Raw food vegetarians have low bone mass
... the long term, a strict raw food vegan diet could pose some health problems," he says. "But it's not my role to tell them to eat differently. I'm simply interested in learning about the positive and/or detrimental health effects of this diet. "However," he concludes, "if someone wishes to improve their ...Rural America vulnerable to bioterrorism and natural disaster threats
...tment facilities) are located in rural areas. They pose a unique challenge to protection from terrorism and public health emergencies."...Study shows acrylamide in baked and fried food does not increase risk of breast cancer in women
...the amount of acrylamide eaten in the diet did not pose an increased risk of breast cancer among the women in the study. Animal and laboratory studies in the past have shown higher levels of certain types of tumors in rats, including mammary gland tumors, however they were exposed to levels 1,000 to 100,0...Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny
...rsity of tattoo inks, and to determine if any inks pose health threats in the form of heavy metals or other potentially dangerous chemicals. Overall, the study covers 17 inks from five different manufacturers. "We chose to study five different brands of black ink as it is the most common color used in tat...Study examines harm reduction among injection drug users
... diseases. Improperly discarded used needles could pose a similar risk to the entire community. The study is among the first to examine safe syringe acquisition and disposal among new, young injection drug users. The results are published in the February 2005 edition of the Journal of Drug Issues. The stu...Women should be advised not to drink alcohol in pregnancy
...hould be advised not to drink alcohol, as this may pose health risks to the foetus, argues an editorial in this week's BMJ. While the UK Department of Health advises that women can safely drink one or two units of alcohol per week, a team of psychiatrists in London highlight several studies which cast dou...Study confirms ICDs more effective in preventing sudden cardiac death than medical therapies
...ents with an ejection fraction of 31 to 40 percent pose a more difficult treatment challenge, and these patients will require additional testing and evaluation to determine whether a prophylactic ICD would be beneficial. The results of studies completed in the last year will increase the number of patien...Ethics of neuroimaging research to be focus of NIH/Stanford meeting
...r abnormalities in the blood vessels. Such results pose thorny problems that researchers must now consider. If, for instance, the benign tumor is added to the volunteer's medical record, it could alter health insurance rates - a fact research subjects may not realize. In other types of studies - including...Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
...that have been wiped out in nature but could still pose a threat, such as smallpox. In 2001, shortly after the 9/11 disaster, the nation called upon the network to see if the smallpox vaccine supply could be extended if necessary. Last year, as chickens in Asia died from bird flu, a study of an experimen...Rice cartilage experts win $1.5M NIH grant to bioengineer TMJ discs
...the joint disc and the challenges these properties pose for tissue engineering approaches to reconstruction.In the early stages of the tissue engineering program, Athanasiou's team will continue to characterize and compare tissues grown from adult animal cells. In growing their samples, Athanasiou's...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for Dec. 2004
...healthy nutrition habits, while high-calorie foods pose a special challenge for the many American children and adults who are struggling with the proverbial "battle of the bulge." The good news is that adults and children alike can enjoy the wonderful foods of the holiday season as long as they do so in ...Accumulated lead exposure may be an important risk factor for cataracts
...the December 8 issue of JAMA . Lead continues to pose a significant public health problem in spite of substantial reductions in lead exposure in the United States in the recent past, according to background information in the article. Exposure has not been totally eliminated and most adults continue to ...Undertreatment spurs new arrests among drug ofenders diverted under California's Proposition 36
...ith severe budget constraints throughout the state pose difficult challenges for the program administrators at the county level. "Our findings encompass only the early months of Proposition 36. New programs often need time to become established and to operate as intended. Program outcomes could therefore ...Pharmacists want role in drug importation, study shows
...reed that drugs purchased through Canada would not pose a greater risk for medication-related problems if U.S. pharmacists oversaw the process and were available to provide patient monitoring and education. Pharmacists strongly favored regulatory actions that may decrease counterfeiting. Thirty-two perc...System that regulates blood pressure may also affect aging
...with seemingly contradictory results. "The results pose a bit of a puzzle, but underscore the need to learn more about how this system influences human health," he said. The animal studies were: ACE and Body Composition Previous studies showed that ACE inhibition might improve body composition and phys...Examination of possible conflicts of interest to influence look at suspected adverse drug reactions
...art on the response of the pharmaceutical company, pose a threat to the health of the public," the authors write. "To balance the interests of patients and industry, decisions about label changes, new studies, suspension of sales, or withdrawal of drugs might best be made by an outside group of disintere...Heavy drinking raises the risk of early death after heart attack
...ere even occasionally drinking too much appears to pose a risk to your health. "Heavy chronic drinking can cause serious health problems, particularly heart ailments and liver damage. It has been much less clear, however, whether intermittent binge episodes have the same risks associated with them," Muka...Respiratory infections, not air pollution, pose winter health threat for children with asthma
...es to much higher levels during the summer and may pose more of a problem than particulate pollution in the winter. Next summer Drs. Rabinovitch and Gelfand will begin a study of the health impacts of ozone on children with asthma. "We believe this is good news for parents of children with asthma," said R...Injury from epileptic seizures relatively rare, Mayo Clinic study find
...e companion or supervision for activities that may pose high risk of serious injury if a seizure occurs (e.g., swimming).......odendrocytes. "Older, scarred spinal cord injuries pose another hurdle that we have yet to conquer," he says. "Future studies may find a way around this barrier." The broader accomplishment of this work, says Keirstead, is the generation of a highly pure population of oligodendrocytes from human embryoni...