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What happens with this Trans Fat? They are made by pumping hydrogen into liquid oil at high temperature. Trans Fat is what fast-food restaurants do to make food crisp and add the flavor. Where can Trans Fats be found? The Food and Drug administration released a list of the Trans Fat providers.
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 Decline in West Nile infections is over and the KPCC wants to know what can happen if a healthy person contracts the illness. Jack Raney of Upland contacted the disease and he was in a coma for weeks after the illness developed. The tragedy of getting the disease by only a bite of a mosquito has frightened a lot of people. There is also...
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India and China, where 2.5
million child deaths were recorded in 2006, need to make 'significant
strides' in health-related services for children if the UN's millenium
development goals are to be met, a UNICEF report warned Tuesday.
UNICEF said that unless India, in particular, achieved 'major
improvements in health, nutrition,...
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 Fast-food restaurants use to deliver quick meals for kids. But what exactly could be found in these menus? Study shows that 90% of these meals have more than the calories recommended on a day for one child. Many of them are also full of salt and fats!After the study made by The Center for Science in the Public Interest, it was obvious...
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 A market research company called Mintel carried out a study on over 750 sunscreens, and discovered that most of the products fail to protect the skin against the harmful rays of the Sun.For a long time, scientists advised people that it is very important to stay protected from UVB rays, as well as UVA rays. But what researchers now found...
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People who want their skin
to look smooth this summer are better off using proven methods such as
shaving and cold or warm waxing. New pulse light treatments
and laser light hair removal methods currently being offered by
cosmeticians are not as effective as their advocates make them sound,
according to Germany's consumer centre...
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The painkiller paracetamol can cause health problems, if the dose is too high, experts say.
A healthy adult who takes more than 10 to 12 grams in one dose or more
than 7.5 grams a day for a longer period, risks liver damage, reports
the German Federation of German Apothecary Associations. The
recommended doses for children are...
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Homophobia and disappointments in the search
for a vaccine were expected to dominate the 17th International AIDS
Conference as an estimated 25,000 scientists, politicians, physicians
and activists gathered in Mexico City. UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon told the conference on its opening day Sunday that
discrimination...
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 Attorney General Jerry Brown filed lawsuits in 2005 against H.J. Heinz, Frito-Lay, Lance Inc and Kettle Foods, together with Procter & Gamble PG.N and four fast-food chains: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and Wendy's for selling food containing high levels of acrylamide, a chemical compound that is produced when foods, particularly...
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Shops in Australia's biggest
state will have to keep cigarettes out of sight of their customers
under new anti- smoking regulations, New South Wales Premier Morris
Iemma said Wednesday. 'Smoking is a one-way ticket to
misery,' Iemma said. 'There's only one reason why the tobacco companies
do this sort of glossy advertising in...
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 The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban for at least one year new fast-food restaurants in one of the town's poorest areas, this way taking measures against increasing obesity rates.If approved by Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa, the ordinance would put a one-year moratorium on construction of new fast-food eateries in a...
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