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FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Food Industry for Voluntarily Reducing Sodium in Processed and Commercially Prepared Food
Jun 3, 2016The US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average sodium intake in the U.S. is approximately 3,400 mg/day. The draft ...
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Ben & Jerry's Cunveils New Ice Cream Flavor in North Carolina
May 19, 2016Ben & Jerry’s has chosen North Carolina to launch its newest flavor and “Democracy Is In Your Hands’ campaign because it is at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights in the US. Almost immediately following the 2013 ...
Tags: Ice Cream Flavor, Democracy
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Queens of Africa Dolls Sales Report
Feb 3, 2015The dolls now make up roughly 15 per cent of all toy sales in Nigeria, according to its creator. An independent doll line has taken off in Nigeria, making up 10 to 15 per cent of the country's toy sales. Taofick Okoya created the Queens ...
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African Banyan Is Bringing Wooden Game Banyan Wari to The UK Market
Mar 6, 2014Wooden game has a rich history in Western Africa and Banyan believes UK retailers should get on board. Banyan, a company specialising in African and Caribbean heritage products and services, is bringing wooden game Banyan Wari to the UK ...
Tags: Toys, Wooden Toys
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New Research Is Lighting up Yet Another Reason for Women to Quit Smoking
Feb 26, 2014New research is lighting up yet another reason for women to quit smoking. In a study published online in the journal Menopause, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report the first evidence ...
Tags: White Woman, Genetic Variation, Menopause, Smoking
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Whites Are Twice as Likely as Blacks to Have Weight-Loss Surgery
Jan 10, 2014Whites are twice as likely as blacks to have weight-loss surgery and people's views about how obesity affects their quality of life is an important factor in that difference, according to a new study. The researchers interviewed 337 obese ...
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Managing Parental Stress and Using Cell Phone Apps to Monitor Medication Usage
Jan 8, 2014Stephen J. Teach, MD, MPH, Associate Chief of Emergency Medicine at Children's National Health System, says that aggressively managing parental stress and using cell phone apps to monitor medication usage in at-risk youth with asthma may ...
Tags: Stephen J.Teach, cell phone apps, asthma, monitor medication usage
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While Weight Loss Surgery Offers One of The Best Opportunities to Improve Health
Jan 8, 2014While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of people who are ...
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Asian Was 19-26 Times More Likely to Be Cared for by a Minority Physician of The Same Race
Jan 3, 2014Black, Hispanic and Asian physicians play an outsized role in the care of disadvantaged patients nationally. Patients who have low incomes, are from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, have Medicaid insurance, or who do not speak ...
Tags: disadvantaged patients, medical care, minority physician
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The Surge Into Social Networks Is Gaining Pace Among Americans
Jan 2, 2014The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday. A Pew Research Center survey found 73 percent of Americans over age 18 on the ...
Tags: Facebook, social network, Americans, Twitter
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A Genetic Mutation Associated with an Increased Risk of Heart Disease Is Common in African
Dec 27, 2013A genetic mutation associated with an increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other health problems is common in Africans and people of African descent worldwide, according to a new study. The findings may help explain why ...
Tags: cgenetic mutation, genetic mutation, diabetes, ApoE gene, African
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Six-of-10 Uninsured African-Americans May Be Eligible for Subsidized Health Insurance
Dec 19, 2013Six-of-10 uninsured African-Americans may be eligible for subsidized health insurance, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, officials say. A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calculated the ...
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African-Americans Disproportionately Affected by Generator-Related Co Poisonings
Dec 19, 2013African-Americans disproportionately affected by generator-related CO poisonings Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible killer, and portable gas generators emit a lot of CO. Portable generators were involved in the majority of carbon ...
Tags: Service, certification, Policy
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Cardiology Released Prevention Guidelines to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke
Nov 15, 2013The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released new U.S. cardiovascular prevention guidelines to prevent heart attack and stroke. "These new guidelines represent the best of what scientific research can tell us ...
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New Guidelines Tell Us About How to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
Nov 15, 2013The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released new U.S. cardiovascular prevention guidelines to prevent heart attack and stroke. "These new guidelines represent the best of what scientific research can tell us ...
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