Latest Buzz: New, Better Mosquito Repellent in the Works

For the past 50 years, DEET has been the safest and most effective repellent available to fend off mosquitoes and minimize exposure to some of the diseases that they spread. A team of American chemists, however, have developed an alternative that lasts three times longer and might prove to be just as safe. Read more

You Know the Saying ‘Everyone Has a Twin’?…

You’ve heard it time and again. Somebody tells you that you look just like so and so, and you eek out the standard reply: “Well, they say everyone has a twin.”

Well, if you’re a seemingly normal 9-year-old girl in central Greece, you not only have a twin, but you carry her (or him) around in your stomach. Read more

Extensive Study Links Preemies and Birth Defects

One of the nation’s most alarming health crises is the growing number of babies born before week 37 of pregnancy.  The increase in these preterm live births is behind federal law PL 109-450, or the PREEMIE Act of 2006, which authorizes research and education into the causes and effects of premature birth.  On behalf of this act, an extensive study of almost 7 million live births in the United States has revealed that babies born early are at significantly higher risk of being born with major birth defects than babies born at full term. Read more

The BPA Controversy: What’s A Person To Do?

There’s been a lot of media attention lately placed on the safety, or non-safety, of ingesting foods and beverages packaged in polycarbonate containers made from the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is most often found in baby bottles and water bottles but many other edibles are packaged in containers made from BPA, too. Read more

Teenage Heart Disease Risk a Guy Thing

The findings of a study conducted by the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, leads to the conclusion that just growing up as a male increases the risk of heart disease by the time the young man is 19 years old. The study is based purely on physiology and does not take into account any lifestyle factors. Read more

US Life Expectancy Shorter for Many

Statistics on longevity in the United States have indicated an increase in expected life span that began in the 1960s and rose steadily until 2000. Now, newer statistics, gleaned from a study conducted over an extensive period of time, reveals that not all Americans can expect an extended life and still others are facing death at an earlier age than their counterparts in other parts of the country. Read more

Household Toxins More Dangerous to Pets Than People

Just as exposure to common household and yard chemicals affect us and our children, our pets are affected by these toxins, too. And the exposure to these toxins may produce compounded harmful effects in our cats and dogs. Read more

Oops! Kids’ Meds Without FDA Approval?

A recently conducted poll of parents indicates that about 83% of them thought the last medications prescribed for their children had been approved for use as pediatric medications.  The truth, however, is that not even a third of the medications routinely prescribed for children meet formal pediatric-specific approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Read more

Maternal Nutrition Has Profound Effects On Infant Health

The link between good nutrition during pregnancy and healthy babies was established many years ago. A new study shows that the nutritional choices made prior to conception can also have profound effects on your baby’s health. Read more

DASH Diet Feeds a Healthier Heart

Researchers who studied the dining habits of almost 89,000 women over a period of 24 years have concluded that those who routinely consumed a diet as close as possible to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet were at significantly less risk for coronary heart disease and stroke than the women in the study who deviated the most from the DASH dietary guidelines. Read more

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