Children's viewing time may increase requests for advertised products
...ether, in the past week, they had asked someone to buy them food, drinks or toys they had seen on television. If they said yes, researchers had them write the names of up to four specific products. Overall, children in the study logged more than 22 hours of total screen time per week, including more tha...Watch not, want not? Packard/Stanford study links kids' TV time and consumerism
...video games, the more often they asked an adult to buy them items they saw on the screen. "It's ca..., in the previous week, they had asked an adult to buy them any food or drinks they had seen on the screen. A separate question asked about toys. ...Modeling shows containment could delay, not prevent, pandemic flu
...ashington in Seattle suggests that containment can buy time to prepare, but containment alone is not enough to stop a flu pandemic from occurring. Through mathematical modeling, the researchers show that flu outbreaks are likely to emerge in multiple locations and that containment of all outbreaks is i...Children's asthma care improves on state health insurance program
...e able to afford medications they were not able to buy before enrollment. "This study points out the definitive success and need of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Earlier studies by this research group showed that the program improves access and continuity of health care for child...Wine drinkers have healthier diets than beer drinkers
People who buy wine also buy healthier food and therefore have healthier diets than people who buy beer, finds a study published ...Questions over 'healing effect' of magnets
...n using a magnetic device they could be advised to buy the cheapest this will at least alleviate the pain in their wallet, the authors conclude....Raising alcohol prices can lead to more drinking instead of less
...hol of choice has become cheaper. Basically, they buy more and end up drinking more." For this study, researchers analyzed Swedish price and sales data for the years 1984 through 1994 for price effects on alcohol consumption. Caetano said that the authors' ability to "combine an outstanding data set w...Statement of registered dietitian Rebecca S. Reeves, President of the American Dietetic Association
...etetic Association Foundation found older children buy food from vending machines, snack bars, convenience stores, restaurants and grocery stores about twice as often as their parents think they do. While research is needed to determine whether more stringent regulation of TV food advertising to childre...Threat of avian influenza pandemic grows, but people can take precautions
...se strategies don't curtail a pandemic, they might buy the world precious time to better prepare by ramping up production of vaccine and antivirals, both of which could save millions of lives. These suggestions to practicing physicians may help in answering patients' questions: Will getting a flu shot...Imperial receives Gates Foundation grant to develop new tests for managing AIDS treatment
...nologies for measuring CD4 counts are expensive to buy and maintain, and require a level of infrastructure and training which is often not available in many developing countries. The CD4 Initiative will develop new tests that are more appropriate for these countries based on specifications developed with...$50 mil. gift from the Simmons to expand cancer care, clinical research programs at UT Southwestern
...Dallas-based bank. At age 29, he borrowed money to buy a small drugstore, using his $5,000 savings for a down payment. Within a decade he had built a statewide drugstore chain worth more than $50 million. He sold the drugstore chain in 1973 and launched a career as an investor. He has prospered as a bril...Doctors sue Safeway and other dairy retailers
... aware they are lactose intolerant and unwittingly buy milk, only to suffer side effects after drinking it. They also charge the dairy industry with deceiving the public into thinking that milk is essential. The plaintiffs are represented by Dan Kinburn, PCRM's associate general counsel. The case is bein...From aircraft aerodynamics to improved heart implants
...o the rest of the body. VADs are primarily used to buy patients time until a heart donor can be found, but even in a best case scenario they can currently only extend a patient's life by up to two years and frequently just a few months. By applying PIV technology in their development Lagasco expects it w...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
...wing the growth of the prostate cancer cells could buy time for patients before beginning this last-ditch therapy. Over the course of Feldman's years of vitamin D research, he and others had determined that the vitamin has several actions that make it useful in cancer therapy. While a great deal is now k...Special issue of Yale journal analyzes environmental impact of consumption
...aven, Conn. -- The environmental impact of what we buy and use is increasingly drawing the attention of business, governments, and consumers. The connection between consumption and environmental impact is analyzed in new and important ways in a special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology . Art...Bid to improve diabetes services for South Asians in Britain
...ent involves the whole family, including those who buy and cook as well as eat the food. Many of the patients were resistant to major dietary changes as they saw the eating of traditional foodstuffs like curries and chapattis as central to the maintenance of their cultural identities. Those in the study ...New base for North American cancer screening pioneers
...damage. He hopes people will eventually be able to buy his early warning skin test product from health centres and dermatologists. This product would involve skin samples being sent by purchasers to the Genesis Genomics testing centre at the university, which would analyse their sample and send results ...Arm swelling common among young breast cancer patients
...using their arms or hands. They also often need to buy clothes that are otherwise too big in order to fit the swollen limb. Lymphedema is caused by a build-up of lymphatic fluid. The lymphatic system serves as a source of immune cells and includes organs and tissues such as bone marrow, the spleen, and l...Green laser pointer can cause eye damage
...he Internet, according to Dr. Robertson. "Kids can buy these," he says. "They're not strictly regulated." He adds that Class 3A green laser pointers are increasingly being used by amateur astronomers to pinpoint objects in the night sky and by the construction industry and architecture educators to poin......t lie perfectly still. Most hospitals need only to buy software (at a relatively inexpensive cost) to upgrade their systems and institute training programs. In the coming months, Drs. Carpenter and Rai are expecting to publish their study in a nationally recognized journal....