December 23, 2009
b>/b>br/>WASHINGTONIn a troubling trend, state health departments completed fewer foodborne illness investigations in 2007 than in the previous decade, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
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December 16, 2009
A new study released in Washington, D.C., criticizes the nation’s food and beverage industry for failing to shift their marketing efforts aimed at children. The report said television advertising continues to contribute to epidemic levels of obesity, despite industry promises of reform…
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December 7, 2009
Designs for New Nutrition Ingredient Facts Labels Unveiled in Nutrition Action Healthletter – WASHINGTON Nutrition Facts labels on packaged foods have helped guide Americans food choices for 15 years. But in that time, companies have cooked up a number of schemes to trick consumers about whats in or isn’t in packaged foods. Today, the Center for Science in the Public Interest the group that campaigned for the 1990 law requiring nutrition labeling exposes some of the tricks that occur on the front of the label, and unveils makeovers of the Nutrition Facts panel and ingredient lists to last for the next 15 years.
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November 24, 2009
b>Self-Regulation Proving Insufficient to Protect Children, Says CSPI/b>br/>WASHINGTONNearly 80 percent of food ads on the popular childrens network Nickelodeon are for foods of poor nutritional quality, according to an analysis conducted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. That represents a modest and not quite statistically significant drop from 2005, when CSPI researchers found that about 90 percent of food ads on Nick were for junk food. Between the 2005 and 2009 studies, the food industry instituted a self-regulatory program through the Council of Better Business Bureaus, the Childrens Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI).
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November 22, 2009
Cheap, low-tech stress relief may also protect against depression, insomnia, and anxiety
By Sarah Baldauf
Meditation is no longer just for the groovy folk. A just published study in the American Journal of Hypertension suggests the practice may bring cardiovascular and mental-health benefits. The research, conducted at American University in Washington, followed 298 students, half of whom practiced transcendental meditation for 20 minutes once or twice daily over three months and half of whom did not. Results: A subgroup of subjects in the meditation group who were at increased risk for hypertension significantly lowered their blood pressure and psychological distress and also bolstered their coping ability. The average reduction in blood pressure in this group—a 6.3-mm Hg decrease in the top (systolic) number of a blood pressure reading and a 4-mm Hg decrease in the lower (diastolic) number, >>>Read More<<<
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November 18, 2009
b>Food Safety Reform Legislation Clears HELP Committee/b>br/>WASHINGTONAmericans may soon be able to enjoy their peanuts, peppers, spinach and cookie dough with greater confidence that those foods are safe to eat if the full Senate passes the food safety legislation that cleared a key committee today. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), offered by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Tom Harkin (D-IA), was passed unanimously in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
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November 18, 2009
b>New Lab Tests of Movie Theater Popcorn Show Its Still the Godzilla of Snacks/b>br/>WASHINGTONIts hard to picture someone mindlessly ingesting three McDonalds Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter while watching a movie. But according to new laboratory analyses commissioned by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, that food is nutritionally comparable to what youd find in a medium popcorn and soda combo at Regal, the countrys biggest movie theater chain: 1,610 calories and three days worth60 gramsof saturated fat. (Nutrition aside, that combo costs $12for raw ingredients that must cost Regal pennies.)
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November 13, 2009
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Preventive screening of women who use complementary and alternative medicine providers.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Aug;18(8):1133-43
Authors: Downey L, Tyree PT, Lafferty WE
BACKGROUND: Many women use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Although CAM use has been associated with reductions in conventionally recommended pediatric preventive care (e.g., vaccination), little is known about associations between CAM use and receipt of recommended preventive screening in women. METHODS: Using Washington State insurance data from 2000 to 2003, the authors generated clustered logistic regression models, examining associations between provider-based CAM use and receipt of screening tests for Chlamydia trachomatis, breast cancer, and cervical cancer: (1) contrasting women who used CAM providers only (alternative use) and women who used both conventional and CAM providers (complementary use) with women who used conventional care only and (2) testing associations between screening and use of four specific CAM provider types-naturopathic physicians, chiropractors, massage therapists, and acupuncturists. RESULTS: Both alternative and complementary use was associated with reduced Chlamydia screening. Cancer screening increased with complementary use but decreased with alternative use of CAM. Use of naturopathy was associated with decreased mammography, whereas all four CAM therapies were positively associated with Papanicolaou testing. CONCLUSIONS: When used in conjunction with conventional care, use of provider-based CAM may signal high interest in various types of health-promoting behavior, including cancer screening. Negative associations between CAM and Chlamydia screening and between naturopathy and mammography require additional study. Interventions with CAM providers and their patients, aimed at improving rates of conventionally recommended screening, might encourage greater focus on preventive care, an important task when CAM providers serve as women’s only contact with the healthcare system.
PMID: 19630554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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November 6, 2009
WASHINGTON (ISNS) — For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra or even a rock band, the musical experience can be something more. Recent research shows that a strong correlation exists between musical training for children and certain other mental abilities.
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