McDonald's Corp has switched to cooking oils free of trans fats in all of its restaurants in the United States and Canada, Chief Executive Jim Skinner said on Thursday.The restaurants made the switch over the past few months, he said.By
Many doctors and nurses may fail to recognize certain key signs of malnutrition in older hospital patients, according to a study conducted at a hospital in Australia.Researchers found that of 100 elderly patients at a major Melbourne hospital, 30 percent
David Byrne will join indie rockers including Feist, Sufjan Stevens and the Decemberists on the new "Red Hot" charity album for AIDS research.The former Talking Heads frontman will collaborate on two tracks with the Dirty Projectors, a combo headed by
Eating breakfast, skipping snacks and cutting down on TV and computer time may help adolescents maintain a healthy weight after being treated for obesity, new research from France shows.Teens who adopted these habits—and ate fewer calories while getting more of
Using certain chlorinated pesticides puts a person at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and the greater the exposure, the greater the risk, researchers from the National Institutes of Health report.The researchers studied more than 31,000 licensed pesticide applicators
Educating asthma sufferers in a way that is specific and appropriate to their individual and cultural needs can make a positive difference in their quality of life, researchers have found."Culture-specific programs, in comparison to generic education programs or usual care,
Patients with diabetes fare worse than their non-diabetic counterparts after leg bypass surgery to restore restricted blood flow to the legs due to hardening of the leg arteries, Swedish researchers report.They found that survival free of amputation after leg bypass
A virus that typically causes a mild infection killed at least five babies in the United States last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.The virus was involved in an unusually high number of severe
As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, a recent survey by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive® finds that a majority of Americans (62%) believe that
People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are at increased risk of experiencing complications after elective surgery, researchers report.In obstructive sleep apnea, the back of the throat collapses periodically during sleep, and breathing stops for a few moments until the
Now, that step is duration challenged alongside at least only senator, who is exacting that the management build the systematic logic representing the rescheduling.Nelson vila With marijuana immediately classified as Troop One, said Mara Teresa Chadwick, employer of the Governmental
According to a new study from the University of Minnesota, the earliest event in the development of sun-induced skin cancer may have been identified. The researchers found that the point of entry for skin cancer in response to sun exposure
Background:There is currently an unprecedented expressed need and demand for estimates of maternal mortality in developing countries. This has been stimulated in part by the creation of a Millennium Development Goal that will be judged partly on the basis of
Background:Pyrethroid insecticide-treated mosquito nets are massively being scaled-up for malaria prevention particularly in children under five years of age and pregnant mothers in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is serious concern of the likely evolution of widespread pyrethroid resistance in the
