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Who would have thought that even water might lead to type 2
diabetes. It’s not exactly the water, but the low levels of arsenic found in
the tap water used by 13 million people in the United States.
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the
levels of inorganic arsenic should not be higher than 10 micrograms per liter,
but the study conducted by Ana Navas-Acien, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health, Baltimore,
Maryland and colleagues found
that levels in tap water are higher than this. And the situation is getting
worse as people in other...
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Antidepressants were linked to poor driving by a team of researchers from the University of North Dakota in a study presented during the weekend at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston. The study was titled “The Effects of Antidepressants on Cognitive and Driving Performance.” The researchers led by Holly J. Dannewitz based their findings on the analysis of 60 people who participated in a driving stimulation. The participants had to make a series of common driving decisions, such as reacting to brake lights, stop signs and traffic signals. Thirty one...
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In a report presented by the newest issue of the journal Nature, scientists offer a new perspective on how time affects or not the human immune system. According to the study, people who made it through the 1918 H1N1 flu crisis that caused the death of more than 50 million people worldwide, are still developing antibodies.The tests were conducted by researcher Dr. James E. Crowe Jr., professor of pediatrics, microbiology and immunology at Vanderbilt University. He studied blood samples from 32 people born before 1915 and found that every single one of them presented antibodies to the 1918 flu...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday an
upcoming public meeting, scheduled for next month, which will deal with the
safety issues raised by a chemical discovered in baby bottles and several other
similar products.
The chemical, bisphenol A or BPA, is known for affecting
children and animals and as soon as the discovery was made public, people
demanded immediate action. In response, the FDA, backed-up by the European
regulators, explained that the chemical does not present any risks and that it
is completely safe.
The information about the chemical was...
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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurred at a senior
housing complex in Elmira
and officials are expected to offer more details about the incident today.
Health officials say six residents of the New York complex have been affected by the
disease and that one of them died. The 75 year old Anna Marie Tongate died
Thursday, a week after getting sick.
"The public deserves to know why this happened,"
Tongate's daughter, Kathy Lazeski, said in a statement. "Our hearts go out
to all the other families in Elmira
suffering through this horrible...
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A study, published online in Human Reproduction, has found that statistically, men who eat a lot of...
According to The Associated Press, Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of...
Some of us spend a good deal at the supermarket poring over
household items that make our rooms,...
Who would have thought that plants which produce tobacco can
become a real help in the fight...
People with pre-diabetes should be treated properly and this
should be done before their condition...
A genetic variation might be responsible for a rare but
serious side effect of...
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Monday it had
finally found a contaminated jalapeño...
Thirty-nine percent of gay men living in New York City choose not to disclose their
sexual...
In an attempt to raise awareness on smoking-related problems
and to encourage smoking cessation,...
For many years, studies have tried to warn about the
repercussions of cell phone use on our...
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