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Recent study by Mars, Incorporated and partners underscores importance of metabolism in understanding health benefits of cocoa flavanols

January 25, 2012
MCLEAN, VA. (Jan. 25, 2012) --- A comprehensive investigation of flavanol absorption and metabolism has provided a critical step forward in our understanding of how cocoa flavanols work in the body to exert their circulatory and cardiovascular benefits. Through the development of improved analytical methods, this recent work provides detailed ...

Recent study by Mars, Incorporated and partners underscores importance of metabolism in understanding health benefits of cocoa flavanols

January 25, 2012
(CNC (UK) Ltd.) A comprehensive investigation of flavanol absorption and metabolism has provided a critical step forward in our understanding of how cocoa flavanols work in the body to exert their circulatory and cardiovascular benefits.

Survey underscores education importance on risks of tanning in young women

May 2, 2011
Despite repeated warnings from dermatologists on the health dangers of tanning, results of a new survey by the American Academy of Dermatology confirmed that a large percentage of Caucasian teen girls and young women admitted using tanning beds or intentionally tanning outdoors in the past year.

Measles outbreak underscores need for continued vigilance in health care settings

April 29, 2011
The U.S. measles vaccination program has been successful in eliminating endemic measles in the United States; yet this success has provided challenges that require ongoing vigilance for the rapid identification and response to measles cases in health care settings. In 2008, the largest reported health care-associated measles outbreak in the ...

Measles Outbreak Underscores Need For Continued Vigilance In Health Care Settings

April 29, 2011
The U.S. measles vaccination program has been successful in eliminating endemic measles in the United States; yet this success has provided challenges that require ongoing vigilance for the rapid identification and response to measles cases in health care settings. In 2008, the largest reported health care-associated measles outbreak in the ...

Measles outbreak underscores need for continued vigilance in health care settings

April 29, 2011
(Infectious Diseases Society of America) In 2008, the largest reported health care-associated measles outbreak in the United States since 1989 occurred in Tucson, Ariz., costing approximately $800,000 in response and containment efforts. In a report published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and now available online, researchers identify preventive measures ...

Measles outbreak underscores need for continued vigilance in health care settings

April 28, 2011
[EMBARGOED FOR APRIL 29, 2011] The U.S. measles vaccination program has been successful in eliminating endemic measles in the United States; yet this success has provided challenges that require ongoing vigilance for the rapid identification and response to measles cases in health care settings. In 2008, the largest reported health ...

Success Of First World Congress Of Pediatric Urology Underscores Increasing Importance Of Specialty

April 28, 2011
The first World Congress of Pediatric Urology was held in San Francisco in May 2010, bringing together the largest and most successful international congregation of pediatric urologists ever assembled. As part of a collaborative effort, The Journal of Urology and the Journal of Pediatric Urology have together published the landmark ...

Success of First World Congress of Pediatric Urology underscores increasing importance of specialty

April 28, 2011
Philadelphia, PA, April 28, 2011 The first World Congress of Pediatric Urology was held in San Francisco in May 2010, bringing together the largest and most successful international congregation of pediatric urologists ever assembled. As part of a collaborative effort, The Journal of Urology and the ...

Success of First World Congress of Pediatric Urology underscores increasing importance of specialty

April 28, 2011
(Elsevier Health Sciences) The first World Congress of Pediatric Urology was held in San Francisco in May 2010, bringing together the largest and most successful international congregation of pediatric urologists ever assembled. As part of a collaborative effort, the Journal of Urology and the Journal of Pediatric Urology have together ...

American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown Says CDC Report On Children’s Food Environment Underscores Need For Strong Public Policies

April 27, 2011
Our nation's youth face major roadblocks to good health with easy access to calorie-laden snacks, sugary beverages and other unhealthy foods in their schools and communities. With about 1 out of every 6 children in the U.S. considered obese, we are condemning our kids to a bleak future of premature ...

Expert Underscores Health Risks Of Sitting Still

April 18, 2011
The new science of sedentary behavior, or "inactivity physiology," provides sobering evidence that merely sitting can be hazardous to your health, an expert said yesterday at the American College of Sports Medicine's 15th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition. Adults and children who spend 70 percent or more of each ...