Health Rewind: Coca-Cola Weighs in on Obesity Crisis
California's anti-cigarette campaign and more health news.
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Coca-Cola Addresses Obesity Crisis in New Ads - Soda empire Coca-Cola is weighing in on the soda/obesity debate with a series of new ads, says the Associated Press. The ads discuss how the obesity crisis cannot solely be blamed on soda consumption and that their company has led the industry on providing drinks with the least amount of calories. (Photo: AP Photo/Coca-Cola)
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Can Energy Drinks Send You to the ER? - Emergency room visits due to energy drinks are on the rise, says the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Between 2007 and 2011, cases doubled, jumping to 20,000. (Photo: Illustration by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Texting May Help Teens Lose Weight - Wanna lose weight? A new study says a good way for young folks to shed pounds is to sign up for text message alerts that are geared toward healthier lifestyles. But researchers from the University of Arizona found that in order to motivate teens, the text messages must reflect the interests, language and lifestyles of young people, reported Psych Central. (Photo: GettyImages)
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Black Women With HIV/HCV Less Likely to Die From Liver Disease - Black women who are co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C — an infectious disease that affects the liver — are less likely to die from liver disease. University of California San Francisco researchers found that while hepatitis C treatment doesn’t work as well in African-American women as it does in white women, Black women only accounted for 8 percent of liver disease deaths. (Photo: Chicago Tribune/MCT /Landov)
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Berries Linked to Lower Heart Disease Risk in Women - Snacking on strawberries and blueberries may lower a woman’s risk of heart disease. A recent study looked at 93,000 women and found that of the 403 heart attacks, ladies who ate berries had a 32 percent decrease in heart disease risk than those who didn’t eat berries. Why? Researchers believe the flavonoids found in berries stop artery build up, says Red Orbit. (Photo: Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
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Anti-Smoking Ad for African-Americans Debuts in California - The California Department of Health recently rolled out their new anti-smoking campaign, a series of ads geared toward African-Americans, says the San Francisco Bay View. The radio and print ads talk about the dangers of smoking and address the high rates of advertising that tobacco companies gear toward Black youth. (Photo: Jan Pitman/Getty Images)
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Closing the Minority Health Gap Isn’t Easy - A new USA Today feature spotlights racial health disparities and examines the difficulties in addressing this crisis. The article also discusses the reasons why people of color have worse health than their white counterparts, including poverty, transportation and lack of insurance. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Are Pharmacies Meeting the Flu Vaccine Demand? - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a public health state of emergency on Saturday because of the high flu rates throughout the state. But with this announcement has come an influx of people wanting to get vaccinated. The New York Times examines the pressures that NYC pharmacists are now under: Making sure that there is enough vaccine to go around. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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30 Percent of U.S. Teenage Girls Meet Strangers Online - Researchers from University of Cincinnati found that nearly one-third of teen girls ages 14-17 have met a stranger they met online. They also found that girls who posted more sexual explicit photos were “more likely to receive sexual solicitations online, to seek out so-called adult content and to arrange offline meetings with strangers,” says HealthDay News. (Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)