Diabetes drug ups heart risk

yangjane submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.sciencenews.org)

The popular diabetes drug rosiglitazone, marketed as Avandia, more than doubles the long-term risk of heart failure and increases the long-term risk of heart attack by 42 percent, according to a new analysis.

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Young babies risk SIDS when sitting

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.abc.net.au)

According to a new study, very young babies face a small risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, when seated, and not only when they are lying down.

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Passive smokers face greater risk

annatto submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.hindu.com)

In a study to be published in August 2007 edition of the American Journal of Public Heath, researchers say they have found that the carcinogen, NNK, is found in the body only as a result of using tobacco or breathing second-hand smoke.

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Late-starters can benefit from healthy habits

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)

Even in middle age, adopting a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk for heart disease and premature death within years of changing habits, researchers reported on Thursday.

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Sexual risk behavior and pregnancy in detained adolescent females: a study in Dutch detention centers

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."

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Oestrogen helps heart

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.stuff.co.nz)

They found women aged 50 to 59 who took oestrogen were 30 per cent to 40 per cent less likely than women taking placebos to have large amounts of calcified plaque in their arteries – a widely accepted predictor of heart attack risk.

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