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 Environmental Factors
31 March 2009
Season of conception linked to birth defect risk
Birth defect rates in the United States are highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer – the time when pesticide levels in surface water across the country reach their peak...
30 January 2009
New evidence for environmental chemicals impacting female fertility
Researchers have found the first evidence that chemicals used in everyday items such as food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and personal care products may be associated with infertility in women...
29 January 2009
Fresh concerns about BPA
Common assumptions about the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may be wrong, with new research showing that high levels of BPA remain in the body even after fasting for as long as 24 hours. This suggests that BPA exposure may come from non-food sources, or, that BPA is not rapidly metabolized, or both...
20 October 2008
Slavery to blame for racial disparities in health?
Two new studies contend that poor nutrition and stress – stemming back to the days of slavery – could help explain modern-day black-white differences in cardiovascular health in the United States...
17 September 2008
Experts demand FDA act on BPA report
A new study that uncovered a significant relationship between the widely used environmental estrogen bisphenol A (BPA) and cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and liver-enzyme abnormalities has prompted scientists to urge the FDA to enact regulations to limit human and environmental exposures to BPA...
6 February 2008
More Of The Same From The Net
While Internet search results do bring up a variety of useful materials, researchers have found that people pay more attention to information that matches their pre-existing beliefs and prejudices...
30 November 2007
Warning Over Hereditary Effects Of Common Environmental Toxins
Researchers say they have evidence that mothers who are exposed to certain common toxic environmental compounds prior to pregnancy could limit their offspring’s fertility...
26 June 2007
Smog And Women – A Bad Combination
Ozone – a major component in air pollution – may be much more harmful to women than men...
25 May 2007
Train Drivers On Express Track To Leukemia
A Swiss study conducted over 30 years has linked extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields to leukemia...
18 May 2007
Chinese Seafood Tainted With Organochlorines
Exports of fish and fish products from China have been found to contain levels of organochlorine pesticides high enough to pose a serious threat to human health...
5 April 2007
Battlefield Byproduct Damages Lungs
Nitrogen dioxide gas, produced by military munitions and explosive detonations, can cause serious lung damage...
8 March 2007
Is Your Carpet Making You Fat?
Researchers are investigating whether the increasingly widespread use of fire retardant chemicals in household items might be linked to rising levels of obesity...
2 February 2007
UV Damage To DNA Clocked
Chemists have used a special technique to watch strands of DNA sustain damage from ultraviolet light - sunburn - in real time...
16 January 2007
Size Of Family Associated With Stomach Cancer Risk
A new study has found that family size can greatly influence the development of stomach cancer linked to the bacterium Helicobacter pylori...
28 November 2006
Scottish Doctors Say "Nay" To Modern Medicine
Healthcare authorities in the UK are alarmed that more than half of all Scottish doctors prescribe homeopathic or herbal remedies through the National Health Service...
14 November 2006
Did Poo Problems Plague Dead Sea Scroll Sect?
An ancient Jewish sect linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls appear to have had unusual toiletry and hygiene practices, which may have led to their poor longevity...
9 November 2006
Tattoo Inks A Toxic Brew
Dangerous chemicals - some carcinogenic - are being used in tattoo parlors as pigments...
21 September 2006
HIV Prefers Smokers
Smoking tobacco appears to trigger changes in the immune system, which can place smokers at a greater risk of HIV infection...
5 July 2006
Sleeping Less And Self-Deluding More
New research not only reveals that we don’t get enough sleep, but we also think that we get more shuteye than we actually do...
27 June 2006
Cell Phone Emissions Beneficial?
A new study has found that cell phones can trigger “intracortical excitability” in the motor cortex of the brain. The researchers don’t believe the effect is dangerous, and hypothesize that the effect could actually be beneficial...
19 June 2006
Rodent Comparison Supports Hygiene Hypothesis
A study comparing wild rodents with their laboratory counterparts may help to explain why people in hygienic industrialized societies have higher rates of allergy and autoimmune diseases than do people in less developed societies...
27 April 2006
Persistence Of Triclocarban Surprises
The antibacterial soap ingredient triclocarban, a reproductive toxicant, has proven to be remarkably resilient, persisting through wastewater treatment and ending up as a fertilizer and soil conditioner for crops...
7 April 2006
Uranium’s Mutagenic Effect On DNA Established
New research has established that uranium ore and depleted uranium can bind to DNA; a finding that will have far-reaching implications for mining companies, residents of war-ravaged countries and the military...
14 March 2006
Standing Room Only In Classroom Of The Future
What’s the most efficient way to tackle obesity in schoolchildren? Take their chairs away and make them stand up, says a Mayo Clinic obesity researcher...
24 February 2006
Prof Ponders Bacterial Benefits
Could persistent infection from what are considered to be disease causing bacteria actually be keeping us healthy, ponders a Stanford professor...
15 February 2006
Bacteria Hysteria In The Supermarket
A new report detailing the levels of bacteria found on objects like shopping carts and computer mice looks set to rekindle public concerns about microbe infestations...
2 February 2006
Ritual A Critical Element Of Placebo Effect
Harvard doctors uncovered some interesting findings when they compared the “effects” of a placebo pill to those of placebo acupuncture...
18 January 2006
Watch Comedies, Avoid Heart Attack
Researchers speculating that positive emotions may have a beneficial impact on a person’s health have shown that watching comedy films boosts blood flow to the heart...
14 November 2005
Pollutants Linked To Suicide Rate?
An increased suicide rate in a community alongside a paper mill has prompted researchers to see if there might be a link between certain airborne pollutants and mental illness...
21 September 2005
Effects Of Air Pollution On Health Vastly Underrated
Rising gas prices could have a silver lining. Researchers studying air pollution in the Los Angeles area say that the associated chronic health effects are two to three times greater than earlier believed...
5 August 2005
Wastewater Reveals A Cocaine Surprise
An analysis of sewage water in Italy has revealed surprisingly high concentrations of the byproducts of cocaine use...
27 April 2005
Environmental Factors Damaging Men's Reproductive Health
New European studies seem to indicate that environmental pollutants are affecting men's reproductive systems and the sex chromosomes in their sperm...
18 April 2005
California Mulls Estrogen-Plastic Ban
Feeding a baby from certain types of plastic feeding bottles is as dangerous as giving the baby a birth control pill says an expert who is urging California to ban the plastic Bisphenol-A...
15 September 2004
Water Disinfection Leads To Toxic Tapwater
Water treatment plants are trying to move away from chlorine based treatments but some of the new disinfectants can lace tapwater with toxins that cause birth defects and cancers...
16 April 2004
Cleanliness Next To Sickliness
Scientists believe the key to decreasing the chances of developing autoimmune diseases may be to stimulate the immune system by priming people with germs...
8 September 2003
Mosquito Coils May Cause Cancer
Mosquito coils made in Asia that people use to ward off mosquitoes may be releasing cancer-causing smoke...
11 July 2002
Infant Virus May Cause Asthma
New research suggests that a viral infection in the first years of life may leave a lasting mark on the immune system, causing asthma in later years...
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