Panel urges food label rating system

Panel urges food label rating system

Panel urges food label rating system. A panel of experts from the Institute of Medicine is urging the Federal Food and Drug Administration to adopt a food rating system. The system wouldn't replace existing labels, but would make it easier to identify healthier foods.

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Study says cortisone may prevent PTSD

Study says cortisone may prevent PTSD

Study says cortisone may prevent PTSD, Cortisone may avert PTSD? A shot of cortisone shortly after a traumatic event may prevent post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study found. Researchers liken it to a "morning after pill" for traumatic events and they believe there's a short window to receive the injection.

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Handshakes Health

Handshakes Health

Handshakes Health

Handshakes Health. he strength of your handshake could be a clue to how long you'll live, say scientists from University College London.They matched older people's balance, grip strength and ability to get up from a chair with their risk of an earlier death.

Those who did best were likely to live longer, the British Medical Journal reported.

It is hoped such simple tests might help doctors spot "at-risk" patients.

The study, carried out at the Medical Research Council-funded Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, combined the results of more than 30 earlier research projects, involving tens of thousands of people which looked at "physical capability" and mortality.

The people involved were mostly over the age of 60, but living in the community rather than hospitals or care homes.

The researchers found that death rates over the period of the studies were 67% higher in people with the weakest grip strength compared with the strongest.

A similar pattern was found in the other measures, with the slowest walkers almost three times more likely to die compared with the fastest.

Those slowest to rise from a chair had double the mortality rate compared with those quickest to their feet.

Even being able to balance on one leg appeared to be linked with a reduced risk of death.

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Handshakes Health

Handshakes Health

Handshakes Health

Handshakes Health. he strength of your handshake could be a clue to how long you'll live, say scientists from University College London.They matched older people's balance, grip strength and ability to get up from a chair with their risk of an earlier death.

Those who did best were likely to live longer, the British Medical Journal reported.

It is hoped such simple tests might help doctors spot "at-risk" patients.

The study, carried out at the Medical Research Council-funded Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, combined the results of more than 30 earlier research projects, involving tens of thousands of people which looked at "physical capability" and mortality.

The people involved were mostly over the age of 60, but living in the community rather than hospitals or care homes.

The researchers found that death rates over the period of the studies were 67% higher in people with the weakest grip strength compared with the strongest.

A similar pattern was found in the other measures, with the slowest walkers almost three times more likely to die compared with the fastest.

Those slowest to rise from a chair had double the mortality rate compared with those quickest to their feet.

Even being able to balance on one leg appeared to be linked with a reduced risk of death.

Read more »