Reducing teens' intake of sugary drinks
...g obesity physical activity levels and television viewing did not change in either group. Ebbeling calculates that a single 12-oz sugar-sweetened beverage per day translates to about 1 pound of weight gain over 3 to 4 weeks. "Sugary beverages have no nutritional value and seem to make a huge contributi...Studies highlight global risks of vascular disease, probe creative new treatments
...limbed to 28 percent. "It is critical that we stop viewing atherothrombosis as a cardiac, neurologic, or vascular disease and, instead, view it as a global disease," Dr. Steg said. Dr. Steg will present the full one-year REACH registry results at a Late Breaking Clinical Trials session on Sunday, March 12, a...How the brain sees people in motion
...an in action. As a control, to separate effects of viewing motion in general, the researchers also showed the subject scrambled dots making the same motion, but not organized to create an illusion of a human in motion. The researchers also established the "body-selective" regions involved in recognizing the ...Watch not, want not? Packard/Stanford study links kids' TV time and consumerism
...s investigations into the links between television viewing and obesity, violence and test scores. He is also the director of Packard Children's Center for Healthy Weight, and an associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford's School of Medicine. The researchers surveyed more than 800 ethnically an...TV viewing during lunch affects preschool children's intake
...not eat in front of the TV at home and for whom TV viewing during meals and snack was novel, actually ate sig...ished paper on the study, "The study shows that TV viewing can either increase or decrease preschool children's food intakes and suggests that when children co...Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine theme issue on children and the media
...process, a downward spiral from violent television viewing to aggressive behavior to social isolation to viewing more violent television," the authors write. "Exposure to violent television could, therefore, be t...Excess television may lead to extra weight for preschoolers
...article. Studies have linked excessive television viewing to a variety of problems, including risk of being ...ths. The association between excessive television viewing and weight at age 36 months remained when the researchers considered other factors, including the mo...M-rated video games contain unlabeled violence, sexual themes, substances, and profanity
...thor Wiecha concludes that increases in television viewing are associated with increased caloric intake among...researchers find that the more time children spend viewing violent programs, the less time they spend with their friends. The video game study authors, Thompso...Quick trip to cath lab best for women with acute coronary syndromes
...k in an artery in the groin, injects dye to aid in viewing the artery with x-rays, and performs PCI as needed, inflating an angioplasty balloon or placing an expandable stent to open the arterial blockage. In women, studies have reported conflicting data on whether PCI is the best treatment approach. To ans...Passive TV viewing related to children's sleeping difficulties
...vely exposed to TV 1,4 h a day. 2. Both active TV viewing and passive TV exposure were related to shorter sl...y high passive exposure to TV (>2,1 h/day) and viewing adult-targeted TV programs were strongly related to sleep disturbances. The association remained hig...Enhanced brain response to smoking cues found in African American compared with caucasian smokers
...I) to measure participants' brain activation while viewing images of African American and Caucasian models who were either smoking (smoking cues) or engaging in everyday activities (neutral cues). "We found that African American smokers showed greater brain activations in response to smoking cues, versus neu...New model makes diagnosing osteoporosis easier
...s treat it only when they detect low bone density, viewing this as the definitive test. But machines to detect low bone density are expensive and far from universally available. Moreover, bone density measurements may not adequately predict osteoporosis. Therefore, given the paucity of diagnostic options, mi...The appearance of your hands can reveal your age, study finds
... most people can accurately tell a person's age by viewing only their hands. "A primary motivation to have plastic surgery is to look and feel better, often by seeking a younger looking appearance. However, looking younger after your facelift or eyelid surgery can conflict with aged hands that simply do not...NIH holds state-of-the-science conference on tobacco use, June 12-14
...ne at(301) 496-4819. NOTE TO REPORTERS: Reporters viewing the press conference via webcast at http://videocast.nih.gov will be able to submit questions on-line through the videocast Web site beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14. NOTE TO TV EDITORS: The press conference on Wednesday, June 14 will b...Physiological markers for cutting, other self-harming behaviors by teenage girls found
...ted from each of the girls before, while and after viewing the film clip. Following the viewing a small blood sample was taken to measure whole-blood serotonin. The girls who engaged in self-harm...Preparation may help patients cope with nausea
... stool inside a drum marked with vertical stripes viewing the drum's rotation induced the illusion of self-motion. The drum was rotated at a constant speed for 16 minutes, unless participants asked that it be stopped early. While the drum was rotating, an intercom system was used to ask participants about s...Animation can be outlet for victimized children, a tool for research
...ncident, and he then talks to the teacher. After viewing the vignette, each subject was asked an open-ended question about how he or she would have responded as the teacher in the situation. They were given unlimited time and space to respond. Tettegah and four research assistants then did a line-by-line...Study suggests TV watching lowers physical activity
... study, on an average day, each hour of television viewing was associated with 144 fewer steps walked or an average of 520 fewer steps a day for those who spent 3.6 hours in front of the television. In addition, for each hour of television they watched, participants were 16 percent less likely to achieve ...BIDMC's Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center receives American College of Surgeons accreditation
... sophisticated audiovisual equipment and polarized viewing windows. Nearby, a similar room replicates multiple clinical areas, such as an emergency room, intensive care unit or a medical/surgery floor. Physicians, nurses, students and other members of the healthcare team practice on interactive mannequins ...Watching wrestling associated with date fighting and other violence
...inston-Salem, N.C. -- The frequency of adolescents viewing wrestling on TV was positively associated with dat...ate during the last date fight was associated with viewing wrestling more frequently. "The bottom line is that adolescents are affected by what they are exp...