Charity News from Thursday, May. 13, 2004Experts Concerned Over Unhealthy "Fat Ratio" in American DietsAmerican Institute for Cancer Research | Cancer experts said today that even though many Americans have cut back on fat, the relative amount of two specific kinds of fat in the typical diet remains "out of whack" – and unhealthy. Blood Substitute to be Tested at Duke University Hospital Duke University Medical Center | Researchers and clinicians at Duke University Hospital plan to participate in the nation's first phase three clinical tests of an oxygen-carrying blood substitute in trauma patients before they reach the emergency room. Poll Shows Georgians Support More Funding for Health Research Emory University | Sixty-eight percent of Georgians feel the amount spent to find ways to protect and promote their health through prevention research - about 1 cent of every U.S. health care dollar - is too little, according to a poll released today. Imaging Studies Show Brain Responds to Rewards Earned "The Old-Fashioned Way" Emory University | Human beings are more aroused by rewards they actively earn than by rewards they acquire passively, according to brain imaging research by scientists at Emory University School of Medicine. Emory Offers Tips to Fight Obesity and Diabetes Epidemic in Free Public Seminar Emory University | As Americans' waistlines expand, so does their risk of developing diabetes and heart disease. Medical researchers refer to these three linked conditions -- obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes - as Metabolic Syndrome. From Algae, Weeds And People: New Genetic Clues To Complex Obesity Syndrome Johns Hopkins Medicine | By comparing the genomes of an alga, a weed and humans, a team of researchers has identified a new gene behind Bardet-Beidl syndrome (BBS), a complex condition marked by learning disabilities, vision loss and obesity.
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