Children who watch three hours of TV a day
could be left 'educationally stunted and prone to bullying': Researchers
have found that after two hours of viewing, every extra hour of TV has the
potential to harm a child's development, both physically and socially.
This includes poorer vocabulary, math skills and attention in
class, victimization by classmates and poor physical prowess at
nursery. Read more at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2559336/Children-watch-three-hours-TV-day-left-educationally-stunted-prone-bullying.html#ixzz2tOgrett1
Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases Described As 'Apocalyptic' Threat: Britain's most senior medical adviser, Dame Sally Davies, said the
threat from infections that are resistant to
frontline antibiotics was so serious that the issue should be added
to the government's national risk register of civil emergencies. She
described what she called an "apocalyptic scenario" where people
going for simple operations in 20 years' time die of routine infections
"because we have run out of antibiotics". Read more at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/23/antibiotic-resistant-diseases-apocalyptic-threat?intcmp=239
Children Exposed to More Brain-Harming Chemicals Than Ever Before: In 2006,
scientists identified five industrial chemicals responsible for causing harm to
the brain – lead, methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (found in
electric transformers, motors and capacitors), arsenic (found in soil and water
as well as in wood preservatives and pesticides), and toluene (used in
processing gasoline as well as in paint thinner, fingernail polish, and leather
tanning). Exposure to these neurotoxins was associated with changes in neuron
development in the fetus as well as among infants, and with lower school
performance, delinquent behavior, neurological abnormalities, and reduced
IQ in school-aged children. “The consequence of such brain damage is
impaired [central nervous system] function that lasts a lifetime and might
result in reduced intelligence, as expressed in terms of lost IQ points, or
disruption in behavior.” Read more at http://healthland.time.com/2014/02/14/children-exposed-to-more-brain-harming-chemicals-than-ever-before/#ixzz2tM20Qn26
Heartburn Drugs Linked to Kidney Failure: Older patients
taking drugs known as proton pump inhibitors, a common remedy for heartburn and
acid reflux, are two times more likely to be hospitalized with kidney failure
than peers who don't take the pills, a study finds. While the side effect is extremely rare, and the study doesn't
prove the drugs cause kidney failure, the association is worrisome because tens
of millions of people a year take these pills, sold by prescription and
over-the-counter in some countries, with brand names including Prilosec,
Prevacid and Zegerid. Read more
at http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/heartburn-kidney-drugs-proton/2015/04/16/id/639044/#ixzz3XX9zDIyS
Surprising Ways the Moon Affects Your Health: A study of
British physicians found that visits and emergency calls increased during a
full moon and decreased during a new moon. And numerous studies have also
confirmed that the moon has a definite effect on sleep, menstrual cycles, heart
health, kidney stone pain, mental and emotional health, and even animal
behaviors. Read more at http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Headline/moon-affects-health-tales/2015/04/15/id/638770/#ixzz3XX9SeXM1
“Antioxidant supplements should not be used to replace a nutritionally
adequate diet”: Antioxidants, including
vitamins A, C and E, are plentiful in vegetables and fruits and may help
protect against cell or DNA damage – as a result, they’ve been touted for
cancer prevention, heart disease prevention and warding off dementia. “There is good scientific evidence
that eating a diet with lots of vegetables and fruits is healthful and lowers
risks of certain diseases,” said lead author Annlia Paganini-Hill of the Clinic
for Aging Research and Education at the University of California, Irvine.
“However, it is unclear whether this is because of the antioxidants, something
else in these foods, other foods in people's diet, or other lifestyle choices,”
she stated. Read more at
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-health-antioxidants-mortality-idUSKBN0KG1TN20150107
A hormone used to raise beef cattle may be
staying in the environment longer than previously believed and changing the sex
of fish, among other effects: These hormones
are so effective at causing the sex changes in fish that some fish farms in
both the U.S. and abroad intentionally feed similar compounds, such as 17-alpha
methyltestosterone, to their fish—usually tilapia—to prevent breeding by
turning all of their fish into males. This helps farmers control populations,
and divert the energy the fish would use for breeding to growing more tissue,
producing a larger animal. http://www.cnbc.com/id/102667398
Whole Grains Help You Live Longer: That’s the
upshot of a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health that indicates
each average daily serving of whole grains lowers a person's risk of dying from
heart disease by 9 percent and lowers the overall risk of dying from anything
by 5 percent over a quarter-century. "Eating whole grains as a
regular part of a healthy diet for many years is associated with a lower risk
of death from cardiovascular-related diseases," the researchers said.
"These findings further support current dietary guidelines that recommend
increasing whole grain consumption to facilitate primary and secondary
prevention of chronic disease and also provide promising evidence that suggests
a diet enriched with whole grains may confer benefits toward extended life
expectancy." Whole grains include whole wheat, brown rice, and whole
oats. Read more at
http://www.NewsmaxHealth.com/Health-News/whole-grain-health-longevity/2015/01/05/id/616525/#ixzz3NzxKJfcw
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