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Childhood Outdoor Pastimes Disappearing

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:58 +0000

Tradional chilhood outdoor activities in UK are declining, reveals a new study.

According to a survey by Ipsos Mori for RSPB, under 34 recall far fewer such childhood outdoor experiences than their counterparts over 55.

It also highlights how poorer children experience less of nature.

Ipsos Mori interviewed 1,012 people face-to-face for the survey in July.

He asked the public which of 12 outdoor experiences they …

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Holidays – No Assurance of More Happiness

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:54 +0000

People who go on holidays do not usually return happy, discloses a scientific study.

Dutch academic Jeroen Nawijn, of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, investigated the link between holidays and happiness in 1,530 men and women, of an average age of 50 last summer.

On questioning, he found that approximately two-thirds had been on holiday, and that people who had been back from their holidays for more than a few days were no happier than they had …

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Colon Cancer Outcomes No Better With Multivitamin Therapy

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:50 +0000

Multivitamins during and after chemotherapy has no effect on improving the risk of colon cancer or keep a patient from dying, report .researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

In a study of patients with stage III colon cancer- characterized as cancer in the large bowel area with some cancer cells in a few nearby lymph nodes-the researchers found that while multivitamin use had no beneficial effect on patients’ outcomes, it also did not have a detrimental …

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Dry Your Hands Well After Washing to Stop Spread of Bacteria

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:48 +0000

A new study has pointed out that drying ones hands well after washing them helps in stopping the spread of bacteria.

The study by researchers at the University of Bradford looked at different methods of hand drying, and their effect on transfer of bacteria from the hands to other surfaces. The different methods included paper towels, traditional hand dryers, which rely on evaporation, and a new model of hand dryer, which rapidly strips water off the hands …

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FDA Tells Green Tea Manufacturers Not To Make Tall Claims

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:44 +0000

The US FDA has warned two green tea manufacturers against making unsubstantiated claims. Makers of Lipton and the Canada Dry have both been rapped on the knuckles. Consumer products giant Unilever’s Lipton unit splashes the trademarked phrase “Tea Can Do That” liberally on the health sections of its websites. On itsWeb page titled “Heart Health Research,” Lipton says, EM”Four recent studies in people at risk for coronary disease have shown a significant …

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Warning About Excessive Radiation Levels from New Mobile Phone Application

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:40 +0000

A new mobile phone application has been developed by an Israeli company that is capable of monitoring mobile phone’s radiation levels and give out a warning if the levels are very high.

Tawkon said the purpose of the application was to reduce phone user’s exposure to emissions without having to give up their phone.

The application is already available for BlackBerry handsets and will be launched for Google’s Android-based phones and Nokia’s Symbian …

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Prostate Cancer: Treatment Options

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:17 +0000

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Millions of Child Deaths in Past Decade Avoidable

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:13 +0000

A lack of governmental concern which deprived major medical advances from the poor resulted in four million children dying in the past decade, alleged a leading aid group.

A highly critical report by Save The Children was the latest shot across the bows of world powers before they meet at the United Nations this month to discuss how to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set at a major summit 10 years ago.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICF) released …

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Fetal Exposure to Radiation Linked to Childhood Cancer

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:08 +0000

Exposure to radiation of a fetus increases the risk of childhood cancer, according to a published research study.

A new study published in this week’s IPLoS Medicine/I aims to evaluate the possibility that exposure of a fetus to computed tomography or radionuclide imaging performed during pregnancy might increase subsequent risk of childhood cancer. The researchers concluded that despite the very large size of their study they were unable to exclude the possibility …

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BPA In Dental Filling Poses Danger

Medindia Health News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:06 +0000

The Bisphenol A (BPA) in dental filling could pose a danger to your health, US researchers have found. But they are suggesting continued use of dental sealants as their benefits could far outweigh risks.
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