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PUBLIC MARKS from Newspartnergroup with tag medicine

April 2008

New technology for cameras, robots, medicine measures smiles

The breadth of a smile can be measured by new technology from Japanese electronics and health care company Omron Corp.

1 in 15 kids hurt in medicine mix-ups at hospitals

Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, according to the first scientific test of a new detection method.

October 2007

Revealed: The shocking levels of salt in children's fast food.

That is nearly a whole day's salt limit for an adult and more than the maximum recommended for children. Research shows high salt consumption over a number of years can lead to raised blood pressure, strokes, heart attacks and premature death.