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    Nov 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Autism and early exposure to traffic pollution linked

    In a finding that points to a link between environmental toxins and autism, a new study shows that children who were exposed to the highest levels of traffic-related air pollution during gestation and in early infancy were three times more likely to be diagnosed with the neurodevelopmental disorder than were those whose early exposure to such pollutants was very low.
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    In a finding that points to a link between environmental toxins and autism, a new study shows that children who were exposed to the highest levels of traffic-related air pollution during gestation and in early infancy were three times more likely to be...

    Tags: Medical Specialization, Autism Speaks, Psychiatry, Behavioral Conditions, Autism

    2. May 2, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times Exclusive

  2. Belly fat--not BMI--is a killer for patients with clogged arteries

    For people with coronary artery disease, including those with a "normal, healthy" <a title="BMI calculator" href="http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/" target="_blank">body-mass index</a> (or BMI), having even a little flubber around the middle is a bad omen, increasing the risk of death as much as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day or having very high cholesterol. But having a BMI in the "overweight"&nbsp; or "obese" category does not, by itself, imply a grim prognosis, says a <a title="abstract of JACC study" href="http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/19/1877" target="_blank">new study</a>.
    For people with coronary artery disease, including those with a "normal, healthy" body-mass index (or BMI), having even a little flubber around the middle is a bad omen, increasing the risk of death as much as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day or...

    Tags: Body Mass Index, Weight, Obesity, Mayo Clinic, Medical Research

    3. Sep 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Studies expand on soda's role in growing obesity

    As public health leaders step up their efforts to temper Americans' thirst for sugar-sweetened beverages, a new set of published studies has found that removing sugary drinks from kids' diets slows weight gain in heavy teens and reduces the odds that normal-weight children will become obese.
    As public health leaders step up their efforts to temper Americans' thirst for sugar-sweetened beverages, a new set of published studies has found that removing sugary drinks from kids' diets slows weight gain in heavy teens and reduces the odds that...

    Tags: Health and Safety at School, National Government, PepsiCo Inc., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Education

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