by Sharon Erdrich | May 19, 2016 | General Health, Articles, Health Conditions
Women with unpleasant menopausal effects should be aware that using anti-depressants to help them “get through” may increase their fracture risk by 76%. This increased risk seems to last for several years after women take the antidepressants, leading to...
by Sharon Erdrich | May 19, 2016 | General Health, Articles, Health Conditions
ISU study proves conclusively that violent video game play makes more aggressive kids AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Anderson has made much of his life’s work studying how violent video game play affects...
by Sharon Erdrich | May 19, 2016 | Nutrition Health, General Health, Articles, Health Conditions
Resveratrol could prove to be a safer alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women and also help prevent breast cancer. To read about the issues with HRT and breast cancer, click here. The study (published in the Journal of Nutritional...
by Sharon Erdrich | May 19, 2016 | General Health, Articles, Health Conditions
Lactobacillus GG (LGG) can decrease the risk of upper respiratory tract infections including rhinitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis, otitis, and the common cold in children attending day care centres, claims a new study. The findings of the researchers, which were published...
by Sharon Erdrich | May 19, 2016 | General Health, Articles, Health Conditions
By Rory Harrington, 08-Jul-2009 New research has found Phthalates – found in food packaging – could be contributing to an “alarming rise” in premature births in the United States. The study, from the University of Michigan School of Public Health (SPA),...
by Sharon Erdrich | May 19, 2016 | General Health, Articles, Health Conditions
Environ Health Perspect. 2002 Oct;110(10):A593-8. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1241045&blobtype=pdf Effects of perinatal exposure to PCBs and dioxins on play behavior in Dutch children at school age. Vreugdenhil HJ, Slijper FM, Mulder PG,...
