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YOUNG children who watch more than a couple of hours of television a day are more likely to have attention problems as adolescents, researchers from New Zealand have found.
YOUNG children who watch more than a couple of hours of television a day are more likely to have attention problems as adolescents, researchers from New Zealand have found. “The two-hour point is very clear with our data and consistent with what the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends,†Carl Erik Landhuis of the Dunedin School of Medicine at the University of Otago says.
Learning how to eat Mediterranean style may help people with rheumatoid arthritis improve their symptoms. The traditional diets of people in the Mediterranean region tend to be high in fruits, vegetables, fish and olive oil, and comparatively low in red meat. A number of studies have linked this style of eating to a lower risk of heart disease, but there has also been some evidence that it is beneficial for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Using cell phones near hospital beds or important equipment is dangerous and could switch off ventilators or disrupt pacemakers, Dutch have researchers have discovered. The University of Amsterdam researchers recorded nearly 50 incidents of electromagnetic interference from cell phone use in hospitals and classified 75% of them as significant or hazardous.
Learning how to eat Mediterranean style may help people with rheumatoid arthritis improve their symptoms. The traditional diets of people in the Mediterranean region tend to be high in fruits, vegetables, fish and olive oil, and comparatively low in red meat. A number of studies have linked this style of eating to a lower risk of heart disease, but there has also been some evidence that it is beneficial for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Using cell phones near hospital beds or important equipment is dangerous and could switch off ventilators or disrupt pacemakers, Dutch have researchers have discovered. The University of Amsterdam researchers recorded nearly 50 incidents of electromagnetic interference from cell phone use in hospitals and classified 75% of them as significant or hazardous.