Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in cognitive, memory and verbal areas. Mercury is a contaminant found especially in oily fish and canned fish and to a lesser extent in white fish.
In January, the new Sustainable Restaurant Association will launch. It aims to advise restaurants on going 'green', but it will also audit those who claim to be leading the field. Will this influence where you eat?Here on Word of Mouth we regularly cross swords - well, keyboards - on the subject of sustainability and who should take the lead: the restaurant industry or the ordinary diner? Finally
Women who have a diminished number of eggs in their ovaries, either because they are older or for some other reason such as ovarian surgery, may be more at risk of a trisomic pregnancy than women with an ovarian reserve within the normal, fertile range. Trisomic pregnancies occur when the embryo has three copies of a chromosome rather than the normal two. The most common trisomy is Down's synd
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California will present new findings at the American Diabetes Association's scientific sessions June 5 - 9 in New Orleans, LA.
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