Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke, according to new study
...ge of families have no rules that limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke. A study involving 1,770 parents ...home." The researchers also inquired about tobacco exposure rules outside the home, including "Do not allow smoking in the car," "Ask people not to smoke in the...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...idant system fails to counteract the generation or exposure to free radicals. Unopposed free radicals can damage sensitive cells in the brain, the gastrointestinal tract, and the immune system, and the researchers believe they may contribute to the neurological, gastrointestinal and immunologic pathology that...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...which attempts to simulate an earlier dawn through exposure to artificial light. This follows the theory that SAD is triggered by the reduced period of bright daylight during winter. The method attempts to recreate the increased intensity of sunlight that occurs in nature in the summer when the sun rises ear...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
... children and adolescents, such as poor nutrition, exposure to violence, and substance abuse. That was the recommendation of a special supplement of the journal Pediatrics released today by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the nation's largest professional organization of pediatricians. The supplement's l...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
...ross periods of abstinence suggests that when drug exposure is terminated, adaptive changes occur, which may contribute to some degree of normalization of neuronal structure and function," they write. "The understanding of how the human brain can recover or partially recover as a function of extended drug abs...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
... during the process of dialysis and that long-term exposure to those toxins increases the risk of death from cardiac causes. In an editorial accompanying the article in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the authors underscore the complexity of heart-kidney interactions and point to the need f...Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
...ee, give students an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to the professional world of cancer research and biomedicine. Nineteen undergraduate students will come to Anaheim as recipients of AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards. There are 10 winners for 2005-2006, as well as nine winners from 200...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
... and funds basic research on the health effects of exposure to environmental agents....Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...need to know about the harmful effects of in utero exposure to tobacco products and demonstrate how important smoking cessation is for both the person smoking and their family members," said Paul A. Kvale, M.D., president of the American College of Chest Physicians, which publishes Chest....Chemical present in clear plastics can impair learning and cause disease
...ility to make estrogen is impaired, as in old age, exposure to BPA could adversely affect hippocampal function and contribute to agerelated neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, in which hippocampal function is impaired. About two billion pounds of BPA are produced annually in the United Sta...Probable cause sequences for WTC collapses finalized
...ward on the perimeter columns. Floor sagging and exposure to high temperatures caused the perimeter columns to bow inward and buckle--a process that spread across the faces of the buildings. Collapse then ensued. The sequences are supported by extensive computer modeling and the evidence held by NIST, i...Being too clean could be hazardous to your health and the environment
...umers are not known. "There are numerous potential exposure pathways that can be envisioned, such as inhalatio...hes or when taking a shower. There is also risk of exposure when using triclosan laden moisturizers as they may also react with chlorine in the water," said Vik...Steady rise in allergic diseases over quarter of a century
...ut it is unlikely to be due to either an increased exposure to specific allergens or to declining childhood infections, they conclude....Cancer research could lead to improved detection methods
... in the early stage of lung tumours and continuous exposure to carcinogens increase the chance that a precancerous lesion will progress to a cancerous one. Dr Liloglou continued: "We have shown that early lesions that are virtually undetectable with current clinical methods carry molecular changes or mistakes...Bright arctic light can lead to migraine
...easier to trigger," said Alstadhaug. In the study, exposure to intense light could lead to attacks for 86 percent of women with migraine with aura, compared to 59 percent of those without aura. Sixty-two percent of the women with aura became extremely sensitive to light during and between attacks, compared to...Sex, age and sun exposure linked to frequency of sunburns
...ers (devices that measure radiation) to record sun exposure and filled out diaries including details about sunburn, sun-exposure behavior, and exposure location. The average age of participants was 30 years (age range, 4 - 68 years). The researchers f...Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
...the probability of an attack or the probability of exposure for any given type of attack, so the researchers chose estimates based on reviews of literature and expert opinions. They estimated the probability of surviving clinical anthrax from past studies and recent U.S. anthrax cases. After reviewing several...Mercury levels and cognitive function investigated in adults
...als and this is the first study to examine mercury exposure in the older U.S. population," said Megan Weil, MHS, lead author of the study and a PhD-candidate in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health Sciences. Weil explained that the Environmental Protection Agency bases it...No strong evidence linking mercury levels with worse neurobehavioral performance in older adults
...ertain fish is the primary source of methylmercury exposure in the general population. Methylmercury distribut...ed a study to examine associations between mercury exposure and neurobehavioral outcomes in a representative sample of older adults in the United States. The r...Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
... Does a dose-response relation between cumulative exposure to tobacco and risk exist? How long does the tobacco effect last? Is second-hand smoking associated with an increased risk as well?"...