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Families who eat out pass up fruits and veggies

Research at Saint Louis University finds that families who eat out are more likely to skimp on the fruits and vegetables.

“The more often parents eat out, the lower their intake of fruits and vegetables,” says Amanda Harrod, a researcher at Saint Louis University School of Public Health who is presenting her findings at the American Public Health Association conference this week.

Harrod studied young families who live in Missouri’s bootheel and found that about 73

System lowers breast augmentation re-operation rate by 17 percent

Plastic surgeons respond to FDA concerns

Plastic surgeons can reduce breast implant re-operations in augmentation patients to 3 percent by following a new system of decision and management algorithms, according to a study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® (PRS), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). At the same time, these algorithms can raise patients’ safety and overall satisfaction, the study also found. During the U.S

Study links polycystic ovary syndrome with early vascular changes of heart disease

University of Pittsburgh Researchers note particular risk for women with both metabolic cardiovascular and polycystic ovary syndromes

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a disorder characterized by metabolic and endocrine abnormalities, affects millions of women in the United States alone and endangers their hearts by causing early buildup of calcium in coronary arteries, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health report in the November is

NYU study provides new view of infant perceptual development

A new study by a New York University professor suggests perceptual maturity in infants develops in the early months after birth as a result of piecing together fragments of the visual scene. The findings, published in the latest issue of Psychological Science, shed new light on our fundamental knowledge of how objects behave, giving weight to the scientific camp that argues such development is a “constructed” rather than an “innate” phenomenon.

Advocates of innate perception h

UO study is first to link histamine receptors to heat stress

Brett Wong is on a mission to help uncover the mechanism that regulates our ability to withstand heat stress. The goal is to help improve survival rates among those who suffer the most during heat waves: the elderly and people with conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.

The award-winning University of Oregon doctoral degree student’s research is the first to identify histamine receptors as contributing to increased blood flow during heat stress. Skin blood flow is a

Study reveals link between cardiovascular risk and cognitive decline

Elderly people with the metabolic syndrome — a constellation of cardiovascular risk factors including excessive fat around the abdomen, high blood pressure, and high blood glucose levels — are at greater risk for cognitive impairment and decline than those without the syndrome, according to a study led by a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).

Elders with both the metabolic syndrome and high levels of infl

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