ITHACA, N.Y. (UPI) — Very small amounts of lead in children’s
blood — well below federal standards — are associated with reduced IQ
scores, a six-year U.S. study found.
Senior author Richard Canfield, of Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y.,
compared children whose blood-lead levels were
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EDMONTON, Alberta (UPI) — A Canadian survey of 400 patients
with herpes and 200 family doctors found both groups are poorly informed
about the viral infection.
The survey, published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted
Infections, found both doctors and patients underestimated the
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TORONTO (UPI) — Smoking before pregnancy or while
breastfeeding may decrease the fertility of female offspring,
researchers in Canada suggest.
The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, found
female mice injected under the skin with polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons before
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (UPI) — Being overweight has long been
considered an individual problem but a researcher in Canada said it has
more to do with culture and the environment.
Sara Kirk of Dalhousie’s School of Health Services Administration, in
Nova Scotia, said daily life has changed so
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Obesity rates have stalled in USA after climbing for 25 years. However, one in three adults in USA suffer from obesity and being overweight.
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NEW YORK (UPI) — Arterial vascular disease is widespread and
often deadly in older U.S. women, but doctors too often fail to spot and
treat it, a study found.
Arterial vascular disease is the gradual closure of arteries throughout
the body. For decades, it was regarded as a “men’s disease,”
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BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI) — Binge drinking by teens and young
adults is linked with increased long-term risk for heart disease, high
blood pressure and diabetes, a U.S. study found.
Senior author Dr. Marcia Russell of the Pacific Institute for Research
and Evaluation in Berkeley, Calif., says the
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HAIFA, Israel (UPI) — Diabetics with the Hp 2-2 gene could
reduce their risk of heart attack by taking vitamin E supplements,
Israeli researchers found.
Researcher Dr. Andrew Levy of the Technion Faculty of Medicine in Haifa,
Israel, found diabetics with the gene version who took 400
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ITHACA, N.Y. (UPI) — Rape, sudden death of a loved one,
life-threatening accidents and other such traumas may change how a
person responds to stress, a U.S. study found.
Barbara Ganzel, of Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, led a
team of Cornell researchers, who assessed a group of
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Thanksgiving is over and I’m already seeing cars carrying Christmas trees home. It may be a little early, but that’s when prevention works best. Because it turns out that both real and artificial Christmas trees can cause problems for some people with allergies. It’s not known how many people suffer from Christmas tree-related allergies, but if you find yourself with a runny nose, itchy eyes or maybe even increased asthma symptoms around the holidays, it may be due to allergies and not to a common cold.
Real Christmas trees spend their formative years outside in the environment giving them plenty of time to collect a variety of air born pollens, herbicides, fertilizers, molds and other irritants that can cling to the needles and bark. Dragging them in and out of the house and fiddling with the branches while placing lights and decorations can release a variety of substances […]
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