According to a National Institutes of Health network study, women who experience financial, emotional or other personal stress in their lives while pregnant are more likely to have a stillbirth.
Environmental Protection Agency scientists are planning to check several hundred toenail clippings of residents in Garfield, New Jersey and environs for signs of exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr-6). The metal gained notoriety as a result of California environmental activist Erin Brockovich accusing water-borne chromium-6 of causing cancer and a variety of other ailments in Hinkley, CA, in the 1990 s.
Researchers involved in a vast, international study of potential genetic cancer markers have found risk markers for breast, ovarian and prostate cancer before, but this new analysis doubles the known list of markers, one expert says.
Two Canadian researchers are arguing against mandatory flu shots for health care workers, saying the vaccine isn t effective enough to merit such a mandate.
Drs. Michael Gardam and Camille Lemieux of the Infection Prevention and Control Unit at Toronto s University Health say a review of recent literature shows the flu shot is only around 60 percent effective in healthy adults.
Bronchiectasis is an obstructive lung disease caused by the weakening or destruction of the muscle and elastic tissue in the bronchial tree (airway passages in the lungs). This condition may follow a chronic lung infection, or secondary to chronic bronchitis, a smoking-related problem, and lead to recurrent frequent pneumonia and if progressive, respiratory failure. Now two new studies are shedding light on the risks and benefits of using antibiotics to help treat patients.
The American Academy of Pediatrics 2012 feeding recommendation for newborns and infants states that babies should not be given solid foods until six months of age. This recommendation is based on evidence that introducing solid foods earlier may increase the risk of diabetes, obesity, eczema, and celiac disease. However, according to new research from the U.S.
Vape em if you got em! The Economist has just endorsed e-cigarettes in a remarkable editorial, writing they do not just save the lives of smokers: they bring other benefits too. Unlike cigarettes, they do not damage the health of bystanders. They do not even smell that bad, so there is no public nuisance, let along hazard, and thus no reason to ban their use in public places. Pubs and restaurants should welcome them with open arms.
Last holiday season, we covered a story about how eating meals as a family can improve children s eating habits. And previous research from the University of Illinois found that family meals can prevent eating disorders, obesity and inadequate nutrition.
Physical activity is not only important in preventing obesity in children. A new study is now suggesting that it may have a role in keeping bones strong as well.
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found pre-teens who have a classmate who committed suicide were five times more likely to have suicidal thoughts, Champion reported.
The idea just kind of takes root and becomes like an overwhelming obsession sometimes, for no good reason, Dr. Gilbert Ross with the American Council on Science and Health said
