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 [...] Read more »
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… Read The Full Article…Regular Aerobic Exercise Is [...] Read more »
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… Read The Full Article…Osteoporosis Can Be Forestalled By [...] Read more »
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 Read The Full Article…Spice Up Your Antioxidant Intake Read more »
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 [...] Read more »
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… Read The Full Article…FDA Seeks [...] Read more »
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)… Read The Full Article…Canadian Leaders [...] Read more »
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 [...] Read more »
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 [...] Read more »
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… Read The Full Article…In Niger, UNICEF, WFP And The Government Are Working Together To Prevent Malnutrition Among Children Below The Age Of Two Read more »
