Washington, March 3 : Having trouble making your preschooler finish his veggies? Well, trying naming peas `Power Peas' and see the magic unfold.
According to a new study, labelling vegetables with catchy names, such as X-Ray Vision Carrots and Tomato Bursts, leave preschoolers wanting for more.
As per lead author Brian Wansink, writer of "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Eat More Than We Think", tots ended up eating more vegetables once a little fun was added to the names.
The Cornell University research examined 186 four-year olds, who were provided with carrots titled "X-ray Vision Carrots", and found that they ate almost twice as much as on the lunch days that carried simply titled "carrots".
Recent report published in a Bulletin raised doubts regarding the effectiveness and long-term safety of Procter & Gamble's Intrinsa testosterone patches. These patches are meant for women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder. This disorder leads to diminished or absent desire for sex. Intrinsa treats this problem by releasing a daily dose of testosterone into the blood stream from a patch worn on the lower abdomen.
Asthma is a chronic disease that, at its worst, can be fatal, and the rates are rising. According statistics, 5.4 million Britons, including 1.1 million children, have asthma. Recent study revealed that children spending more than two hours before television have double risk of asthma. 
Washington, Mar 3 : Kids with a congenital disorder, known as hemifacial microsomia (HFM), are more likely to develop left-handedness, according to a new study. 
Washington, March 3: Optical techniques developed by Northwestern University researchers has shown further promise in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer through analysis of neighbouring tissue in the duodenum, part of the small intestine neighbouring the pancreas. 
