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McDonald’s has finally done something do make the First Lady smile.Michelle Obama is congratulating the fast food chain for agreeing to make its kids Happy Meals a little healthier.”I’ve always said that everyone has a role to play in making America healthier, and these are positive steps toward the goal of solving the problem of childhood obesity,” she said in a statement Tuesday. “McDonald’s has continued to evolve its menu, and I look forward to hearing about the progress of today’s commitments, as well as efforts in the years to come.”McDonald’s finally bowed to pressure from anti-child-obesity health advocates, and the new meals will include apple slices, a new smaller serving of French fries and a choice of fat-free chocolate milk or 1% low-fat white milk.
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Researchers have identified an elusive gene responsible for Gray Platelet Syndrome, an extremely rare blood disorder in which only about 50 known cases have been reported. As a result, it is hoped that future cases will be easier to diagnose with a DNA test.
The findings were made following a collaborative study by Professor Willem Ouwehand and Dr Cornelis Albers, who are both based at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, and Dr Paquita Nurden, from the Rare Platelet Disorders laboratory, based in Bordeaux, who have described how they achieved this.
Platelets are the second most abundant cell in the blood.
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It’s exotic and beautiful, a 15-foot tall plant with clusters of dainty white flowers and human-sized leaves — resembling, it is often said, Queen Anne’s Lace on steroids.
But giant hogweed is an invasive species that is spreading around much of the northern United States.
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Strength training exercises are generally regarded as something for men, but few realize that strength training for women is just as important. If you build up your muscles, then you reduce the risk of general injury, especially if you must have a long break between your workouts. Strength training exercises also help protect you from osteoporosis, because it increases bone density. This is a two part article, and in the first part I have given you some general strength training tips. In article two, I have explained some of the most effective strength training exercises.
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Boding Ill?: For-profit hospital company HCA Holdings reported a 22% decline in second-quarter profit, in part because of fewer surgical admissions, the WSJ reports. An analyst tells the paper that doesnt bode well for the results from other hospital companies; shares in Tenet Healthcare and Health Management Associates, among others, fell yesterday, though not as much as HCA shares.
Reviewing a Review: Starting in September, the federal government will begin to scrutinize proposed health-insurance premium increases of 10% or more in states it says dont have sufficient oversight of rates, the New York Times reports.
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Researchers at at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have developed a way to slap tiny nanosensors onto the surface of cells to monitor single-cell interactions in real time. The goal is to see how cells talk to one another so scientists can track transplanted cells and develop better drugs, the researchers say.
“We can now monitor how individual cells talk to one another in real-time with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution,” Jeffrey Karp, co-director of the Center for Regenerative Therapeutics at BWH, said in a release.
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