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Children turn rooms into junk food havens, study finds

Children are increasingly turning their bedrooms into junk food havens -- munching on chips, burgers and french fries throughout the day -- fuelling the rise in childhood obesity, concludes a Montreal study.The child's bedroom, suggests the [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

First Study On How IPods May Cause Hearing Loss

Listening to an IPod or other portable digital music players at full volume using stock earphones for more than five minutes a day may cause hearing loss a new study finds. According to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Study: Babies off breast too early

Nearly three-quarters of new mothers in the United States are breast-feeding their babies, but they are quitting too soon and resorting to infant formula too often, federal health officials said yesterday.A government survey found that only [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

84% of sunscreen products are harmful to health, says alarmi...

As the EWG's research reveals, an incredible 84% of sunscreen products are harmful to consumers. You read that right: More than four out of five sunscreen products actually harm the people who use them. The more consumers use sunscreen p [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Doctors want more study on overuse of video games

The American Medical Association called for more research into the public health risks of video and Internet games on Wednesday but stopped short of declaring them addictive.The AMA, which recommended a review of the current video game rati [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

TB Infection Risk Increased By Smoking, New Study Finds

Smokers have higher chance getting tuberculosis (TB), according to an analysis by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The study was published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. The authors examined 24 [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Air Pollution increases chance of stroke and heart disease: ...

More than 65,000 women from 36 different U.S. cities were taken as a subject. They were between the ages of 50 to 79. The time period of study was 9 years. When the study began, none of the woman had any signs of heart disease.A new study p [...]