Sen. Charles Schumer asked the FDA to investigate retinyl palmitate after an FDA animal study found it accelerated tumors and lesions in the sun by 21%, a finding a sunscreen industry consultant called premature. The piece also questions oxybenzone and titanium dioxide penetrating skin.
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Lifestyle
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EWG's 2011 Sunscreen Guide
The Environmental Working Group recommends only one in five of the 600-plus beach and sport sunscreens it analysed for its 2011 guide. Nearly one in three carry vitamin A ingredients that recent government studies link to faster growth of skin tumors, and high SPFs may leave UVA damage unchecked.
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Tips for Gardening
A roundup of federal gardening resources: the U.S. National Arboretum's gardening pages on plants, pests and composting, local Cooperative Extension Service offices at land-grant universities, and the EPA's GreenScapes program for lower-waste landscaping.
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Bath salt related emergency department visits
Michigan health officials identified 35 people who ingested, inhaled or injected drugs sold as 'bath salts' and turned up at emergency departments between November 2010 and March 2011. Agitation, rapid heartbeat and hallucinations were most common; 17 were hospitalized and one arrived dead.
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Social Media: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
A repost of the CDC Public Health Matters blog item that uses a zombie apocalypse as its hook for emergency preparedness, running through the Haitian folklore and fictional origins of zombies before turning to how to prepare for a real emergency.
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QuickStats: Life Expectancy at Birth, by Race and Sex --- United States
US life expectancy at birth rose from 2000 through 2009, most for black males (2.7 years) and black females (2.3). In 2009 white females led at 80.9 years, then black females at 77.4, white males at 76.2 and black males at 70.9.
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Pathological gamblers face higher risk of coronary heart disease
In a French case-control study of 73 patients hospitalized for coronary heart disease and 61 other cardiology inpatients, 8.2% of the heart disease patients were pathological gamblers, versus none of the comparison group. Gambling did not track with more alcohol or nicotine use.
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Avoid breast cancer with a healthy lifestyle
World Cancer Research Fund figures suggest about 42 percent of the 47,600 breast cancer cases reported in the UK in 2008, roughly 20,000, could have been prevented through healthier choices. The fund advises 30 minutes of daily activity, limited alcohol and a BMI between 18.5 and 25.
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Breastfed kids may be better behaved
Analysing over 10,000 UK mother-child pairs in the Millennium Cohort Study, researchers found term children breastfed four months or longer had lower odds of an abnormal behaviour score at age five. Longer breastfeeding showed a similar pattern in pre-term children.
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Is This Common Activity Poisoning You?
Mercola reports on research that found 25 common scented products, including some marketed as green, each emitted an average of 17 chemicals. Of the 133 detected in total, nearly a quarter are classed as toxic or hazardous under at least one federal law, and only one was labeled.
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Weight loss, metabolism and the diabetes link
Columbia and Duke researchers compared severely obese diabetic patients who had weight loss surgery with those on strict diets. Both groups lost 20 pounds, but circulating amino acids tied to obesity and insulin resistance fell significantly only in the surgery patients.
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Infant growth spurts linked to sleep
Tracking 5,798 parent diary entries for 23 infants, researchers found growth spurts in length followed stretches of extra sleep, usually within two days. Each nap raised the chance of a spurt by 43% and each additional hour of sleep by 20%.
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Family mealtime helps fight childhood obesity
A Pediatrics review of 17 studies covering 182,836 children ages 2 to 17 ties eating with parents three or more times a week to a 12 percent lower chance of being overweight, 20 percent less unhealthy eating and 35 percent less disordered eating.
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14 Natural Items for Your Alternative First Aid Kit
Mercola passes on Matador Network's list of 14 natural first aid items, among them echinacea, goldenseal, all-heal, ginger and arnica. He cautions that herbs, teas and tinctures generally relieve symptoms rather than treat what is causing them.
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Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
A fundraising appeal from EWG's senior vice president for research, asking readers to donate before a May 4 deadline to support the Skin Deep cosmetics database and offering donors a new cosmetics shopping guide.
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Slow, Stop and Even Reverse Aging - What to Do in 7 Simple Steps
Mercola interviews David Kekich, who founded the Maximum Life Foundation in 1999 after a spinal cord injury left him paralyzed from the chest down. Kekich funds longevity research and wrote a how-to book setting out seven steps toward an extended lifespan.
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Do bedroom TVs increase the risk of childhood obesity?
Hispanic children with a bedroom TV watched 3.5 hours a day versus 2.58 hours for other kids, drank more sugary drinks and ate more fast food, a survey of 315 West Texas parents found. The researchers say it does not definitively tie bedroom TV to being overweight.
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Obese teens and risky behavior
Using the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, researchers compared 410 extremely obese high school students with 8,669 of healthy weight. Most risk behaviors ran at similar rates, but obese students more often reported trying cigarettes and, among girls, drinking before sex.
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