Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center Awarded Grant to Study Health Effects of Fruit and Nut Snack Bars
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center has received a grant from PeaceWorks Holdings, LLC to study the effects of eating fruit and nut snack bars on weight and blood pressure, two risk factors for many chronic diseases. An initial pilot study conducted at the Prevention Research Center with 10 people last year found that participants lost weight and lowered their blood pressure slightly after eating these bars daily for 8 weeks. The goal of the new study is to investigate these findings further in a larger group.
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Griffin Hospital to Observe National Cancer Survivors Day® with 50s-style Sock Hop
National Cancer Survivors Day®, the world’s largest cancer survivor event, is Sunday, June 7, 2009. Griffin Hospital's National Cancer Survivors Day celebration of life will be held at Griffin Hospital, located at 130 Division Street in Derby from 1:00 - 3:00 PM. You're invited to join us for food, music, guest speakers, door prizes, and a fashion show put on by Griffin's own Therapy Dogs.
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The Beqiri Family Journey from Albania to America
Was it luck, fate or divine intervention that brought Pal Beqiri and his family to the United States and to the halls of Griffin Hospital? Pal Beqiri, a native of Albania, a small Mediterranean Country located in Southeastern Europe, always dreamed of coming to America.
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| Understanding a nutritional scoring system
Toledo Blade
There are so many different "nutritional call-outs" on food packaging that make consumers think they are picking healthy choices.
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DeLauro, Dodd get earful from public on health care
New Haven Register
A “town hall discussion” on health care reform held at Griffin Hospital Saturday became contentious when advocates of a single-payer health insurance system shouted at U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd to put the plan back “on the table.”
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Midwestern grocery chain licenses NuVal system
The Boston Globe
NuVal LLC said its nutritional scoring system has been licensed by Meijer, a Midwestern chain that operates 185 super centers that sell groceries and other products.
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