US watchdog warns on fitness stimulant
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday questioned the safety of DMAA, a stimulant used in dietary supplements, alleging that marketers were illegally selling the chemical.
Apr 27, 2012
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Overweight teens who are satisfied with their bodies are less depressed, less prone to unhealthy behaviors
A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women ...
Apr 27, 2012
Moffitt researchers find adolescents with cancer concerned about their future reproductive health
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have found that adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer have strong concerns about their ability to have children as cancer survivors. They also found that standard health-related ...
Apr 27, 2012
Researchers: Quality of life as important as quantity of life
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have placed new emphasis on gathering data on cancer patient quality of life during both treatment and survivorship. Their focus is on gathering and using that data to develop interventions ...
Apr 27, 2012
US approves new treatment for ancient plague
Hardly anyone succumbs to the bubonic plague these days, but US health authorities on Friday approved a new treatment for it and other forms of the potentially deadly bacterial infection.
Apr 27, 2012
Mexican woman due to give birth to nine in May
A Mexican woman is due to give birth to six girls and three boys in May, the local media is reporting.
Apr 27, 2012
Dutch okays mutant bird flu study's publication
The Dutch government on Friday gave a top scientist the green light to publish a research paper in the United States on a mutant killer flu virus, following approval by a US panel of experts.
Apr 27, 2012
Maintain your brain: The secrets to aging success
Aging may seem unavoidable, but that's not necessarily so when it comes to the brain. So say researchers in the April 27th issue of the Cell Press journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences explaining that it is what you do in ...
Apr 27, 2012
