Depression :: Measuring depression
It’s hardly surprising that clinically depressed people act differently than healthy people. Quantifying the difference, however, can be difficult.
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Healthy :: Healthy living
You know the basics of living a healthy lifestyle. Eat right. Visit your doctor regularly. Don?t be a couch potato. But there are some health hazards that are easy to miss?even though you deal with them every day.
Flu :: Incentives to prevent flu epidemics
Recent findings from study of incentives, decision-making, and influenza epidemics may offer guidance on public health policy. A team of three researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles, two of them physicists, have found that while family-based vaccination incentives fail to prevent severe epidemics.
Popcorn :: Dale and Thomas Popcorn continue to provide diacetyl-free popcorn products
In response to numerous media reports and legislative discussion about Diacetyl, and its use as an ingredient in some popcorn products, as well as reports of the first case of “popcorn lung,” which can be fatal, found in a consumer, Dale and Thomas Popcorn(R) is proud to remind its patrons that it remains the leader in providing America with the freshest, all-natural popcorn possible, and continues to produce Diacetyl-free popcorn in their Dale and Thomas and Popcorn, Indiana(R) product lines.
Heart :: Omega-3 Fatty Acids – A Way to Improve Heart Health
While a heart-healthy diet has become synonymous with plenty of fruits and vegetables and little fat and cholesterol, there’s more to the story. Omega-3 fatty acids should be part of a heart-healthy diet, too, according to the August issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.
Health :: B.C. sets national standard in promoting student health
The Province will require 30 minutes of daily physical activity for students and is also fast-tracking the removal of junk food in schools with Canada?s most aggressive initiative yet to fight obesity in children and youth, Education Minister Shirley Bond and ActNow BC Minister Gordon Hogg announced today.
Cancer :: Researchers develop liquid crystal pharmaceuticals to fight cancer and other diseases
A partnership between Kent State University, Summa Health System and IC-MedTech Inc. has yielded an innovative liquid crystal technology that offers the promise of new drugs which may more effectively manage cancer and other diseases.
Liver Cancer :: Targeting nerve growth factor may cure liver cancer
Nerve growth factor (NGF), as the name says, is an essential peptide factor for the growth and differentiation of neuronal cells. Therefore we can imagine that this growth factor is important for the nervous system including brain.
Insulin :: Sugary drinks, not fruit juice, may be linked to insulin
Steady increases in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages over the last several decades, as well as rates of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, led nutritional epidemiologists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and colleagues to explore the relationship between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and insulin resistance, a precursor to Type 2 diabetes.
Blood Sugar :: Right breakfast bread keeps blood sugar in check all day
If you eat the right grains for breakfast, such as whole-grain barley or rye, the regulation of your blood sugar is facilitated after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was previously not known that certain whole-grain products have this effect all day. This is due to a combination of low GI (glycemic index) and certain type of indigestible carbohydrates that occur in certain grain products.