Breakfast cereals are excessively sugary

Breakfast sugary cereals are heavily marketed to children, to the tune of about $229 million advertising dollars per year. – Are you one of those adults who keep a box of Frosted Flakes or Froot Loops hidden in the cupboard? Such sugary cereals are heavily marketed to children, to the tune of about $229 million advertising dollars per year. But an estimated 58 percent of “children’s” cereals are consumed by the over-18 crowd.

Breastfeeding mothers reduce breast cancer risk

A new study has corroborated the popular theory that breastfeeding significantly reduces a mother’s risk of breast cancer — in fact, researchers have found women who breastfeed for a year are five per cent less likely to have the disease. – Mothers who breastfeed their babies for a total of a year, are almost five per cent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not breastfeed at all, a scientist has advised.

Heart patients should be screened, treated for depression

American Heart Association Scientific Statement: Heart Patients Should Be Screened, Treated for Depression – Heart patients should be screened for depression — a common condition that can profoundly affect both prognosis and quality of life — according to the American Heart Association’s first scientific statement on depression and coronary heart disease.

Psychotherapy more beneficial for treatment of mental disorders

Longer-duration psychotherapy for at least a year appears more beneficial for treatment of complex mental disorders. – Psychodynamic psychotherapy lasting for at least a year is effective and superior to shorter-term therapy for patients with complex mental disorders such as personality and chronic mental disorders, according to a meta-analysis published in the October 1 issue of JAMA.

Vitamin C supplements reduce benefits of anti cancer drugs

Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs – In pre-clinical studies, vitamin C appears to substantially reduce the effectiveness of anticancer drugs, say researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924

UA-led research indicates the HIV/AIDS pandemic began around 1900 in sub-Saharan Africa, decades earlier than first thought – New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924, suggesting that growing urbanization in colonial Africa set the stage for the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis

New study proves that pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis. New treatments will seek to interrupt ‘crosstalk’ between joints and the spinal cord. – Pain is more than a symptom of osteoarthritis, it is an inherent and damaging part of the disease itself, according to a study published today in journal Arthritis and Rheumatism.

No increased risk of heart attacks in users of HRT

Danish study provides new information on hormone replacement therapy and the risk of heart attacks – It’s not what you take but the way that you take it that can produce different results in women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to new research on the association between HRT and heart attacks, published online in Europe’s leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal.

US to bulk purchase BioThrax anthrax vaccine from Emergent BioSolutions

U.S. Government to Purchase Additional 14.5 Million Doses of BioThrax under New Contract Valued at up to $404 Million. – Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced that it has signed a new, multi-year, firm fixed price contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to supply an additional 14.5 million doses of BioThrax(R) (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), its FDA licensed anthrax vaccine, for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).

Reduced stress hormone cortisol cause antisocial behavior

Possible cause of antisocial behavior identified. Reduced stress hormone cortisol cause antisocial behavior – A link between reduced levels of the ‘stress hormone’ cortisol and antisocial behaviour in male adolescents has been discovered by a research team at the University of Cambridge.

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