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The 6 Golden Rules Of A Healthy Grocery Cart
By Kristin Kirkpatrick for U.S. News i like to think of myself as a fairly non-judgmental kind of girl. The problem is, when I'm waiting in the grocery store checkout line, that persona goes out the store's sliding doors. As I wait for my turn, I find myself examining the contents of others' carts, and sometimes -- dare I say -- I judge. If I see a basket of cookies and cola, for example, I have to resist the urge to turn around and ask, "Why?" The same is true when I see a family wheeling a full cart -- without a single vegetable or fruit. Most frustrating, though, is when I see what appears to be a well-intentioned att...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Picking the Good Apples: Statistics Versus Good Judgment in Choosing Stent Operators for a Multicenter Clinical Trial Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— The low periprocedural event rates in the trial suggest success in separating skillful operators from less skillful. However, it seems unlikely that statistical assessment of event rates in the lead-in contributed to successful selection, but rather successful selection was more likely because of peer review of subjective and other factors including patient volume and technical approaches. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00004732.
Source: Stroke - October 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Howard, G., Voeks, J. H., Meschia, J. F., Howard, V. J., Brott, T. G. Tags: Carotid Stenosis, Angioplasty and Stenting, Transient Ischemic Attacks Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Fruits And Vegetables May Not Prevent Cancer
BOSTON (CBS) – Who hasn’t heard that eating a lot of fruits and vegetables can help you fend off cancer? Dr. Walter Willett, a leading expert on nutrition and health at the Harvard School of Public Health, says your diet may play less of a role in cancer prevention as originally thought. “As better data have come along,” he says, “the benefits for cancer don’t look nearly as impressive.” And fat doesn’t appear to be as bad as once thought for promoting cancer either. “There had been a strong belief that fat in our diet was the major cause of breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and oth...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Cancer Dr. Mallika Marshall Dr. Walter Willett Fruit Vegetables Source Type: news

Fruits and Vegetables Consumption and Risk of Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— Fruits and vegetables consumption are inversely associated with the risk of stroke.
Source: Stroke - May 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hu, D., Huang, J., Wang, Y., Zhang, D., Qu, Y. Tags: Primary prevention, Cerebrovascular disease/stroke, Risk Factors for Stroke, Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Assessment and Functional Impact of Allocentric Neglect: A Reminder from a Case Study.
We report here that SR suffers from both viewer-centered (i.e., egocentric) and object-centered (i.e., allocentric) spatial neglect. Notably, unlike most neuropsychological and functional assessments that focus on egocentric deficits, a specialized neuropsychological figurative discrimination test (the Apples test) revealed SR's allocentric neglect. Further, using assessments sensitive to detect functional deficits related to allocentric neglect, we observed SR's difficulty in reading and using clocks, reflecting his object-centered errors in these everyday activities. SR's case suggests that allocentric-specific assessmen...
Source: The Clinical Neuropsychologist - April 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shah PP, Spaldo N, Barrett AM, Chen P Tags: Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: research

New oral anticoagulants in secondary stroke prevention: Apples and oranges?
Should it be allowed, or not: combined analysis of three distinct trials testing different new oral anticoagulants in AF, suggesting how they collectively stack up against warfarin for secondary stroke prevention?
Source: theHeart.org - March 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Total and specific fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of stroke: A prospective study
Conclusion: This study shows an inverse association of fruit and vegetable consumption with stroke risk. Particularly consumption of apples and pears and green leafy vegetables was inversely associated with stroke.Highlights: ► Fruit and vegetables is a heterogeneous food group with different content of nutrients. ► It remains unclear which fruit and vegetable subgroups that are most protective against stroke. ► We examined the relation between fruit and vegetable consumption and stroke risk. ► Particularly consumption of apples/pears and green leafy vegetables was inversely associated with stroke.
Source: Atherosclerosis - January 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Susanna C. Larsson, Jarmo Virtamo, Alicja Wolk Tags: Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Nutrition Source Type: research

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