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- New Research Suggests Link between Maternal Diet and Childhood Leukemia Risk
A new study suggests that eating more vegetables, fruit and protein before pregnancy may lower the risk of having a child who develops leukemia, the most common childhood cancer in the United States. "This is the first time researchers have conducted a systematic survey of a woman's diet and linked it to the risk of childhood leukemia," said Dr. Kenneth Olden, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the federal agency that funded the study. NIEHS is a component of...
National Institutes of Health
- PREGNANCY AND A HEALTHY DIET
When you become pregnant, what you eat isn't only important for your own health, but for the health of your baby. Healthy foods are the building blocks for your growing baby since pregnancy is a complex time of developing new tissues and organs. Throughout pregnancy, try to make most of your food choices healthy ones. Eating too many foods that are high in fat during pregnancy leads to too much weight gain for you without meeting your increased need for nutrients. If you are eating a...
National Women's Health Information Center
- Encephalitis, Japanese
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a common mosquito-borne viral encephalitis found in Asia. Most infections are asymptomatic, but if clinical illness develops, the case-fatality rate can be as high as 30%. Neuropsychiatric sequelae are reported in 50% of survivors. In endemic areas, children are at greatest risk of infection; however, multiple factors such as occupation, recreational exposure, gender (possibly reflecting exposure), previous vaccination, and naturally acquired immunity alter the...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- A Healthy Diet
Having a healthy diet is one of the most important things you can do to help your overall health. Along with physical activity, your diet is the key factor that affects your weight. Having a healthy weight for your height is important. Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, breathing problems, arthritis, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea (breathing problems while sleeping), osteoarthritis, and some cancers. You can find out...
National Women's Health Information Center
- Diet (nutrition)
In nutrition, the diet is the sum of the food consumed by a body. Proper nutrition for a human requires vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fuel in the form of carbohydrates and fats. Imbalances between the consumed fuels and expended energy results in either starvation or excessive reserves of adipose tissue, or body fat. Changing the dietary intake or going on a diet can change the energy balance and increase or decrease the body fat of a body. Some foods are specifically recommended, or even...
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- The Diet Channel - http://www.thedietchannel.com
- Women's Bureau - http://www.dol.gov/wb/welcome.html
- Women's Heart Foundation - http://www.womensheartfoundation.org
- Disabled Women's Network - http://dawn.thot.net
- Women's Health Interactive - http://www.womens-health.com/
News
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- Clash of the Weight Loss Titans
WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Best Diet? Atkins Diet Ahead in the Weight Loss Race
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:45 EST
- Slimming World Voted Best Diet Aid
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Study backs worth of Atkins diet
BBC - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:04 EST
- Conference To Focus On Women's Lung Health
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Japanese Study With Rimonabant in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients on Diet and Exercise
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00478972 - Recruiting
Obesity; Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Determining Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine When Given With Measles Vaccine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00412516 - Active, not recruiting
Encephalitis, Japanese B
- Live Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Vaccine Coadministered With Measles Vaccine in Infants 9 Months of Age
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00463684 - Recruiting
Japanese Encephalitis
- Boosterability of Live Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Vaccine in Children Who Have Previously Received Inactivated JE Vaccine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00463476 - Recruiting
Japanese Encephalitis
- Diet and Genetic Damage
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00340743 - Active, not recruiting
Colon Cancer; Diet

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