JUNK food marketing is “monopolising” the internet as television advertising comes under scrutiny, a study says.
The analysis by Cancer Council NSW of 315 children’s websites found that ads for soft drink, ice-cream, fast food and confectionery outnumbered those for healthy foods by two to one.
Researchers looked at every food reference on 119 websites of companies […]

An egg a day doesn’t boost the risk of heart attack or stroke in healthy men, but diabetics may want to think twice
It’s a misconception that almost 75 per cent of Canadians believe to be true: The amount of cholesterol you eat boosts blood cholesterol. It’s also a belief that keeps many people, especially […]

The estate of Ric Weiland, a high school classmate of Microsoft Corp. founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen and one of the first five people to work at the software giant, has left $65 million to gay rights and HIV/AIDS organizations.
The bequests were announced Sunday by the Pride Foundation of Seattle, where Weiland was a […]

The anti-HIV medication entravirine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.
Sold under the trade name Intelence, entravirine is a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, which helps block an enzyme that the AIDS-causing virus needs to multiply, the FDA said in a statement. This is […]

The holidays can be a time for packing on the pounds. And while people are expected to fill out during the holidays, it is a little-known fact that household pets will also experience expanding waistlines around Christmas time.
Dr. Bob Watson of the Brookhaven Animal Hospital said people tend to project human qualities on their animals, […]

Another study has found evidence that certain diabetes drugs, especially GlaxoSmithKline’s GSK.L GSK.N Avandia, can cause heart attacks and death, but the company said the findings did not make scientific sense.
The Canadian researchers said older patients treated with the drugs, known as thiazolidinediones, TZDs or glitazones, had a significantly higher rate of death, heart attack […]

Women who take birth control pills are more likely to develop cancer of the womb, though the benefits of contraceptive use in preventing other cancers may outweigh the risks, researchers report.
Taking birth control for at least five years led to a doubling of the risk of cancer of the cervix, the lower, neck- like part […]

A vaccine aimed at helping people quit smoking by blunting the effects of nicotine doubled the number who could kick the habit but overall success remained small, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NABI.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said 16 percent of volunteers vaccinated with the highest dose were able to quit smoking for 12 months, […]

Increasing the dietary intake of Omega 3 fatty acids, found in certain kinds of fish, nuts and vegetable oils, may protect one from blindness, suggests a study conducted on mice.
Scientists in Boston found that they have a protective effect against blindness resulting from abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye, according to the study published […]

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