Month: October 2014

The compounds, called flavanols, were taken in a specially-prepared cocoa drink, according to an experiment published by the journal Nature Neuroscience. Over three months, 37 healthy volunteers aged 50-69 had a daily drink containing either a high dose of flavanols — 900 milligrammes — or a low dose, 10mg. The scientists carried out brain imaging, measuring blood volume in a key part of the hippocampus called the dentate gyrus, a region of memory formation whose performance typically declines as one ages. The tests entailed a 20-minute pattern-recognition exercise designed to assess a type of memory controlled by the dentate gyrus.

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By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A nurse held in quarantine under new Ebola rules imposed by three U.S. states sharply criticized the order that put her in isolation in New Jersey on Sunday, saying she was healthy and that politicians shouldn't meddle in medical decision-making. Kaci Hickox, quarantined after landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday en route from Sierra Leone, said she posed no threat to public health even though she cared for Ebola patients. She said she has shown no symptoms of the deadly disease, the only time an Ebola patient is contagious. …

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(Reuters) – Florida will require 21-day health monitoring of people returning to the state from Ebola-affected countries in Africa, Governor Rick Scott said, even though the state has no airports authorized to receive travelers from the three nations. Scott signed an executive order mandating twice-daily health evaluations of anyone who has come from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Four known individuals fall into that category in Florida, Scott said in a news release. …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is pressuring the governors of New York and New Jersey to reverse their orders imposing a quarantine on all medical workers returning from West Africa who had contacts with Ebola patients, the New York Times reported on Sunday. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made the decisions on Friday after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea came back to New York infected. Quoting an unnamed administration official, the paper said "top administration officials have been speaking with Mr. …

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NEW YORK (AP) — The gulf between politicians and scientists over Ebola widened on Sunday as the nation's top infectious-disease expert warned that the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa is unnecessary and could discourage volunteers from traveling to the danger zone.

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Herbalife are a health company endorsed by Cristiano Ronaldo that offers nutritional programmes for people to lose weight and gain other benefits …
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… they suggest that exposure to sunlight, together with plenty of exercise and a healthy diet, may help prevent the development of obesity in children.
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The promotion of ''fad'' low-carb, high-fat diets risks harming public health and … ''Reduction of conventional cardiovascular risk factors, including blood … Although weight could be lost by some people on the diet after six months, …
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