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Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:58 EDT
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New study recommends using active videogaming ('exergaming') to improve children's health
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Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50 percent of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28 percent of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health. Exergaming, using active console video games that track player movement to control the game, has become popular, and may provide an alternative form of exercise to counteract sedentary behaviors.
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Thu, 16 May 2013 21:54:54 EDT
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Expert questions US public health agency advice on influenza vaccines
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The United States government public health agency, the CDC, pledges "To base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data, openly and objectively derived." But experts argue that in the case of influenza vaccinations and their marketing, this is not so.
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Thu, 16 May 2013 21:54:54 EDT
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Breakthrough for IVF? Selecting the most promising embryos
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A recent study on 5-day old human blastocysts shows that those with an abnormal chromosomal composition can be identified by the rate at which they have developed to blastocysts, thereby classifying the risk of genetic abnormality without a biopsy. Now, researchers have undertaken a retrospective study, using their predictive model to assess the likelihood of any embryo transferred resulting in a successful pregnancy, with very encouraging outcomes.
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Thu, 16 May 2013 21:54:54 EDT
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Global health policy fails to address burden of disease on men
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Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organizations, according to experts.
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Thu, 16 May 2013 16:17:17 EDT
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Target to prevent hardening of arteries identified
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The gene Dkk1 encodes a protein that plays a key role in increasing the population of connective-tissue cells during wound repair, but prolonged Dkk1 signaling in cells lining blood vessels can lead to fibrosis and a stiffening of artery walls.
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