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Weight management in pregnancy with diet is beneficial and safe, can reduce complications

For pregnant women, including those who are overweight and obese, following a healthy calorie controlled diet during pregnancy is safe and can reduce the risk of serious complications such as ...

Thu 17 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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A new method detects traces of veterinary drugs in baby food

The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues of drugs given to livestock were found. Researchers from the University of Almería (Spain) have developed ...

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Behind the TIME Cover: Most Human Societies Don't Get Our Breastfeeding Hang-up

Eric Michael Johnson has a master’s degree in evolutionary ...

Thu 17 May 12 from Discover Magazine

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20 percent 'fat tax' needed to improve population health: experts

Taxes on unhealthy food and drinks would need to be at least 20% to have a significant effect on diet-related conditions such as obesity and heart disease, say experts in the British Medical ...

Tue 15 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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Palpitations are predictive of future atrial fibrillation: large population study

A large cohort study has found that the strongest risk factors for atrial fibrillation in both men and women were a history of palpitations and hypertension. While hypertension is a well known ...

Tue 15 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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Prenatal micronutrient, food supplementation intervention in Bangladesh decreases child death rate

Pregnant women in poor communities in Bangladesh who received multiple micronutrients, including iron and folic acid combined with early food supplementation, had substantially improved survival ...

Tue 15 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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Modest alcohol intake associated with less inflammation in patients with common liver disease

NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) is the most common type of liver disease in the developed world, affecting up to one-third of the US population. NAFLD is often associated with obesity ...

Tue 15 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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A little more education, a little longer life?

(HealthDay) -- It's graduation season, and new research offers yet another reason to congratulate someone who has completed at least nine years of education: They're likely to live longer.

Mon 14 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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Cross-reactivity between peanuts and other legumes can lead to serious allergic reactions

Many foods can lead to allergic reactions and this situation is further complicated by so-called cross-reactions, whereby an allergy to one particular food can trigger allergic reactions to ...

Mon 14 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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Britain bedeviled by binge drinking

(AP) -- The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks.

Mon 14 May 12 from Medical Xpress

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