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Reaching for fast foods and energy drinks to get through exams may lead to worse outcomes on the report card, dietitians have warned. A recent survey of US teens found 35 per cent regularly use energy drinks, up from 19 per cent in 2003. And many Australians have these drinks on a daily basis, without realising they are usually packed with kilojoules and sugar, and not much nutrition.

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UK scientists have worked out how cancer cells change their shape to spread around the body.

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Nick Clegg will warn of an ‘epidemic of mental distress’ if Britain heads into a recession.

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A Halloween-themed advert will be launched on TV later to scare parents into giving up smoking.

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A new imaging programme which could help transform the treatment of facial
surgery scoops an award.

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On 28 October 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Science Board Subcommittee released a review of the FDA’s draft assessment of bisphenol A (BPA). The Subcommittee report will be discussed by the FDA Science Board on 31 October 2008. In its report the Subcommittee challenges the criteria FDA is currently using to assess which research should be taken into consideration for regulatory purposes.

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Good nutrition is vitally important to both cancer patients and cancer survivors in promoting healing and preventing recurrence. Yet this can be a challenge, especially for current patients, for whom eating and drinking is often difficult due to treatment side effects that alter appetite and sense of taste.

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MDS Analytical Technologies, a leader in innovative solutions for drug discovery and life-sciences research, today announced that the Abraxis Melamine Detection Kit has been validated for use on MDS Analytical Technologies’ SpectraMax® absorbance microplate readers with SoftMax® Pro 5 GxP analytical software, an industry-standard analysis software for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.

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A study has found that the risks of a premature birth quadruple if flaxseed oil is consumed in the last two trimesters of pregnancy. The research was conducted by Professor Anick Bérard of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Pharmacy and the Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center and Master’s student Krystel Moussally. In Canada, 50 percent of pregnant women take prescription medication. Yet many of them prefer to use natural health products during the pregnancy.

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