When does obesity become a child protection issue?
Childhood obesity alone is not a child protection concern, nor is failure to control weight. But consistent failure to change lifestyle and engage with outside support indicates neglect, particularly in younger children, say experts in a paper published in the British Medical Journal today.
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Too darned tired
There is a good reason why sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture. A lack of sleep is detrimental to our overall health and wellbeing, leading to increased stress and exhaustion and making parenting more difficult than it needs to be.
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Type 1 diabetes affects athletic performance, new study finds
A new study led by York University researchers finds that young athletes with Type 1 diabetes may experience a marked decrease in performance as a result of their blood sugar levels.
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Heart2Heart – What does Paul have to say about your heart?
Amazing, simply amazing! Spain won their first ever Football World Cup and Paul the Octopus displayed a 100 per cent record in predicting key match results.
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Booster Shots
It seems that restaurants can’t stop one-upping each other when it comes to creating uber -fatty dishes that pose a calorie count rivaling the gross national product of Belize.
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Midatech, Immunotope form joint venture to develop antigen based products for immune therapies
Midatech Group Ltd., a global leader for the design, development, synthesis and manufacture of nanomedicines, and Immunotope Inc, a biotechnology company focused on the development of immunotherapy products, today announced the formation of a joint venture Syntara LLC, to develop antigen based products for immune therapies to treat chronic viral infections and certain cancers.
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ECU’s Scott Residence Hall getting rebuilt
Consider it the ultimate in recycling. East Carolina University is taking a 40-plus-year-old residence hall down to its concrete walls and floors and rebuilding a new facility inside that shell.
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Ecologists Link Early Malnutrition, Arthritis in Moose
In a report just published in Ecology Letters, wildlife ecologists from Michigan Technological University identify a link between malnutrition early in a moose’s life and development of osteoarthritis as the animal ages.
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Hillcrest, OU joining forces for emergency medicine
Hillcrest Medical Center is the new ‘home base’ for emergency medicine residents at the OU School of Community Medicine.
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India launches new programme to fight cancer, diabetes, stroke
India Thursday launched a new programme to detect, prevent and control the spread of cancer, diabetes, heart ailments and strokes with an outlay of Rs.1,230.90 crore ($275 million) for the next two years.
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