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Tweet Chat Aims To Educate Runners On Foot Health
APTA will host a tweet chat on Twitter on Tuesday, May 4, 8 pm-9 pm ET, that will focus on foot health for runners. A tweet chat is a scheduled chat where participants’ converse using Twitter updates called tweets. APTA will promote the chat on Facebook and Twitter as well as popular runners’ blogs to draw participation…
APTA will host a tweet chat on Twitter on Tuesday, May 4, 8 pm-9 pm ET, that will focus on foot health for runners. A tweet chat is a scheduled chat where participants’ converse using Twitter updates called tweets. APTA will promote the chat on Facebook and Twitter as well as popular runners’ blogs to draw participation…
Regular Aerobic Exercise Is Good For The Brain
Regular exercise speeds learning and improves blood flow to the brain, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to examine these relationships in a non-human primate model. The findings are available in the journal Neuroscience…
Regular exercise speeds learning and improves blood flow to the brain, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to examine these relationships in a non-human primate model. The findings are available in the journal Neuroscience…
Osteoporosis Can Be Forestalled By Exercise
The stage for osteoporosis is set well before menopause – but exercise can help rewrite the script, according to Medical College of Georgia researchers. Declining estrogen levels have long been associated with osteoporosis, but bone density starts to decline years before these levels drop, according to Dr…
The stage for osteoporosis is set well before menopause – but exercise can help rewrite the script, according to Medical College of Georgia researchers. Declining estrogen levels have long been associated with osteoporosis, but bone density starts to decline years before these levels drop, according to Dr…
Spice Up Your Antioxidant Intake
Foods like berries, dark-colored vegetables, and even dark chocolate come to mind when thinking about antioxidants. But did you know that many popular spices and herbs are actually amazing sources of antioxidants, too? Click to read now
Foods like berries, dark-colored vegetables, and even dark chocolate come to mind when thinking about antioxidants. But did you know that many popular spices and herbs are actually amazing sources of antioxidants, too? Click to read now
Chili Pepper Compound Speeded Up Fat Burning In Dieters
Chili peppers may do more than taste hot and bring us out in a sweat: they may also help people following a low calorie diet burn or oxidize fat more quickly, according to a new study by US researchers who tested the weight-reducing potential of a compound found in peppers belonging to the genus Capsicum…
Chili peppers may do more than taste hot and bring us out in a sweat: they may also help people following a low calorie diet burn or oxidize fat more quickly, according to a new study by US researchers who tested the weight-reducing potential of a compound found in peppers belonging to the genus Capsicum…
FDA Seeks Comment, Information, Data On Front-of-Package Labeling And Shelf-Tag Symbols
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked for comments and information from the public and other interested parties about front-of-package nutrition labeling and on shelf tags in retail stores. The FDA is seeking public participation as it deliberates about how to enhance the usefulness to consumers of point-of-purchase nutrition information…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked for comments and information from the public and other interested parties about front-of-package nutrition labeling and on shelf tags in retail stores. The FDA is seeking public participation as it deliberates about how to enhance the usefulness to consumers of point-of-purchase nutrition information…
Canadian Leaders Focus On Hunger, Disease Prevention At G8 Meeting
G8 countries should make use of low-cost, effective tools to prevent hunger, disease and premature deaths among women and children in developing countries, Bev Oda, Canada’s international cooperation minister, said on Tuesday at the opening of a meeting of G8 development ministers in Halifax, the Toronto Sun reports (Payton, 4/27)…
G8 countries should make use of low-cost, effective tools to prevent hunger, disease and premature deaths among women and children in developing countries, Bev Oda, Canada’s international cooperation minister, said on Tuesday at the opening of a meeting of G8 development ministers in Halifax, the Toronto Sun reports (Payton, 4/27)…
Also In Global Health News: HIV Prevention In Iran; Water Pricing; Malaria Control Challenges; Drought In Niger; MBAs
AP Examines Iran’s Efforts To Curb Spread Of HIV/AIDS Among Drug Users The Associated Press reports that health experts participating at this week’s International Harm Reduction Association conference in Liverpool are looking to Iran’s methadone clinics and needle exchange programs as a possible model for other countries looking to stop HIV/AIDS transmission…
AP Examines Iran’s Efforts To Curb Spread Of HIV/AIDS Among Drug Users The Associated Press reports that health experts participating at this week’s International Harm Reduction Association conference in Liverpool are looking to Iran’s methadone clinics and needle exchange programs as a possible model for other countries looking to stop HIV/AIDS transmission…
WIC Program Has Moderate Effect On Birth Outcomes
A new study that looked at the effect of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to determine the effect on various birth outcomes found that the overall effects were only moderate. “This is one of several programs for which the evidence of impact is rather limited,” said lead author E. Michael Foster…
A new study that looked at the effect of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to determine the effect on various birth outcomes found that the overall effects were only moderate. “This is one of several programs for which the evidence of impact is rather limited,” said lead author E. Michael Foster…
In Niger, UNICEF, WFP And The Government Are Working Together To Prevent Malnutrition Among Children Below The Age Of Two
Some 800 children aged 6-23 months received their first of four supplementary food monthly rations in Koleram, a village in the region of Zinder, today…
Some 800 children aged 6-23 months received their first of four supplementary food monthly rations in Koleram, a village in the region of Zinder, today…
