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Fish oil 'does help difficult children'

28 March 2006

Fish oils can transform the behaviour of disruptive teenagers, a study has revealed. Youngsters were calmer and better able to concentrate after taking daily supplements for three months.

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Panel Urges Lowering of Allowable Fluoride

23 March 2006

High concentrations of fluoride that occur naturally in a small minority of the nation's drinking water supplies can damage teeth and bones, and federal regulators should reduce the level that is considered safe for human consumption, a National Academy of Sciences panel said Wednesday.

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NHS Patients

23 March 2006

Hundreds of thousands of patients admitted to NHS hospitals lose weight when they enter hospital, slowing down recovery, increasing the risk of infections and complications, and increasing the risk that they will die from their condition, the Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) was told today.

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Melatonin-depleted blood spurs tumor growth

27 January 2006

"Light at night is now clearly a risk factor for breast cancer," Blask says. "Breast tumors are awake during the day, and melatonin puts them to sleep at night." Add artificial light to the night environment, and "cancer cells become insomniacs," he says. ---

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