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Greener Neighborhoods Mean Slimmer Children

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Diet Plans & Programs

Comparing Popular Weight Loss Diets

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Too Much Sun, Too Few Antioxidants Spell Eye Trouble

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) — If you’re planning to retire to Florida or Arizona for health reasons, be sure to pack your sunglasses.

That’s the message from a new study that found that older people with low levels of certain antioxidants present in many fruits and vegetables, and who are exposed to short-wavelength blue light from the sun, are more likely to develop certain types of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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Ultrasound

Medical Author: Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FAAEM
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Marijuana

Marijuana is the most commonly abused unlegalized drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral cough and cold medicines sold over the counter should not be used in children junior than 4 years old because of the risk of rare complications linked to inappropriate use, manufacturers said on Tuesday.

Most problems occurred in children who were given the wrong dose or who took the medicine accidentally, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), which represents Procter & Gamble Co, Novartis AG and other big drugmakers, said.

"We're doing this out of an abundance of caution," the group's president, Linda Suydam, said.

"Research shows that dosing errors and accidental ingestions — not the safety of the ingredients themselves when properly dosed — are the leading causes of rare adverse events in young children," the group said in a statement.

The association declared it made the decision in consultation with the U.S.

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MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) — Stimulant treatment against attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) significantly cuts the odds that adolescent girls will smoke, drink alcohol or use drugs, a new Massachusetts General Hospital study shows.

The finding parallels previous studies in boys, the team note.

People with ADHD are at significantly increased risk for cigarette smoking and substance abuse.

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MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) — Free prescription drug samples distributed to pediatric patients may be unsafe, research suggests.

The study, published in the October 2008 issue of Pediatrics, examined data on 10,295 children and adolescents from the 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

The researchers found that one in 20 American children received free drug samples in 2004.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Early data from a 4-year clinical trial show no increased risk of stroke in patients given Pfizer Inc's lung drug Spiriva compared with placebo, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday.

Favorable results from the trial contrast with retrospective pooled analyses of dozens of previous studies that had suggested a higher risk of stroke among patients seizing the once-daily inhaled medicine.

The FDA said a clearer picture of the drug's safety will not be available till it receives and analyzes final data from the new formal study, which involved almost 6,000 patients by chronic obstructive pulmonic disease (COPD).

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday the "atrocious economic policies" of the Bush administration had caused the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Carter told reporters on a stopover in Brussels that "profligate spending," massive borrowing and dramatic burden cuts since President George W.

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