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Higher levels of BPA in children and teens significantly associated with obesity

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have revealed a significant association between obesity and children and adolescents with higher concentrations of urinary bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic chemical recently banned by the ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

People of normal weight with belly fat at highest death risk: study

People who are of normal weight but have fat concentrated in their bellies have a higher death risk than those who are obese, according to Mayo Clinic research presented today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Food allergies? Pesticides in tap water might be to blame

Food allergies are on the rise, affecting 15 million Americans. And according to a new study published in the December issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of All ...

Immunology created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D: More may not be better

In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything ...

Health created May 01, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Exercise can extend your life by as much as five years, researchers find

Adults who include at least 150 minutes of physical activity in their routines each week live longer than those who don't, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Promoting the ye ...

Health created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

With benefits unproven, why do millions of Americans take multivitamins?

(HealthDay)—Millions of Americans take multivitamins and other supplements, but convincing scientific evidence of any true health benefit is lacking, experts say. Now a new study explores why people continue ...

Health created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eat to dream: Study shows dietary nutrients associated with certain sleep patterns

(Medical Xpress)—"You are what you eat," the saying goes, but is what you eat playing a role in how much you sleep? Sleep, like nutrition and physical activity, is a critical determinant of health and well-being. With the ...

Health created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mexican immigrants to the US not as healthy as believed, study finds

Immigrants who come to the United States from Mexico arrive with a significant amount of undiagnosed disease, tempering previous findings that immigrants are generally healthier than native-born residents, according to a ...

Health created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cutting daily sitting time to under 3 hours might extend life by 2 years

Restricting the amount of time spent seated every day to less than 3 hours might boost the life expectancy of US adults by an extra 2 years, indicates an analysis of published research in the online journal BMJ Open.

Health created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Large human study links phthalates, BPA and thyroid hormone levels

A link between chemicals called phthalates and thyroid hormone levels was confirmed by the University of Michigan in the first large-scale and nationally representative study of phthalates and BPA in relation to thyroid function ...

Health created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diet and supplements: What's good and bad for kidney disease patients

Two studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information on dietary benefits and dangers in kidney disease patients.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Some groups have trouble controlling diabetes

Among individuals in the U.S. with diabetes, non-Latino whites tend to better control the cardiovascular risk factors blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol, while African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oral HPV infection, HPV-related cancers more common in men

Oral HPV infection is more common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer ...

Cancer created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleeping too much or too little can be bad for your heart

Getting too little sleep – or even too much – appears to spell trouble for the heart. New data reveal that adults who get less than six hours of sleep a night are at significantly greater risk of stroke, heart attack ...

Sleep apnea created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tool identifies teens with impaired fasting glucose

(HealthDay) -- More effective than body mass index (BMI) alone, the Tool for Assessing Glucose Impairment (TAG-IT) for adolescents (TAG-IT-A) is a simple screening tool that identifies adolescents who may ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0