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TV junk-food ads boost kids' appetites: study 

July 2, 2011
TV junk-food ads boost kids' appetites: study 

A boy poses with a chicken burger at a fast food outlet in Taipei. Television ads for junk food really do make children hungry for those treats, especially if they watch a lot of television, according to a study. The findings, published in Pediatrics, come amid growing calls to ban junk food advertisements aimed at [...]

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Starting solid foods earlier linked to obesity risk 

February 8, 2011
Starting solid foods earlier linked to obesity risk 

A two-week-old is held by his mother at The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado August 23, 2010 during a research study on obesity in infants. Babies raised on formula who start eating solid foods before they are 4 months old may be more likely to become obese than those who start later, suggests a new [...]

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Is your laptop cooking your testicles? 

November 8, 2010
Is your laptop cooking your testicles? 

  Whoever invented the ‘laptop’ probably didn’t worry too much about male reproductive health. Turns out, unsurprisingly, that sitting with a computer on your lap will crank up the temperature of your nether regions, which could affect sperm quality. And there is little you can do about it, according to the authors of a study [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...