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NAS report offers new tools to assess health risks from chemicals
carly submitted, created time 1 year 2 months (www.eurekalert.org)
Determining how thousands of chemicals found in the environment may be interacting with the genes in your body to cause disease is becoming easier because of a new field of science called toxicogenomics. A new report issued today by the National Academies of Sciences recognizes the importance of toxicogenomics in predicting effects on human health and recommends the integration of toxicogenomics into regulatory decision making. 
Not take the elevator just on stairs could be healthier
marry submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.newscientist.com)
Researchers say, health warnings printed on flights of stairs, encouraging people to walk rather than take the elevator, could prove a potent weapon in the battle against obesity.
Trimming the waist may trim diabetes, heart risks
Scarlett submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.sciam.com)
People who manage to reduce their waistlines may also lower their risk for diabetes and heart disease. While an expanding waistline may mean ballooning health risks, it is at least a health indicator that people can easily track. Waistbands that feel tighter than they used to are the giveaway.
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.biomedcentral.com)
"These clinical findings show no evidence for periodontal disease or carious pulpal exposure being significant risk factors in PTLBW infant delivery among Tanzanian-African mothers at MNH, except for young age, hypertension, and being un-married. Further research incorporating periodontal pathogens is recommended."
annatto submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.capmh.com)
"The lifetime prevalence of pregnancy in detained adolescent females is high and is associated with both sexuality related risk factors and mental health related risk factors. Therefore, prevention and intervention programs targeting sexual risk behavior and mental health are warranted during detention."
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.biomedcentral.com)
"Family interactions can be classified into four different types, which are related to children's self-reports of depressive symptoms. The creation of a family interaction environment that is beneficial for children's mental health is an important issue for health education and health promotion professionals."
Obese young adults face high diabetes risk
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Using data from an ongoing federal health survey of U.S. adults, researchers found that, on average, obese 18-year-old men had a 50.1-percent lifetime risk of developing diabetes, while obese women had a 57.3-percent risk.
Business travelers exposed to health risks
sciencebaby submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.cnn.com)
More people traveling so more at risk for travel-related illness. Expert: Airplane air filtration systems remove 99 percent of infectious material. Some companies make employees get advice from travel health clinic before trip.
TB infection sparks scare on university campus
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (english.people.com.cn)
Health officials warned on Friday that students and faculty members at the University of Phoenix in San Diego, Southern California might be exposed to TB. In 2006, there were 315 total cases of TB in San Diego County.Symptoms of active TB include persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss. Most people who are exposed to TB do not develop the disease, according to health officials.Tuberculosis is spread through the air from one person to another by bacteria that enter through the lungs.
Racial disparities persist in preterm birth risk
annatto submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Black infants are four times as likely to be born before 28 weeks gestation as white infants, an imbalance that hasn't changed in a decade, a new study shows.
Because such "extremely pre-term" babies are at much greater risk of death than infants born later, this disparity is a major factor in the continuing infant mortality gap between blacks and whites in the United States, Dr. Ashley H. Schempf of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and colleagues state.Extremely pre-term infants who do survive are at increased risk of developmental delays and other problems.
TB patient asks forgiveness after desperate flight
angelfish submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.taipeitimes.com)
ABC television reported on Friday , A tuberculosis patient who turned fugitive in order to continue with wedding and honeymoon plans despite warnings not to travel has apologized to the fellow airline passengers he may have endangered, .Speaker touched off an international health alert, a rare federal isolation order and a congressional investigation when he and his new bride fled across Europe, sneaked onto a flight to Canada and then drove across the border to the US to avoid health officials
Stressed-out moms at risk of poor mental health
DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.reutershealth.com)
More than one third of the 1,747 mothers participating in the study reported at least one parenting stressor that boosted their risk of mental health problems, Dr. Ritesh Mistry of the University of California, Los Angeles and colleagues note in the American Journal of Public Health. they conclude that If parenting stressors such as those examined here are to be addressed, changes may be required in community support systems, and improvements in relevant social policies may be needed.
Patients Weigh Options Amid Avandia Risk
fiona submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (hosted.ap.org)
"Pat Russo tried different drugs to control her diabetes before settling on Avandia, a widely prescribed diabetes pill now under scrutiny. She has taken it for three years, but on Tuesday phoned her doctor when she read news reports that it might raise the risk of heart attack."
Drinking farm milk may cut asthma risk
freeman submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.sciam.com)
Consumption of farm milk appears to reduce the risk of asthma and allergy, according to findings from a European study. But it was not recommended to consume unboiled or raw milk.
More TV time means worse school performance
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.reutershealth.com)
The relationship between TV watching and school failure was stronger among kids with higher-than-average verbal intelligence scores, and those whose parents had more than 12 years of education.When children who watched less than 2 hours of TV at age 14 reduced their TV watching by 1 hour or more, they halved their risk of school failure, the researchers found. But when 14-year-olds who watched fewer than 2 hours added 1 more daily hour of TV, they doubled their risk of academic failure at age 16
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