 03, 2012 |
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FDA bans BPA from baby bottles, sippy cups
(HealthDay) -- The controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is now banned for use in baby bottles and sippy cups, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.
Health
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Mad cow case in Calif. found in USDA testing
(AP) -- The discovery of mad cow disease in a dead dairy cow came soon after it arrived at a non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 25, 2012 |
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What's best for very low birth weight babies
While the health benefits of breast feeding baby are well known, a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Pediatrics finds that, for very low birth weight (VLBW) babies, a small amount of fortification can im ...
Pediatrics
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Eating
Eating is the ingestion of food to provide for all organism their nutritional needs, particularly for energy and growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. Fungi digest organic matter outside of their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies. Eating is an activity of daily living.
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