More than half of teenagers frequently discuss sex, drugs and violence on their MySpace social networking pages, according to a pair of studies released by Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
The studies were published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. They indicated that in 500 randomly chosen MySpace profiles of self-reported 18-year-old men and women, 54 percent contained high-risk behavior information; Read the rest of this entry »
Previous reports had indicated that the risk of developing osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) from bisphosphonates in pill form were "negligible," although there was a noted risk in people taking the higher-dose intravenous form of the drug.
But Dr. Parish Sedghizadeh, an assistant professor of clinical dentistry at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in Los Angeles, said his clinic is seeing one to four new cases a week, compared Read the rest of this entry »
The agency has been reviewing its risk assessments for bisphenol A, a chemical used to harden plastic that is found in a wide variety of products, from baby bottles to compact discs to the lining of canned goods. The chemical, commonly called BPA, mimics estrogen and may disrupt the body's carefully calibrated endocrine system.
BPA is found in the urine of more than 90 percent of the U.S. population, according to data from the
. Scientists believe Read the rest of this entry »
Study: Leaner nations bike, walk, use mass transit
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Richards is no kid, but he loves to ride his bike. At 51, he has become a cycling commuter, pedaling 11 miles from his home in the suburbs to his job in downtown Knoxville.
"It really doesn't take that much longer" than driving, he insists.
And he gets 40 minutes of exercise twice a day without going to the gym, which he attributes to a 20-pound weight loss. Read the rest of this entry »
"We all think that we should be taking vitamins because it makes us more healthy, and yet we can't prove that."
The new research involves preliminary findings from the U.S._Physicians' Health Study II. Researchers tracked 14,641 doctors, aged 50 and older. Each was given either 400 IU (international units) of vitamin E every other day, 500 milligrams of vitamin C daily, or their placebos.
After an average eight years of treatment and followup, Read the rest of this entry »
Foundation study: how do diet and genes affect each other in heart disease and stroke?
Both genetics and diet play a role in your risk of heart disease and stroke, but can the two interact together to make some foods worse for people than they would be in others? That is a question that, a researcher funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of British Columbia and Yukon, hopes to answer in the near future.
Homocysteine, an amino acid, has been Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON: If you 're really fond of
eggs, then you need not worry about relishing one too many. An egg a day's
contribution to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy adults is
just one percent, according to a new study funded by an industry
body.
Poor diet, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity contribute
a whopping 30-40 percent to heart disease risk, depending on gender.
The study, funded by the Egg Nutrition Centre and Read the rest of this entry »
Users of dermal fillers might want to think twice before the use they products to smooth out deep lines and wrinkles on their face. This week the Food and Drug Administration will review reports of unexpected side effects of the popular cosmetic procedure.
CBS4's Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida pointed out the dermal fillers are not the same as Botox.
"These are products containing collagen and proteins which are injected into the face to puff up Read the rest of this entry »
"We all think that we should be taking vitamins because it makes us more healthy, and yet we can't prove that."
The new research involves preliminary findings from the U.S._Physicians' Health Study II. Researchers tracked 14,641 doctors, aged 50 and older. Each was given either 400 IU (international units) of vitamin E every other day, 500 milligrams of vitamin C daily, or their placebos.
After an average eight years of treatment and followup, Read the rest of this entry »
People who eat wild game killed with lead bullets tend to have higher levels of lead in their blood than people who don't, according to a first-of-its-kind study of 738 North Dakotans.
"People who ate a lot of wild game tended to have higher lead levels than those who ate little or none," Dr. Stephen Pickard, epidemiologist for the North Dakota Department of Health, said Wednesday.
The study also showed that the more recent the consumption of Read the rest of this entry »