Reuters - New York's mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect.
Acupuncture has been used for over two millennia in East-Asian medicine to treat pain. Using brain imaging, researchers have provided novel evidence that traditional Chinese acupuncture affects the brain's long-term ability to regulate pain. Their findings show acupuncture acts as more than a placebo, and can activate receptors in the brain that process and dampen pain signals.
Brain radiotherapy affects mind
Posted by donny_blitz 105 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Radiotherapy used to treat brain tumours may lead to a decline in mental function many years down the line, say Dutch researchers.
Weight Affects How Littlest Kids See Themselves
Posted by mittan 135 days ago (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)
As early as kindergarten, kids who are overweight feel more lonely and anxious than their normal-weight peers, new research shows. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Topics: Child Mental Health, Depression, Obesity in Children
A mother's weight and the amount she gains during pregnancy both impact her daughter's risk of obesity decades later, according to a new study by Alison Stuebe, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. "The findings are especially important because of the growing epidemic of obesity in women," Stuebe says.
Maternal Diet Affects Infant's Long-Term Bone Health
Posted by mittan 143 days ago (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)
Women who maintain a healthy, well-balanced diet during pregnancy have children with bigger and stronger bones than women with poorer quality diets, according to the results of a study presented Tuesday at the National Osteoporosis Society Conference in Manchester, UK. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Topics: Nutrition, Pregnancy
Maternal diet affects infant's long-term bone health (Reuters)
Posted by glenna533 144 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Reuters - Women who maintain a healthy, well-balanced diet during pregnancy have children with bigger and stronger bones than women with poorer quality diets, according to the results of a study presented Tuesday at the National Osteoporosis Society Conference in Manchester, UK.
Exercise requires the integrated activity of every organ and tissue in the body, and understanding how these respond to the decreased oxygen levels present at moderate to high altitude is the focus of the current special issue of High Altitude Medicine & Biology.
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