Food Commercials Excite Teen Brains
ANN ARBOR—Watching TV commercials of people munching on hot, crispy French fries or sugar-laden cereal resonates more with teens than advertisements about cell phone plans or the latest car.
Maternal Diet Sets up Junk Food Addiction in Babies
Research from the University of Adelaide suggests that mothers who eat junk food while pregnant have already programmed their babies to be addicted to a high fat, high sugar diet by the time they are weaned.
Chemo, Radiation Followed by Surgery Improves Survival in Lung Cancer Patients
In one of the largest observational studies of its kind, researchers report that a combination of chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgery in patients with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer improves survival.
22 Confirmed Dead Thus Far in China from New H7N9 Virus
Although health authorities in China are uncertain if the new H7N9 influenza virus can be spread from human-to-human contact. Poultry-to-human contact has resulted in over 100 cases of illness from the virus in humans.