Tag Archives: Shows

Black and Hispanic youth are targeted with junk food ads, research shows

Junk food comprised 86% of ad spending on black-targeted programming and 82% of spending on Spanish-language television in 2017, according to the study released Tuesday. “These companies are not just targeting black and Hispanic kids with their advertising, but they’re targeting them with the worst products,” said lead author Jennifer Harris of University of Connecticut’s… Read More »

New study shows link between second-hand smoke and cardiac arrhythmia

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Continuous indoor exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke triggers changes in the heart’s electrical activity, known as cardiac alternans, that can predict cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death, a new study from UC Davis Health researchers shows. The authors believe the study, conducted in mice, suggests that second-hand smoke exposure alters cells that regulate… Read More »

Italian study shows growth in heart and kidney problems in people living with HIV

The closed cohort consisted of individuals who were seen for care both in 2004 and 2014. By definition, each participant was ten years older in 2014, therefore the prevalence of non-communicable diseases would be expected to increase, but not by as much as was observed. It consisted of 1517 people (33% women) with a median… Read More »

Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor, Euph Digital BP Monitor with Memory Storage, Intelligent LCD Display Automatically Measure Pulse Diastolic Systolic and Shows Hypertension level

Features 1. One-key measuring. It measures your blood pressure and pulse rate simply and quickly. Nice item to monitor blood pressure changes. 2. One person can measure the blood pressure alone in home or out of home, hospital, or when you travel. 3. It shows measurements precisely and display the result on the screen, and… Read More »

Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor, Euph Digital BP Monitor with Memory Storage, Intelligent LCD Display Automatically Measure Pulse Diastolic Systolic and Shows Hypertension level

Features 1. One-key measuring. It measures your blood pressure and pulse rate simply and quickly. Nice item to monitor blood pressure changes. 2. One person can measure the blood pressure alone in home or out of home, hospital, or when you travel. 3. It shows measurements precisely and display the result on the screen, and… Read More »