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Fighting nutrition misinformation
This month the American Dietetics Association releases its newest updated position statement - Food and Nutrition Misinformation. And it has a lot to say about the media. view more (2006-04-10)
TV has negative impact on very young children's learning abilities
Television viewing before the age of three may have adverse effects on subsequent cognitive development, according to a study in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. view more (2005-07-05)
Sleeping in school
Up to 10% of children starting school suffer from sleep disturbances and these may lead to poor performance or behavioral difficulties. view more (2008-12-04)
Study supports limiting television time for children
Children who spend more time watching television spend less time interacting with their family and playing creatively, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Children's Hospital in the journal Pediatrics. view more (2006-02-06)
Video wasted on toddlers, unless it's interactive
Your toddler can sing along with The Wiggles and knows Big Bird's face as well as she knows her own, but are those hours spent watching children's videos really helping her learn? view more (2006-05-19)
Tufts professor chews on the nutrition-oral health connection
Sitting and snacking on treats in front of the television for several hours a day increases a child's risk of developing … dental decay? Many would probably have finished that sentence with the word, "obesity." view more (2005-12-08)
Children with TVs in their room sleep less
Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who don't. view more (2008-09-03)
Mayo Clinic shows adding activity to video games fights obesity
If playing video games makes kids less active - and contributes to obesity - why not create more video games that require activity? That's the question prompted by a Mayo Clinic research study published in the current issue of the medical journal Pediatrics. view more (2007-01-05)
Kids at risk: Assessing diet and exercise behaviors in adolescents
Do adolescents get enough exercise and eat the right foods? Is there too much fat in their diets? In a study published in the February 2007 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers analyzed the behavior of almost 900 11-to-15 year-olds and found that nearly 80% had multiple physical activity and dietary risk behaviors,... view more... (2007-01-29)
Very long term effects of Botox still unknown
The use of botulinum toxin for facial cosmetic enhancement has established its new image as a glamour drug, but its unlicensed use is increasing dramatically for certain conditions, ahead of clear scientific evidence. Although negative side effects are few, its very long term effects are still unknown, warns a neurology expert in this week’s... view more... (2002-11-20)
Toddlers learn better through interactive video
Given that infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in the United States watch an average of one to three hours of television and videotapes a day means the entertainment market for these young viewers (and their parents) has exploded in recent years. view more (2006-05-17)
Public awareness of physics awards announced
Eight inspiring physicists have been chosen by the Institute of Physics to receive Public Awareness of Physics awards for their outstanding achievements in raising the awareness of physics. Activities ranging from poetry to the physics of ice-cream lecture-demonstrations have been used by the winners to bring physics to a wider audience. They will... view more... (2000-08-25)
Parents need help to talk to their children about cancer
Cancer is relatively common among women of childbearing age. Although the importance of communication with patients and their families has been recognised, relatively little has been published about communication with children when their parent is newly diagnosed as having cancer. view more (2006-04-14)
Older adults control emotions more easily than young adults
With age comes the ability to better regulate emotions in order to not disrupt performance on a memory-intensive task, according to a study published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging. view more (2009-03-05)
Engineers make first 'active matrix' display using nanowires
Engineers have created the first "active matrix" display using a new class of transparent transistors and circuits, a step toward realizing applications such as e-paper, flexible color monitors and "heads-up" displays in car windshields. view more (2008-04-01)
Healthier kids just the click of a remote away
Looking for a simple way to increase your child's physical activity level? Try turning off the television, says University of Toronto research. view more (2006-11-14)
Brenner Children's Hospital researcher says PSA campaign about risky sexual behaviors a success
Media campaigns that remind parents to talk with their children about sex are effective, according to a pediatric researcher at Brenner Children's Hospital and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. view more (2006-02-24)
Turn off TV to teach toddlers new words
Toddlers learn their first words better from people than from Teletubbies, according to new research at Wake Forest University. view more (2007-06-28)
Study suggests TV watching lowers physical activity
A study of low-income housing residents has documented that the more television people say they watched, the less active they were. view more (2006-07-28)
Bright future for picture-tube recycling
Millions of old television and computer picture tubes are thrown away each year, representing a major waste of resources and a toxic strain on our environment. With research funding from Tekes, a Finnish company has come up with an efficient system to recover nearly all the useful material from cathode ray tubes (CRT's), while safely disposing of... view more... (2004-06-03)
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