MedWire (6/21, Ford) reported, "Analysis of data from over 100,000 individuals in China has shown that eating fish and shellfish significantly reduces the risk for developing diabetes," according to a study published online June 15 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. After evaluating "data collected from 51,963 men aged 40-74 years and 64,193 women aged … Continue reading Eating Fish, Shellfish May Reduce Risk For Diabetes
Day: June 23, 2011
Op-Ed Attributes Rapid Increase In Nearsightedness To Spending Time Indoors
In an op-ed in the New York Times (6/21, A27, Subscription Publication), Sandra Aamodt, a former editor in chief of Nature Neuroscience, and Sam Wang, an associate professor of molecular biology and neuroscience at Princeton University, wrote that "the rapid increase in nearsightedness appears to be due to a characteristic of modern life: more and more … Continue reading Op-Ed Attributes Rapid Increase In Nearsightedness To Spending Time Indoors