Work conditions influence the infants’ weight
Many occupational conditions which pregnant women have gone through can increase the possibility of having a small infant. One of the main risk factors is having an irregular or shift-work schedule. It is good news that eliminating these factors before the 24th week of pregnancy can bring the odds...
Jane232591
Sports drink impact teeth
Energy drinks and citrus-flavored beverages -- like many sports drinks -- are more abrasive on tooth enamel than tea or even cola drinks, von Fraunhofer reported in a recent issue of the journal General Dentistry. In the study, he exposed enamel from teeth that had been extracted due to cavities or...
MarioB.
Surgery to separate twins has begun
On Friday, a team of doctors began working to separate the Carlsen twin sisters, who were born five months ago joined at the abdomen and chest. The surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester was expected to take 10 to 12 hours. The Carlsens have separate hearts but share a pericardium, a membrane...
MarioB.
Anti-smoking pill soon in sales
When varenicline goes on sale later this year, it will become the first new prescription drug for smoking cessation approved by the Food and Drug Administration in nearly a decade and only the second stop-smoking drug that is nicotine-free. The New York company plans to market the twice-daily...
Simple test emerges eye disease
Scientists say they have invented the first cheap, simple and accurate test for trachoma, the eye disease that ravages parts of Africa. Nearly six million people have been blinded by trachoma, caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. Infection causes the eyelid to fold inward and make the...
Soda cut back at schools
It is reported that Regular sodas will disappear from many US schools under a new agreement announced Wednesday by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. Cafeterias and vending machines will stock only low-calorie soft drinks, in addition to various types of water, juice, tea, and milk. The...
Laylah
Young women at risk of being re-infected with Chlamydia
The findings show that younger women are more susceptible to and do not understand the risks of not only Chlamydia, but other STDs as well, the researchers said. Chlamydia is the most common STD among women and, in 70 percent of cases, causes no symptoms. The bacterial infection can lead to pelvic...
Laylah
Do you care for PRIDE?
As I waited for my physical I applied through the same company for life insurance to secure my family. The life insurance became effective immediately as soon as they received my payment. A week after taking my physical, the insurance company wrote me and told me I was approved for insurance. So I...
Blaze19784697
Sick children still exposed to smoke at homes
A study has found that 86% of all fathers continue to smoke after their child has been in hospital. It is also discovered that over a half of them have been smoked in front of them. Forest, the smokers' rihts group, said that bans would just increase smoking at home. Researchers surveyed the...
Mark
Women urged to take the morning after pill
The new campaign aims to increase access to the morning-after pill following the Bush administration's refusal to allow the emergency birth control to be sold over the counter nationwide. "We want women to be prepared, well before a contraceptive failure or unprotected sex occurs. Afterward may...
