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Stand Up And Get Back To Work!

...lts shouldn't be misinterpreted. Because exercise increases appetite, employees using the device would have to guard against eating more, "which would bring them back to zero," Sharma opines. The vertical workstation, designed by Levine and his team, costs about $1,600 US and is available for purchase....

Depleted Uranium Weapons can Cause Lung Cancer

...oncentration. The team therefore concluded that DU increases risk of lung cancer....

Risk of Traumatic Workplace Injury Increased by Obesity

... mass index (BMI) in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury , thus employer-sponsored weight loss and maintenance programs should be considered as part of a well-rounded workplace safety plan. BMI is a measure of body fat based on an adult's height and weight. It is us...

Spare Just Ten Minutes A Day For A Healthier Heart

...d that as the dose increased, you saw commensurate increases in fitness. "With a very doable dose of physical activity, you can start seeing health benefits," Lee added. According to health statistics, more than one third of the US population is overweight, and 60 million US adults are obese....

Holy Grail Of Dermatologists On The Verge Of Discovery

...protein called wnt. Following wounding, the signal increases the number of regenerated hair follicles. If so, that process might inspire new treatments for hair loss, wounds, and other degenerative skin disorders, write the researchers. "We've found that we can influence wound healing with wnts or other pr...

Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water Causes Cancer in Mice

... identified in California. Researchers observed increases in the number of benign and malignant tumors in the mices small intestines, which increased with dose in both males and females. "We found that hexavalent chromium is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. After it is orally administered, it is...

Functional Foods Must Be Monitored to Assess Their Long-term Safety and Effectiveness

...ing medication as well. This, they say, inherently increases the potential for interactions with the drugs. They warn functional foods may influence the effectiveness of drugs and patients compliance and list a number of areas which need further study, for example there is some concern that phytosterols cou...

Campaign Against Trans Fat Gaining Fruit in US

...e of death and disability in the nation. Trans fat increases the risk of heart disease risk because it raises total cholesterol and bad cholesterol (LDL), and lowers good (HDL) cholesterol. Similar to saturated fat which we get from meat and dairy fat, eating high levels of trans fats can increase the risk of ...

Tomatoes are Not So Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

...t molecules in the cell. Since free radical damage increases with age, there has been a long-held suspicion in the scientific community that free radical damage could increase the risk of prostate cancer, a disease that has been clearly associated with age. In their current study, the researchers focused o...

Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Heart Attack or Death by 30 Percent

...reathing disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea increases a persons risk of having a heart attack or dying by 30% over a period of four to five years , according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Monday, May 21. The more severe the sleep apnea at the b...

Simple Lifestyle Diet Changes can Diffuse 'Cancer Timebomb'

...s few are aware that excess fat around the stomach increases the production of the hormone oestrogen, which can be carcinogenic. It is already being predicted that 12.6million Britons will be classed as obese by 2010. However, Dr Martin said while the surge in cancer cases would follow 'as surely as night f...

Repetition Is Like Chanting The More It is Heard the More You Believe It

...nding shows that hearing an opinion multiple times increases the recipients sense of familiarity and in some cases gives a listener a false sense that an opinion is more widespread then it actually is. In a series of six experiments that included 1044 students, from the University of Michigan, Princeton Uni...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

Avandia, the popular anti-Type II diabetes drug, increases heart attack risk by 43% -- and increases risk of death from heart disease by 64%, says a new study. However, the overall risk was small. A...

Flash-heating Inactivates HIV in Breast Milk: Study

...sk of HIV transmission, studies have shown that it increases the risk of malnutrition, diarrhea and other diseases that can lead to infant mortality. As part of the research, 98 samples of breast milk were collected from 84 HIV-positive women in Durban, South Africa. Of these, only 30 had detectable levels o...

Some Multivitamin Supplements Don't Reduce the Risk of Lung Cancer

...of beta-carotene, vitamin E, or vitamin A slightly increases a person's risk of death....

UCLA Imaging Study Reveals How Pure Oxygen Harms the Brain

... breathing scenarios. The technique detects subtle increases in blood flow triggered by the activation of different parts of the brain, causing these regions to glow or "light up" on the color scan. The researchers scanned the brains of 14 healthy children, ages 8 15, as they inhaled 100 percent oxygen thr...

Sling Surgery Better Than Burch for Treating Stress Incontinence in Women

...nal support to the bladder neck and urethra during increases in abdominal pressure that occur with these kinds of activities. However, randomized, controlled trials comparing these operations are rare. Studies predating SISTEr were small, short-term, or less stringent about diagnostic criteria and outcome meas...

Rise in Cigarette Use may Elucidate Asthma Epidemic in Children

...e similar increases. We have identified parallel increases in childhood asthma and cigarette use among adults...ronmental tobacco smoke, particularly in the home, increases a childs chances of developing asthma by 63 percent according to the Department of Health and Human ...

Researchers Find Estrogen Governs Genes That Affect Aggression

...ecreases aggression among male mice, when daylight increases in the summer. Published online this week in the...e researchers came to the conclusion that estrogen increases aggression in short-day mice by working through non-genomic pathways in the brain, but the hormone d...

Scientists Develop Toothpaste That Rebuilds Tooth Enamel

...le in the U.S. The problem of dental sensitivity increases with age as teeth become more sensitive as a result of gum recession or erosion of the enamel by acidic food and drink....

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