A 15-member NIH panel, reporting in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that evidence is too thin to say exercise, mental activity or a diet rich in omega-3s and produce substantially lowers Alzheimer's risk. Association, the panel cautions, does not establish causality.
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Lifestyle
Family, aging, sleep and everyday health.
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Lifestyle
Study: Limiting TV Viewing Reaps Benefits
Susan Carlson and colleagues interviewed 7,415 children aged 9 to 15 and found those who were physically active and had parental limits watched less TV. Some 27% exceeded the two hours a day the American Academy of Pediatrics considers appropriate for children over 2.
Lifestyle
Senator asks for Sunscreen Evaluation
Senator Charles Schumer urged the FDA to speed its evaluation of data it has held since July on retinyl palmitate in sunscreen. His office cites one study in which tumors and lesions developed up to 21 percent faster in lab animals coated with sunscreen containing the additive.
Lifestyle
Ban on Blood Donation Remains
The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability recommended keeping the lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men, while agreeing more research is needed. The Red Cross and America's Blood Centers had urged the panel to lift it.
Lifestyle
When relationship dissolves, men suffer more - studies
A study of 1,611 unmarried adults aged 18 to 23 found breakups and stressful relationships hit young men harder than young women. The researchers suggest men often treat a partner as their main source of intimacy, while women also draw on friends and family.
Lifestyle
Growing Evidence Links Exercise and Mental Acuity
Psychiatrist John Ratey, author of Spark, says the evidence that exercise produces large cognitive gains and helps fight dementia is overwhelming. Dr. Mercola adds that diabetics face up to 65 percent higher Alzheimer's risk and that lifestyle changes can lower it.
Lifestyle
Relationship Strife Hard on Men
Robin Simon and Anne Barrett report in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior that men suffer more during a relationship's rough patches and gain more from a good one, while women take breakups harder and are likelier to become depressed afterwards.
Lifestyle
Gardening Health and Safety Tips
Gardening safety advice: wear goggles, gloves, sturdy shoes and long pants around mowers and machinery, protect your hearing, use DEET and permethrin-treated clothing against mosquitoes and ticks, cover up and use SPF 15 or higher, and follow labels on chemicals and equipment.
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Lesbian couples may be better parents - study
A Pediatrics study that followed 78 lesbian couples who conceived through sperm donation for about 25 years found their children rated higher in social, academic and total competence and showed less rule-breaking and aggression. Advocacy groups funded it, and a critic disputes the finding.
Lifestyle
Not all sunscreens are created equal
An Environmental Working Group appeal reports that of 500 sunscreens analyzed, only 39 made its recommended list; the rest fell short on protection, carried potentially hazardous ingredients, or both. EWG asks readers to donate before its June 11 fundraising deadline.
Lifestyle
Another reason to breastfeed your baby
Wolfgang Kunze's team at the McMaster Brain-Body Institute reported in the FASEB Journal that breast milk carries Lactobacillus reuteri, which reduces painful cramping in the gut. They suggest more of the bacterium might ease irritable bowel syndrome and other bowel disorders.
Lifestyle
American Cigarettes More Carcinogenic
A CDC study of 126 smokers found that butts from US brands, and the smokers' urine, carried more of one tobacco carcinogen than those from Canadian, British and Australian brands. Researchers blame the US curing process and tobacco blend.
Lifestyle
Breast Cancer: Lifestyle Determines Risk
An Oxford study of 7,160 women with breast cancer and 10,196 without found common genetic risk variants explain only about 8 percent of risk and add to rather than multiply it. Ruth Travis says weight, alcohol and HRT choices still matter whatever genes a woman inherits.
Lifestyle
Childhood Obesity is Everyone's Problem
Dr. Mercola cites figures that two thirds of American adults and one third of children aged 2 to 19 are overweight or obese, that obesity-related disease kills 112,000 Americans a year at a cost of $150 billion, and that today's children may live shorter lives than their parents.
Lifestyle
Antidepressants Linked to Cataract Risk
Comparing 19,000 antidepressant users over 65 with 190,000 non-users, Vancouver researchers put the added cataract risk at 15%, with Luvox at 39%, Effexor at 32% and Paxil at 23%. Lead author Mahyar Etminan notes the eye's lens carries serotonin receptors.
Lifestyle
Study: SSRIs Associated with Miscarriage Risk
A University of Montreal analysis of more than 5,000 Quebec women with verified miscarriages before 20 weeks found a 68 percent higher risk among those taking Paxil or Effexor. The researchers caution the link may not be causal and that depression itself may contribute.
Lifestyle
Acupuncture works, but not as a placebo!
A Nature Neuroscience study found acupuncture raised adenosine, a natural painkiller, by about 24 times in mice with sore paws and cut their discomfort by two-thirds. Acupuncture did not relieve pain in mice unable to make the compound.
Lifestyle
Smoking ups lung cancer risk in women - study
In a Singapore-led study of 703 Chinese women with lung cancer and 1,578 controls, smokers not exposed to burning incense were 2.8 times as likely to have the disease as non-smokers; among smokers also exposed to incense smoke, the risk rose 4.61-fold.
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