Thursday, November 10, 2016

US government asks: How much Nutella do you eat? and other top stories.

  • US government asks: How much Nutella do you eat?

    US government asks: How much Nutella do you eat?
    Image copyright Getty Images Image caption One tablespoon or two? Nutella fans are being asked how much they eat at a time The US food regulator is asking Nutella fans how big a portion they eat, in a row over the average size of serving of the sweet spread.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) went public after Nutella's makers asked for it to be reclassified.It currently classes the chocolate and hazelnut spread as a dessert topping, with a serving..
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  • Daylight Saving Time 2016 Ends This Weekend: Precisely When Do Clocks Fall Back?

    Daylight Saving Time 2016 Ends This Weekend: Precisely When Do Clocks Fall Back?
    AUSTIN, TX -- Americans are a resilient lot, able to overcome challenges and obstacles with a gusto that is an attribute all but imprinted on the national DNA. We like to take challenges head on, inspired by our ever-optimistic aphorisms giving us encouragement. Like early to bed early to wise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise. Or the early bird gets the worm. Or any of the other chirpy proverbs concocted by that character Benjamin Franklin. But while penning his timeless sayings, Franklin als..
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  • Exclusive: Global tobacco treaty leaders propose ejecting delegates with t...

    Exclusive: Global tobacco treaty leaders propose ejecting delegates with t...
    By Duff Wilson and Aditya Kalra | NEW YORK/NEW DELHI NEW YORK/NEW DELHI The leadership of a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty aimed at controlling tobacco could be about to get tougher with the global tobacco industry.Delegates at a conference next week on controlling tobacco with ties to the business could be refused credentials and ejected, according to an internal document seen by Reuters.The proposal, if adopted by the full Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the confe..
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  • Protein-targeting drug shows promise for Alzheimer's treatment

    Protein-targeting drug shows promise for Alzheimer's treatment
    Researchers working to target the protein plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease say their latest approach has shown promise in animal and early human trials. In a study published Wednesday in Science Transitional Medicine, Merck Research Laboratories researchers aimed to block an enzyme involved in producing amyloid beta, a protein that clumps together to form the plaques typically known as a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. The drug, called verubecestat, is a BACE1 inhibitor. The drug wo..
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  • Zika Makes Mouse Testicles Smaller, Raises Questions About Male Fertility In Humans

    Zika Makes Mouse Testicles Smaller, Raises Questions About Male Fertility In Humans
    Listen: Zika damages mouse testicles and has implications for human male fertility South Floridians have one more reason to avoid the Zika virus—and this one’s especially for the men out there: New research using mouse models shows the Zika virus can shrink testicles. “We started looking at the placental barrier and seeing if the virus could cross there,” says Dr. Jen Govero, a scientist who worked on the study at Washington University in St. Louis. Govero says part of what makes Zika unus..
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  • Prostate Surgery Rates Fall After Screening Advice, Study Finds

    Prostate Surgery Rates Fall After Screening Advice, Study Finds
    Fewer U.S. men got prostate biopsies and surgery after new recommendations steered most men away from routine prostate cancer screening, researchers reported Wednesday. Their findings add to a growing body of research that's adding to the debate about prostate cancer screening and often leaving men and their doctors more confused than informed. At issue is whether screening the general population of men for their second leading cause of cancer death does more harm than good. The latest rep..
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  • Strict law pushes Polish women to have abortions abroad

    Strict law pushes Polish women to have abortions abroad
    PRENZLAU, Germany –  While the streets of Warsaw have been engulfed by vehement protests over the government's plan to further restrict abortion, individual Polish women are struggling daily to find ways of ending their unwanted pregnancies. Monika, 19, had recently split up with her boyfriend when she realized with horror that she was pregnant. With no partner, no money and years of education ahead, she felt an abortion was her only option. But abortion in Poland is illegal in most cases and e..
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  • Lawmakers who cross aisle on abortion face ouster

    Lawmakers who cross aisle on abortion face ouster
    Republicans who support abortion rights are already an endangered species. But they’re likely to become nearly extinct next year in a political winnowing that is knocking off moderates on both sides — and turning the politics of abortion even more rancorous. Five Republicans in Congress regularly buck their party by supporting abortion rights. But one of those, Rep. Richard Hanna of New York, is retiring and two more — Rep. Bob Dold and Sen. Mark Kirk, both of Illinois — face uphill races. An..
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  • Dad shares harrowing photo after doctors say daughter battling cancer has weeks to live

    Dad shares harrowing photo after doctors say daughter battling cancer has weeks to live
    Related Coverage England (WFLA) – A father recently shared a heartbreaking photo and note about his 4-year-old daughter. Little Jessica Whelan, of England, was diagnosed with high risk stage 4 neuroblastoma in September 2015. Her family has chronicled her battle on a Facebook page. Track their updated here. They received devastating news last week. Doctors say Jessica has just weeks to live. Her dad, Andy Whelan, shared a harrowing photo of the little girl – with a note. Whelan is a photograp..
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