Moffitt Cancer Center teams with Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute) A description of the projects and studies resulting from a research partnership initiated in 2005 between Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico, has been published in a recent issue of Health Promotion Practice. The partnership included three outreach cancer education projects and two pilot research studies aimed at reducing cancer health disparities in Hispanic populations in both Tampa and Ponce. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
More Salt In US Diet Comes From Bread And Rolls, Not Salty Snacks
More salt in the average US diet comes bread and rolls and not from salty snacks like potato chips, pretzels and popcorn, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this week. Although salty snacks taste saltier, and weight for weight they contain more sodium than bread and rolls, because the average American consumes more bread and rolls every day than salty snacks, bread consumption contributes more to sodium intake... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
