All Types of Alcohol Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
A recent study by Kaiser Permanente Researchers has found that the effects of alcohol on breast cancer are the same, regardless of whether a woman drinks wine, beer, or liquor. The ethyl alcohol found in those drinks and the quantity consumed are the factors that weigh heavily on breast cancer risk. Researchers believe the increased risk from three or more drinks a day is similar to the increased breast cancer risk from smoking a pack of cigarettes a day or more. They claim that "Population studies have consistently linked drinking alcohol to an increased risk of female breast cancer, but until now there has been little data, most of it conflicting, about an independant role played by the choice of beverage type."
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Air Conditioners and Allergies
The summer heat is on, but we're still suffering terribly from our allergies. And so a lot of us are spending time indoors to escape the heat and the pollen.
But are we jumping from the allergy frying pan into the fire?
You might be if your air conditioner isn't clean!
It’s amazing at how some of the simplest things can cause the biggest problems. But fortunately, the simple things are simple to fix.
So if you'’re suffering from terrible allergies, and you haven’t cleaned your air conditioning filter lately, the answer to your health problems might be quite an easy one: clean the filter!
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Vaccine Autism Controversy
Just last week, a respected international, independent consortium of scientists called the Cochrane Review published a huge paper saying once and for all, there's no credible evidence behind the theory that autism is triggered by the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR vaccine.
This was the conclusion after reviewing 31 studies.
But still, not everyone is convinced.
The group gets together to evaluate, with good sound science, medical research, to determine whether certain treatments indeed work and are safe.
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Here’s a question for you- how often do you wash your hands? And how often do your kids wash their hands?
Given how easily infections travel from one person to another, probably not enough.
A new study out of the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that we should be using hand sanitizers to help keep us clean and safe from infections.
Ten year old Monica Mannguard is all ready for the first day of school. She’s always armed with an alcohol based hand sanitizer. “I always make sure I have some kind of hand sanitizer with me, no matter where I am,” says Monica.
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Immunity - How the body defends itself
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Immunity - How the body defends itself
The human body is exposed to billions of foreign bodies or antigens each and every day. If an antigen enters the body, the immune system goes to work to destroy it.
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The Thyroid
The thyroid gland lies in front of the neck and has two lobes connected by an isthmus. It is an endocrine organ whose responsibility is to secrete a hormone that controls the body's growth and metabolism.
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EXERCISE REDUCES DEPRESSION
“It’s just like getting a caffeine kick. I don’t need my coffee because exercise is my caffeine,” says exerciser, Rodney George.
“When I come here in the morning, I’m depressed and tired. But once I start I don’t feel like stopping, they have to kick me out!” says Irene Petrakis.
Rodney’s and Irene’s obsession with exercise might have something to do with the connections between exercise and depression, specifically, the positive effects of exercise on depression.
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AUTISM AND IMMUNIZATIONS
It’s been a recurring concern among parents: do vaccinations put children at risk for autism? A new important study done at the mayo clinic looks at whether the increase in autism rates is due to immunization shots.
Recently there have been several studies to show that the mmr, or measles, mumps, rubella vaccine is not a cause of autism.
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There is late breaking research out that shows a new way to perform tonsillectomies in children is much less painful.
There are 400,000 tonsillectomies performed each year in the u.s. It is the second most common pediatric surgery performed in this country. But it can be a painful after the operation. Now, a new approach called coblation can limit the discomfort significantly.
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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
There is new concern tonight over whether we are keeping up with our dwindling supply of effective antibiotics. More and more bacteria are becoming resistant to even our most powerful antibiotics, and experts are saying there are simply not enough new drugs in development. Antibiotic resistance has gotten to the point that resistant infections that five years ago were seen only in the sickest hospitalized patients are now being seen in healthy young individuals in the community.
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