http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. France said Tuesday it would call for Europe-wide controls on a paper product containing bisphenol A after a watchdog agency said the widely-used chemical may expose unborn children to breast cancer later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-plastic-chemical-expose-foetuses-cancer.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:02:05 EST news284709689 For years, scientists have been concerned about chemicals in the environment that mimic the estrogens found in the body. In study after study, researchers have found links between these "xenoestrogens" and such problems as decreased sperm viability, ovarian dysfunction, neurodevelopmental deficits and obesity. But experimental limitations have prevented them from exploring one of the most serious questions posed by exposure to xenoestrogens: what happens when—as in the real world—an individual is exposed to multiple estrogen-mimicking chemicals at the same time? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-combinations-estrogen-mimicking-chemicals-strongly-distort.html Health Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:15:27 EST news283691719 A controversial component of plastic bottles and canned food linings that have helped make the world's food supply safer has recently come under attack: bisphenol A. Widely known as BPA, it has the potential to mimic the sex hormone estrogen if blood and tissue levels are high enough. Now, an analysis of almost 150 BPA exposure studies shows that in the general population, people's exposure may be many times too low for BPA to effectively mimic estrogen in the human body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-meta-analyses-bisphenol-human-exposure-estrogenic.html Health Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:22:48 EST news280164126 Female mice exposed to Bisphenol A through their mother's diet during gestation and lactation were found to be hyperactive, exhibit spontaneous activity and had leaner body mass than those not exposed to the chemical, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health have discovered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-female-mice-exposed-bpa-mothers.html Medical research Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:02:22 EST news278254919 Exposure to a chemical once used widely in plastic bottles and still found in aluminum cans appears to be associated with a biomarker for higher risk of heart and kidney disease in children and adolescents, according to an analysis of national survey data by NYU School of Medicine researchers published in the January 9, 2013, online issue of Kidney International, a Nature publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bpa-linked-potential-adverse-effects.html Health Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:40:05 EST news276946734 The French parliament voted Thursday to ban the use of bisphenol A, a chemical thought to have a toxic effect on the brain and nervous system, in baby food packaging next year and all food containers in 2015. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-france-contested-chemical-bpa-food.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:55:22 EST news274607715 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition from environmentalists that would have banned the plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A from all food and drink packaging, including plastic bottles and canned food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fda-bpa-food-packaging.html Health Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:05:41 EST news252353133 Do you run when you should stay? Are you afraid of all the wrong things? An enzyme deficiency might be to blame, reveals new research in mice by scientists at the University of Southern California. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-wrong-lack-major-enzyme-poor.html Neuroscience Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:29:01 EST news232201707