Children's health
14 Jun 2007
Future Parents’ Lifestyle Choices Affect Babies’ Risk of Heart Defects
Prospective parents can take positive lifestyle steps to increase the chance that their babies will be born with a healthy heart, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. The “Non-inherited Risk Factors and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects: Current Knowledge” statement is published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart…
Children's health
04 Jun 2007
Lite, light and low in calories: When has shopping for foods become such a ‘de-lite’? Top 5 food tips for making the right choice
Through the various forms of marketing and media in contemporary society, there has been increasing promotion of healthy eating and nutrition. More often that not, one is enticed towards trying a new food item because it looks good on television or because of the attraction of the food label. It…
Children's health
04 Jun 2007
Lite, light and low in calories: When has shopping for foods become such a ‘de-lite’? Top 5 shopping tips for making the right choice
We live in a world where marketing and the media play a vital part of everyday life, full of attracting advertisements and tempting visual images on food labelling. How often have we tried a food item because it looks good on television, or because the label looks so enticing and…
Blood
01 Jun 2007
Childhood Sarcoma Increases Risk Of Blood Clots, Researchers Find
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have determined that children and young adults with a form of cancer called sarcoma are at increased risk of having a thromboembolic event (TE) in their veins. Thromboembolic events can be a blood clot in a…
Children's Health
18 May 2007
Weight Loss Drugs
Weight loss drugs are designed to help people who are classified as obese lose weight. The main aims in the treatment of obesity are to…
Cancer
18 May 2007
Computer Aided Detection (CAD) in Radiology
Computer aided detection (CAD) is a group of imaging techniques, including CT scans and MRI scans, that produce images of internal body structures.
Children's health
17 May 2007
Food Packaging and Labels: Guide to Making Healthy Food Choices
Many consumers pick foods depending on the attraction and temptation of the label on the front of the food packaging, but to become educated consumers,…
Gastro
11 May 2007
Meal Replacement Programs
Effective weight loss strategies are needed to help overweight and obese people lose weight and maintain weight loss in the long term. Meal replacements for…
Anatomy
06 May 2007
Pain: An introduction
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.
