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Risk for Pregnant Women

...e, the groups suggested that pregnant women reduce exposure to CBPs by using carbon filters. "Pregnant women also might want to switch to non-chlorinated bottled water," Houlihan added. And, also added that they should take shorter showers and baths, since CBPs can be in inhaled or absorbed through the skin....

Beverage protect against bladder cancer

...f their employment history, tobacco use, including exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and diet, including coffee consumption. Smoking is the main risk factor for bladder cancer. But the damaging effect of cigarette smoking was more than double in those who drank fewer than two cups of coffee a week co...

Variation in breast cancer

...mal products raises the risk of breast cancer, but exposure to sunlight offers protection. Many studies have s...east cancer. Another factor important in cancer is exposure to sunlight. Having more UVB radiation, which means higher levels of vitamin D, seems to be protecti...

Diet, Sunlight connected to Breast Cancer Risk

...s heavy in animal fats--and proposes that sunlight exposure may be protective against the disease by elevating... Reuters Health, the only definite in terms of sun exposure is that too much of it can lead to skin cancer. In the study, Dr. William B. Grant, an independent ...

Toxins linked with pregnancy loss

...iation are confirmed environmental teratogens, and exposure could contribute to pregnancy loss. Caffeine, cigarette smoking, and hyperthermia are suspected teratogens, and the teratogenic impact of pesticides remains unknown. The teratogenic potential of multiple other environmental factors has been studied a...

Creams may not reverse aging

...al body processes, but they can also be created by exposure to various environmental factors such as smoking or ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and can speed up the aging process. Burke says "There are three antioxidants that have been proven to decrease the effect of the sun on the skin and actuall...

Smokers children likely to develop caries

...f cotinine, a quantitative marker of tobacco-smoke exposure that can reveal whether someone is a smoker or is ... smoking. The study found a relationship between exposure to passive smoking exposure and dental caries, with socioeconomic status also playing a role. In par...

Skin cancer on the rise

... more noticeable. Up to 77% of cases are caused by exposure to the sun. An increase in foreign travel and outdoor activities such as water sports might also be to blame. The survival rate for the disease is also worse among men than women over a five-year period. However survival rates from skin cancers are...

Herbs With Estrogen Action Aggravate Cancer Risk

..., researchers say women who want to limit estrogen exposure should think twice before using these herbs. The study was an animal experiment using rats that had their ovaries surgically removed. Researchers also suggests that the women should err on the side of caution and approach the use of these herbs jud...

Down syndrome life anticipation doubles

... explanations for this finding including a reduced exposure to environmental factors that contribute to cancer risk and tumour-suppressor genes on chromosome 21. Jill O'Connor of Down Syndrome Association of NSW predicts the new life expectancy findings are relevant to Australia. "Prior to 1970 most Down syn...

Drug Firm Offers to Donate Smallpox Vaccine

...ered in sores. But giving a vaccine within days of exposure can protect against illness. A French drug company offered to donate up to 90 million doses of decades-old smallpox vaccine and the United States said it would accept the supplies if they are still effective against the deadly disease. // The United...

How trees affect sun exposure

...Hawaii to Juneau, Alaska - you can have double the exposure to sunlight if the canopy shows 40 per cent of the...ential planners should take the tree cover and sun exposure link into account, say the Purdue researchers. Many apartments and offices have no tree cover close ...

Light therapy decreases depression during pregnancy

...rchers conducted a pilot experiment to see whether exposure to bright light, a technique used to treat those s... Previous research has suggested that bright light exposure may help people suffering from major depression or from postpartum depression. But the perfect mecha...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

...ozone makes you infertile." "It just suggests that exposure to air pollution is not good for sperm." It's not the ozone, per se, that is causing the damage, Sokol added. Ozone, once inhaled, is rapidly metabolized. Ozone may trigger an inflammatory reaction, she speculates, which in turn adversely affects th...

Microwave radiation has no hazards

...ccording to a recent report. Men with the highest exposure to radar waves those who repaired and tested the radar equipment were 30% less likely to die during the follow-up than men in the general US population. Dr. Robert E. Tarone of the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, found little, of adverse heal...

Dangers of sunlight

...e Medicale (INSERM), said: "It seems that sunlight exposure throughout a lifetime may be important to cataract formation." The greater the dose of solar radiation, the higher the chance of developing a cataract. Mr Jonathan Dowler, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, said previous re...

Reduction in melanoma death rate

...till room, say the researchers, for changes in sun exposure behaviour - for cases of melanoma are still increasing....

Dangers from lead

...ed than believed. Doctors generally check for lead exposure in children by testing their blood, including that taken from the umbilical cord at birth. Public health experts concentrate on trying to reduce the presence of lead dust in homes and schools. But the study suggests that doctors may now need to figu...

Air pollution hits heart patients during exercise

...art problems. There have been many studies linking exposure to air pollution// with both heart disease and lung problems.But a study from North Carolina is the first to show how pollution can restrict the oxygen supply to the heart during exercise. A group of 40 heart patients, whose average age was 65, exe...

Warning on radiowave exposure

...cance of these changes is not well understood. The exposure standards that have been set by electrical engineers in the past are not really appropriate to modern life, says Kasevich. Now we have to set new standards to reflect scientific fact and current everyday exposure....

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