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South Korea does what the US refuses to do: Restrict junk food advertising to children
(NaturalNews) The health ministry of South Korea has announced that advertisements for foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt, will be limited during the prime time television hours of 5 and 7 p.m. and during any children's programming. In support of national efforts to curb childhood obesity, the limitations will include foods such as hamburgers, instant noodles, and pizza as well as dess... Read more... Link -
Green tea nutrients may prevent glaucoma
(NaturalNews) Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It comes like a silent thief, gradually stealing sight and usually providing no warning symptoms in the early stages. But as the disease progresses, damage to the optic nerve grows worse and side vision can gradually fail until there's only tunnel vision left, and ... Read more... Link -
Over 130,000 cases of diabetes now linked to soda consumption, HFCS
(NaturalNews) For years, advocates of natural health have been hammering away at the message that soda causes diabetes and obesity. The soda industry, meanwhile, has remained in denial mode, mirroring the ridiculous position of the tobacco industry that "nicotine is not addictive." Soda doesn't cause diabetes, the industry claims, and it's perfectly safe to consume in essentially unlimited quan... Read more... Link -
FDA Enforcing Truth-in-Advertising Claims
In an unusually broad crackdown, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has notified 17 food companies, including major brands such as Gerber and Nestle, that they have violated federal laws by making false or misleading claims.
The agency gave the companies 15 days to respond with an explanation of how they intend to correct their product labels. If the companies fail to do so, the FDA said it... Read more... Link
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Secondhand Smoke Damages Arteries
Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, researchers have reported.
The study suggests that the damage caused by secondhand tobacco smoke starts in childhood and causes measurable damage by the teen years. It look at nearly 500 children aged 8 to 13 taking part in ongoing research on heart disease. The scientists measured l... Read more... Link
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Extremes of Sleep Related to Increased Fat Around Organs
Too much or too little sleep can cause fat to accumulate around your organs. A new study reveals how extremes of sleep can be hazardous to your health -- especially for young minority women, a group most affected by obesity and chronic metabolic disease.
The findings also indicate that there's more to "fat" than simply what you choose to eat; social factors such as the need to work three jobs i... Read more... Link
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Violent Video Game Play Makes More Aggressive Kids
A new study analyzing 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide proves conclusively that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less caring kids -- regardless of their age, sex or culture.
A research team used meta-analytic procedures -- the statistical methods used to analyze and combine results from previous, related literature -- to test the effects of viol... Read more... Link
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Wave of Child Eye Injuries from Liquid Detergent Capsules
Senior eye doctors are warning people to keep liquid capsules for fabric detergents out of the reach of children after a wave of eye injuries in young children.
Last year, chemical injuries associated with these capsules accounted for 40 percent of ocular chemical injuries in children under the age of five at The Western Eye Hospital.
The capsule in most liquid detergent capsules is a water sol... Read more... Link
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The Vaccines That Worry Parents Most
A new study shows that one in four parents believes some vaccines can trigger autism.
The study is based on a survey of more than 1,500 parents that was conducted last year. About 12 percent of parents said they had refused to allow their children to receive a vaccine that a doctor recommended.
Those parents tended to shy away from four vaccines:
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Census Scam Alert
Beginning March of this year, the U.S. Census Bureau's will send out a short questionnaire to every household in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in an effort to collect important demographic data. As a citizen, you are required by law to respond to the 10 short questions. From April to July, those that haven't completed their census will receive a visit at their home address from a census taker.
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Elderly patients aggressively over-treated with pharmaceuticals
(NaturalNews) Researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration research group have determined that seniors over the age of 80 are being given too many drugs and in too high of doses. Particularly with high blood pressure, doctors are too aggressively treating the elderly with pharmaceuticals which is doing them more harm than good.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC... Read more... Link -
Ban of Controversial Painkiller Dramatically Cuts Suicides in UK
(NaturalNews) The withdrawal of a popular painkiller from the market in the United Kingdom has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of suicides and accidental overdoses in that country, according to a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University's Centre for Suicide Research and published in the British Medical Journal.
The drug in question is a combination of the narcotic painkille... Read more... Link -
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) recall leaves food consumers wondering: What is this stuff?
(NaturalNews) Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) is one of most common soy-based food "fillers" used to make literally thousands of processed food products. It's found in veggie burgers, gravy mixes, soups and many other grocery products. Last Thursday, one of the largest producers of HVP in the United States, Las Vegas-based Basic Food Flavors Inc., was the subject of an FDA consumer safety wa... Read more... Link -
90 Percent of African American Children Deficient in Vitamin D
(NaturalNews) As many as 90 percent of all black children may be deficient in vitamin D, according to a new analysis conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School, the University of Colorado-Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital, and published in the journal Pediatrics.
The American Academy of Pediatrics defines an adequate vitamin D blood level in children as 50 nanomoles per liter (... Read more... Link -
New Evidence Shows Cell Phones Will Spur a Cancer Epidemic
Supporters of a Maine bill which would require cell phone manufacturers to put warning labels on mobile phones say that ignoring the health risks of heavy cell phone use invites a cancer epidemic.
David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and Environment at the University of Albany, argued, "We can do nothing and wait for the body count. That's what happened with smoking."
Th... Read more... Link