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Final Menu Labeling Rules Will Help Consumers Choose Better Before the First Bite
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- Written by American Heart Association
Washington, DC - American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following comments on the Food and Drug Administration’s two final rules requiring restaurants, vending machines, movie theaters and grocery stores to display calorie information. The American Heart Association, along with other groups, advocated for Congress to include these two rules in the Affordable Care Act.
Teens Prescribed Anti-Anxiety or Sleep Medications More Likely to Abuse Those Drugs Illegally
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- Written by American Psychological Association
Washington, DC - Teens prescribed anti-anxiety or sleep medications may be up to 12 times more likely to abuse those drugs illegally than teens who have never received a prescription, often by obtaining additional pills from friends or family members, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
NIH scientists determine how environment contributes to several human diseases
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - Using a new imaging technique, National Institutes of Health researchers have found that the biological machinery that builds DNA can insert molecules into the DNA strand that are damaged as a result of environmental exposures. These damaged molecules trigger cell death that produces some human diseases, according to the researchers.
Brain abnormality found in group of SIDS cases
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Washington, DC - More than 40 percent of infants in a group who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) were found to have an abnormality in a key part of the brain, researchers report.
New Online 3-D Tool Seeks Possible Targets To Disable Ebola Virus
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- Written by Phil Sneiderman
Baltimore, Maryland - Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers have developed a free, browser-based online tool that could speed up the creation of new drugs to treat or prevent Ebola virus infections.
Avoiding Progression to Type 2 Diabetes
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- Written by Dana Sparks
St. Peter, Minnesota - Most people are aware how serious diabetes is and whether type 1 or type 2, it's especially harmful when not properly managed. There's also a form of the disease called prediabetes which, according to the National Diabetes Education Program, affects approximately 79 million adults in the United States. Mayo Clinic Health System family medicine physician Nadia Malik, M.D. answers several questions about this disease that can be prevented.
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