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| WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of RadioShack Knight Hawk toy helicopters due to a fire hazard.
About 6,000 remote controlled helicopters were imported from China by RadioShack Corp. of Fort Worth, Texas, and sold nationwide from October 2009 through November 2009 for about $60.
The recall involves Danbar Toys Knight Hawk 3D helicopters with model number 006047, which is marked on the back of the controller and on the logo on the front of the helicopter.
The company has received one report of a fire that began when a store demonstration model was charging, the commission said in a statement.
Consumers were advised to take the toy helicopters away from children and return them to RadioShack for a full refund.
Consumers can call 800-843-7422 for information.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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| JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -- Being obese as early as age 7 may raise a child's risk of future heart disease and stroke, even in the absence of other risk factors, U.S. researchers say.
Senior author Dr. Nelly Mauras of Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., says obese children are showing higher levels of clotting factor and inflammation as early as age 7.
The study, scheduled to be published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, looked at children age 7-18 years old -- 115 were obese and 87 were lean controls. To be eligible for the study the children had to show normal levels of fasting blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides. In other words, the children could show just one sign of the metabolic syndrome known to raise the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes -- increased waist size.
The obese children -- versus the controls -- had significantly higher levels of the clotting factor fibrinogen as well as 10-fold higher levels of the inflammation marker C-reactive protein.
"Doctors often do not treat obesity in children now unless they have other features of the metabolic syndrome," Mauras says in a statement. "This practice should be reconsidered. Further studies are needed to offer more insight into the effects of therapeutic interventions in these children."
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