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 Many baby and child care products contain the chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, both of which have been blamed for cancer and various skin conditions but the labels don’t list them, according to a report from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetic Use.According to the Environmental Protection Agency, both formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane are...
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 A new study shows that long-term exposure to concentrated smog significantly raises the risk of dying from lung disease. According to researchers from the University of California at Berkeley, every 10 parts per billion increase in ozone levels amounted to a four percent increase in risk of death from respiratory conditions like...
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 In a study supported by the National Environmental Health
and Sciences and the Environmental Protection Agency, researchers at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center noted that an increase in weather temperature is
the biggest weather-related migraine trigger.
For the study, the researchers looked on how the weather
influences the...
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 Low levels of vitamin D were linked to an increased risk of
high blood pressure, high blood sugar and metabolic syndrome in teenagers,
according to researchers at the American Heart Association’s 49th Annual
Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
The study was the work of researchers at the Johns...
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 Risk of stroke and vascular disease is higher in women who
experience migraine headaches during pregnancy, according to a new study
appearing in the March 10 online issue of the British Medical Journal.
“Good prenatal care is essential. Women with persistent and
severe migraine during pregnancy should be aware of their risk...
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 It all started in 2006, when a 28-year-old healthy man from Petoskey,
Michigan, named Matt Jones, decided to donate a kidney to a total stranger, a
woman from Phoenix. That decision led to a total of 10 transplants over eight
months through two paired donation registries coordinating operations in six
hospitals in five states. And...
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 A study carried out by British doctors has found that blood tests and ultrasound scans can detect deadly ovarian cancer at its most early and treatable stages. These findings offer promise for doctors as it is known that only 20 percent of ovarian cancers are caught in their earliest, potentially curable stages.According to the study,...
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A survey made by the Gallup Organization, Healthways Inc., a
Tennessee-based disease-management company, and America’s Health Insurance
Plans places people in Utah at the highest levels of well-being, while West
Virginia had the lowest score on this chapter.
The survey was named “The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index,”
and...
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 A study carried out by researchers in the Netherlands
concluded that prostate cancer is being overdiagnosed. The study was released
by the Journal of the American Cancer Institute.
Previous studies have shown that many patients diagnosed
with prostate cancer following a PSA test have tumors growing so slowly that
they would never...
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 Both red and white wine appear to increase the risk of
breast cancer, despite many studies showing their benefits for the heart’s
health.
A study analyzing the drinking habits of 6,327 breast cancer
women from population-based registries in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire and those of 7,558 age-matched controls...
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 Mass Murder in Memphis Home, 6 Killed
The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...
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