Questão 48 - Unit-SE Medicina - Caderno 1 2015

TEXTO:

 

The Checkup 

HEALTH NEWS EXAMINED 

 

Headline says: 

Can drugs for depression harm babies’ hearts? 

 

Science says: A study of more than 900,000 women found that those who took antidepressants while pregnant weren’t more likely to have fetuses with heart defects. That’s good news for the 8% to 13% of women who take the drugs, but if you’re pregnant, you should still talk to your physician about side effects.

 

Headline says: 

The FDA will limit salt in processed foods. 

 

Science says: The FDA is proposing a guideline on the amount of sodium that manufacturers can add to processed food. The agency says too much sodium leads to high blood pressure and heart disease – but for now it’s just a recommendation, so it’s strictly voluntary.

 

Headline says:

A broccoli drink can detox your blood

 

Science says: Scientists gave 300 Chinese men and women a broccoli-sprout beverage that cleared air-pollution toxins from their system faster than normal. The researchers think the answer lies in the cancerpreventing compounds found in the veggies.

PARK, Alice. The Checkup.Time/Jul 7-14, 2014, p.12.

 

According to the third piece of news, the fact of a broccoli drink being able to detox one’s blood is probably