Health
FDA to revise nutrition facts label
Those nutrition labels on the back of food packages may soon become easier to read.
Jan 23, 2014
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Health
Standardised cigarette packs trigger 'rise in Quitline calls'
(Medical Xpress)—Plain, standardised tobacco packaging sparked a 78 per cent increase in calls to an Australian stop-smoking helpline just one month after its introduction, figures in the Medical Journal of Australia show.
Jan 20, 2014
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Teenagers put-off smoking by standardised tobacco packaging
(Medical Xpress)—A new survey adds further weight to the growing evidence that standardised tobacco packaging could help discourage teenagers from smoking.
Oct 8, 2013
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Health
Kids' fast food ads emphasize giveaways more than food
Fast-food marketing aimed at children emphasizes giveaways and movie tie-ins much more frequently than ads targeted at adults, according to research published August 28 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by James Sargent ...
Aug 28, 2013
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Health
Philip Morris wins small victory in Thailand
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has won a temporary victory in its fight to keep larger health warnings off cigarettes for sale in Thailand.
Aug 27, 2013
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Mums and grans back plain, standardised packaging to protect children from tobacco marketing
While the UK government remains unsure about the effectiveness of removing glamorous packaging on cigarettes, eight in ten women have less doubt and agree that bright, colourful packaging tends to make products more attractive ...
Aug 26, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sweaty palms and racing heart may benefit some negotiators
The idea of having to negotiate over the price of a new car sends many into the cold sweats, but new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that sweaty ...
Aug 26, 2013
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Health
Britain shelves plain cigarette pack plans
Britain on Friday announced it had postponed plans to introduce plain packaging on cigarettes, saying it was waiting to see the results of a similar move in Australia.
Jul 12, 2013
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Ophthalmology
New software provides free framework for collaborative research in visual field analysis
Vision researchers have developed new software that will analyze visual fields in an open-source platform to improve and encourage collaborative research among independent labs. An analysis of the free tool is presented in ...
Jul 9, 2013
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Plain, standardised cigarette packs not a problem for small shops
(Medical Xpress)—Putting all cigarettes in packs of uniform colour, size and design has not caused sales staff any problems in serving customers according to new research1 published today (Tuesday).
May 29, 2013
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