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Joyful Music May Promote Heart Health ~ Tech News Watch
"University of Maryland School of Medicine research team concludes the cardiovascular benefits of music are similar to those found in their previous study of laughter"
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Compared to baseline, the average upper arm blood vessel diameter increased 26 percent after the joyful music phase, while listening to music that caused anxiety narrowed blood vessels by six percent. “I was impressed with the highly significant differences both before and after listening to joyful music as well as between joyful and anxious music,” says Dr. Miller.
Family Income Impacts Children's Health - Yahoo! News
"Children in homes without a high school graduate are more than four times likely to be in less than optimal health than children in a home with a high school graduate, and four times as likely to be in suboptimal health as a child in a home where someone has been to college."
Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations - Yahoo! News 10/13/2008
"To meet the new recommendation of 400 units daily, millions of children will need to take daily vitamin D supplements, the American Academy of Pediatrics said."
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Most commercially available milk is fortified with vitamin D, but most children and teens don't drink enough of it — four cups daily would be needed — to meet the new requirement, said Dr. Frank Greer, the report's co-author.
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Most commercially available milk is fortified with vitamin D, but most children and teens don't drink enough of it — four cups daily would be needed — to meet the new requirement, said Dr. Frank Greer, the report's co-author.
Can food improve brain health?
"Several components of diet seem to have a positive effect on brain function."
Mediterraneans Ditching Their Healthy Diet
FAO: People from the Mediterranean increasingly disregarding their healthy diet.
One Doctor's Miracle Solution
A woman's quest to save a little girl born without an immune system.
Mother launches 'right-to-life' legal battle against hospital to save six-year-old daughter - Telegraph
"She is my little girl and she is not ready to die yet," said Mrs Hartland, 42. "She is fighting hard. When Amber decides she does not want to fight any more, then that will be different."
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"We believe it is about money," said Mrs Hartland. "But my
father, my husband's mother and father, they have all paid their taxes and
have never used the health service. Everyone is entitled to the health
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"They tell us they do not know what is going to happen with Amber. How
can they say she is nearing the end of her life when all of her organs are
normal? No part of Amber's body is breaking down."
Safety of Plastics in Consumer Products 205914-1 : C-SPAN Video Library, Created by Cable. Offered as a Public Service.
Witnesses testified about the safety of phthalates and bisphenol-A in consumer products. Phthalates are chemical substances that make PVC plastic soft and flexible. They are widely used in products such as food wrappings, cosmetics, soft plastic toys and other baby products. Bisphenol-A is used to make polycarbonate plastic that is popular because of properties such as shatter-resistance and high heat resistance. It is used in water bottles, baby feeding bottles, microwave ovenware and eating utensils. Both chemicals are suspected to cause cancer and developmental problems in humans.
Lawsuits threatenedover forced fluoride 6/18/2008
Attorney warns water group to preserve legal evidence
University of California - Science Today | A Study Warns About the Risk of Household Cleaning
Widespread vitamin D deficiency poses risk: study - Yahoo! News 6/2/2008
"Many young children do not get enough vitamin D, an often invisible deficiency that can show up later as broken bones or a weakened immune system prone to disease, researchers said on Monday."
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