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Health Briefs: Alcopops may encourage drinking

 
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Alcopops may encourage drinking
This summer, will your child be opening a soft drink or a hard one? Flavored alcoholic beverages — or alcopops — are becoming more popular, especially among young people, and it’s raising people’s concerns about underage drinking.

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According to a report released Monday, 52 percent of adults think alcopops encourage underage drinking. The report finds that because these fruity, fizzy, pop-like drinks can be confused with nonalcoholic beverages, 92 percent of adults support use of warning labels on alcopops.

Dolphin pads help curb bedsores
Dolphins are said to be smart, and now people are borrowing a technology that first was used on the mammals. The pads the military uses to transport trained dolphins are now being used during surgeries to prevent bedsores in patients. Because they live underwater, dolphins’ skin and organs are highly sensitive to pressure. The dolphin pads simulate a low-pressure water environment for the mammals when they travel.

Human skin can be damaged under pressure. Studies suggest one in 12 patients will develop a pressure sore in surgeries lasting three hours or longer. More than 20 hospitals nationwide have bought pads from Biologics, a Florida company.

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