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Food Addiction And Health Claims - News From The British Dietetic Association

Food addiction - does it really exist or is it simply a habit? Do health claims on foods really stand up to scrutiny? Can what a child eats really affect behaviour?
Answers to these questions are now available in the latest hot topics and fact sheet releases from the BDA.
Expert dietitians have taken a […]

Races Seek Techniques to Prevent Fatalities

More than 10,000 runners crossed the finish line of SundayЙs Boilermaker 15K Road Race, an event in Utica, N.Y., that boasts the largest and most competitive field of the nationЙs 15-kilometer races.
But Sean OЙNeill, a 24-year-old resident of Brooklyn, collapsed near the 10-kilometer mark and never got up. He died less than an hour […]

U.N.: World must manage new health risks

GENEVA (AP) A ballooning world population, intensive farming practices and changes in sexual behavior have provided a breeding ground for an unprecedented number of emerging diseases, the U.N. health agency said Thursday.
AIDS and 38 other new pathogens are afflicting mankind that were unknown a generation ago, the World Health Organization said.
Though advances […]

En route to Pluto, NASA craft makes discoveries about Jupiter

WASHINGTON: The NASA spacecraft on the way to Pluto has discovered lightning in the polar regions of Jupiter, scientists said. It also found that the volcanically active moon Io belches out tons of material that travels hundreds of millions of miles down Jupiters long magnetic tail.
The spacecraft, New Horizons, was launched in January 2006 […]

In New Orleans, a new model of health care

NEW ORLEANS The sun’s ablaze on this August morning, and the air-conditioned waiting room at St. Thomas Community Health Center, with its busy reception desk, potted plants and people waiting in cushioned chairs, is a welcome refuge from the heat.
It’s also a rare sanctuary for thousands of Katrina survivors who have lost their […]