Simple questions may determine children's exposure to smoke
...d" for measuring tobacco smoke exposure because it correlates well with nicotine levels in the blood, measures exposure over several months and is not influenced by short-term exposure. Hair samples were collected from 291 healthy children, two weeks to three years of age, at a primary care clinic and the chi...Obesity and insomnia linked by excitability of brain cells
...tress-induced plasticity of the hypocretin neurons correlates well with its involvement in the control of arousal and alertness, which are vital to survival," said Horvath. "But it may also be an underlying cause of insomnia and associated metabolic disturbances, including obesity. In addition, insomnia is char...Study reveals drinking alcohol reduces breast milk supply in women
...ed a significant decrease in oxytocin level, which correlates with the decline of milk ejection and production, dismissing the lore that alcohol is a galactagogue. Furthermore, the increased prolactin levels are directly associated with the lactating mothers' perception of breast fullness explaining why the fol...