Archive: 23/08/2013
US city tries less salt in Chinese restaurant food
Organizers have recruited more than 200 restaurants across Philadelphia for the U.S. city's Healthy Chinese Takeout Initiative, which aims to reduce the food's salt content by 10 percent to 15 percent.
Aug 23, 2013
Teen driver music preferences increase errors and distractibility, study finds
Teens listening to their preferred music while driving commit a greater number of errors and miscalculations, according to a new study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers that will be published in the October ...
Aug 23, 2013
Using community health care workers to better control diabetes in Mexican American community
(Medical Xpress)—The prevalence of diabetes among Hispanic Americans is growing and their likelihood of being hospitalized for uncontrolled diabetes is two times greater than that of non-Hispanic Whites. Rather than a new ...
Aug 23, 2013
Researchers reveal hidden patterns that help explain stubborn persistence of measles
Despite the availability of a cheap and effective vaccine, measles remains a leading cause of childhood mortality worldwide, killing more than 150,000 individuals in 2011. In a new study, researchers at the University of ...
Aug 23, 2013