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Heart Foundation: Latest Cardio Research Favours Grains Instead of Paleo Diet
Jun 21, 2016New research has found benefit in eating wholegrains for those who want a healthy heart. Published in the latest edition of the American Heart Association journal, ‘Circulation’, the research revealed the higher an ...
Tags: wholegrains, healthy eating
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New Trade Group Plant Based Foods Association Launched
Mar 13, 2016The first trade group named Plant Based Foods Association has been launched by 23 food companies to represent plant-based foods sector, which is $3.5bn industry that intends to support consumer health and environment. The association's ...
Tags: plant-based foods, foods sector
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Nestle Cut Added Nesquik Flavored Milk Products
Apr 14, 2015Swiss food company Nestle SA has announced that it is cutting the added sugar in its Nesquik flavored milk products. Nestle has taken successive measures recently to lessen sugar and salt in its offerings amid increasing public health ...
Tags: Nestle SA, added sugar, milk products
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Cargill Introduced a High-Oleic Sunflower Version of Ingrevita EPA/DHA Omega-3 Oil
Mar 11, 2015Agribusiness Company Cargill has introduced a high-oleic sunflower version of IngreVita EPA/DHA omega-3 oil, allowing food manufacturers to include long-chain omega-3s (EPA and DHA) in their products. EPA and DHA are long-chain ...
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Eating One Avocado a Day Can Help Improve Bad Cholesterol Levels in Overweight Individuals
Jan 13, 2015Eating one avocado a day as part of a heart healthy, cholesterol-lowering moderate-fat diet can help improve bad cholesterol levels in overweight and obese individuals, according to new research published in the Journal of the American ...
Tags: moderate-fat diet, bad cholesterol levels, Agriculture
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McDonald's Launches Happy Meal Includes Apple Slices and Go-Gurt Low Fat Strawberry Yogurt
Dec 2, 2014McDonald's USA has introduced fresh, whole fruit side option in kids' meals -- Cuties California Clementines. The kid-sized Sun Pacific Cuties will be part of McDonald's line-up of happy meal and mighty kids meal side choices from ...
Tags: Mcdonald, Fruit, Agriculture
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The Study of St. Jude Heart Sensor Cuting Readmission Rate
Nov 21, 2014A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
Tags: Heart Sensor, Readmission Rate
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FDA Has Approved Its Apollo Onyx Delivery Microcatheter
Jun 11, 2014Covidien plc (Dublin, Ireland) has announced that FDA has approved its Apollo Onyx delivery microcatheter, the first detachable-tip microcatheter available in the United States. The new microcatheter is designed to mitigate the technical ...
Tags: Microcatheter, Health, Medicine
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Increasing Coffee Consumption May Reduce The Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
Apr 30, 2014Increasing coffee consumption may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes Increasing coffee consumption by an average one-and-a-half cups per day (approximately 360mL) over a four-year period is associated with an 11 per cent ...
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Spices and Herbs Was "Considerably More Effective" at Lowering Salt Intake
Apr 8, 2014Teaching people how to flavour food with spices and herbs was "considerably more effective" at lowering salt intake than having them reduce their salt intake on their own, according to research from the University of California. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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The Image You Have in Your Head of CPR Is Probably Some Combination of Chest Compressions
Feb 26, 2014The image you have in your head of CPR is probably some combination of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. While both may still be needed for children and infants, breaths are no longer necessary for teenagers and adults. ...
Tags: CPR, out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest, hands-only CPR
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Children Can Have Strokes and Be Prepared to Respond to Symptoms
Feb 26, 2014Parents and healthcare professionals must be aware that children can have strokes and be prepared to respond to symptoms, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2014. As in ...
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Clinicians and Patients Should Use Shared Decision-Making to Select Treatments
Feb 14, 2014Clinicians and patients should use shared decision-making to select individualized treatments based on the new guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a commentary by three Mayo Clinic physicians published in this week's ...
Tags: cardiovascular disease, Cardiology, cholesterol guidelines
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Trucking Companies' Financial Performance Would Be Worthwhile to Measure Such Things
Feb 10, 2014This Editorial appears in the Jan. 27 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Perhaps in addition to reviewing trucking companies’ financial performance, it would be worthwhile to measure such things as the ...
Tags: Transportation, truck, Truckload