CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Americans blame individuals for being overweight, not the government, restaurants, grocery stores or farmers, U.S. researchers say. Researcher Brenna Ellison of the University of Illinois and Jayson Lusa ...
Tags: individualistic-based society, Obesity, Overweight, Appetite
And with call, internet, app purchasing, music downloading monitoring and various GPS tracking devices, it has safety covered As children's engagement with tablets and technological gadgets increases, Kurio is preparing to launch the ...
Tags: Smartphone, Kids Smartphone, Toys
Range of plush toys and play sets is on the way Children's and family entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi has signed a new deal with Character Options to become the master toy partner for the new animated Clangers ...
Tags: Toys
Our most common male ancestor walked the earth 209,000 years ago – earlier than scientists commonly thought - according to new research from the University of Sheffield. The pioneering study, conducted by Dr Eran Elhaik from the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The connection between smoking in films and its influence on adolescent behavior is well established by research and its impact was listed today in consumer materials accompanying the Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of ...
Tags: Movie Smoking, Smoking, Health, Medicine
Given a choice, male dyeing poison frogs snub empty pools in favor of ones in which their tiny tadpoles have to metamorphose into frogs in the company of larger, carnivorous ones of the same species. The frog fathers only choose to deposit ...
Tags: Frog, Agriculture
Affymetrix, a manufacturer of DNA microarrays, has obtained marketing authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Affymetrix CytoScan Dx assay that can detect chromosomal variations which may be responsible for a ...
Tags: FDA Approval, Cytoscan DX Assay
The sea sponge is about as simple as an animal can get, but its associated bacterial community—its microbiome —is known to approach the complexity of the diverse microbiome in the human gut. Now, scientists at the Marine ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
VTech's popular Kidizoom remains one of the best-selling toys in the industry for the 8th year. VTech is returning to Toy Fair following a strong 2013 that saw the firm take the title of number one manufacturer within the UK infant toy ...
Two Cedars-Sinai physician-researchers have been awarded grants totaling $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how the environment - both in the womb and in the hospital where the baby is born - can affect the newborn ...
Mega Bloks First Builders Big Building Bag retains number one Junior Construction Item for seventh year running Mega Brands is celebrating a flying start to the year, as 2013 saw the firm crowned the number one Junior Construction Brand. ...
Tags: coloured blocks, toys
Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web. NPR: 5 Simple Habits Can Help Doctors Connect With Patients I'd never [before] been encouraged to sit at a patient's bedside -; to stop hurrying for even a ...
Tags: Obesity Origins, Children with Chronic Disease, Health&Medicine
A thickening of the brain cortex associated with regular meditation or other spiritual or religious practice could be the reason those activities guard against depression - particularly in people who are predisposed to the disease, ...
Tags: Thickening of Brain Cortex, Spiritual and Religious Practice
The tech giant will also change its policies, requiring consent from customers before charging from in-app purchases made by their children without permission. The technology giant and creators of the iPhone and iPad has also revealed ...
Tags: Apple, in-App Purchases, Refunds Parents
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a first-of-its-kind blood test that can scan a child's genetic code and spot possible genetic explanations for developmental delays or intellectual disabilities. The test can ...