Shifting the clocks can leave circadian rhythms out of sync for weeks, bringing fatigue, sleeplessness and irritability, and a 2008 study found male suicide rates rose in the weeks after the spring change. The research overall is thin and sometimes contradictory.
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WHO will admit cell phones raise brain cancer risk*
London's Daily Telegraph reported the WHO will announce that long-term cell phone use may be linked to elevated risk of some brain cancers, from a 13-country study of 12,800 people that remains inconclusive. A recent meta-analysis of 23 studies found no connection overall.
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Improving Health with Lifestyle Changes
Arguing that prevention has been neglected, the piece cites an MSNBC report that 70% of doctor visits are lifestyle related, and follows a woman diagnosed with diabetes at 45 who shifted to lean protein and vegetables alongside her medication.
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Cell phones raise brain cancer risk*
A meta-analysis in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found no link between cell phone use and tumours across all 23 studies, but a 10 to 30 percent higher cancer risk among users when only the eight studies the authors rated high quality were counted.
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Giving birth early cuts breast cancer risk
Analysing 17,035 women in the Malmo Diet and Cancer Study, Butt and colleagues found women who never gave birth were 39 percent more likely to develop breast cancer and far more likely to have large or grade III tumors. A late first birth carried a 39 percent higher risk.
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Obesity: America’s New Health Obsession
A 2005 CDC survey found only 40 percent of obese patients are told by their doctors to lose weight. The piece weighs city responses, from New York's menu labeling to Los Angeles's moratorium on new fast food outlets, alongside critics who point to the lack of fresh produce instead.
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Simple Steps to Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk
An update adding 81 studies lists steps women can take: stay lean without being underweight, exercise at least 30 minutes a day, limit alcohol to one drink, and breast-feed. Separate studies warn that more screening brings false positives and unnecessary treatment.
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Physical activity reduces breast cancer risk
A Polish case-control study of 858 invasive breast cancer patients and 1,085 controls found women whose jobs kept them standing or moving most of the day were 34 percent less likely to have breast cancer than mostly seated women, with a 43 percent gap among postmenopausal women.
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Children at risk for psychotic symptoms if mothers smoke or drink
Among 6,356 participants, 12-year-olds whose mothers smoked during pregnancy more often had psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions, with risk rising the more the mother smoked. Lead author Stanley Zammit stressed the estimate assumes a causal link.
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When Drugs and Therapy Don't Cure Depression, Running Will
Writing in the Washington Post, Daniele Seiss recounts how running lifted her depression after therapy left her drained and antidepressant combinations either failed or brought side effects that made normal life impossible. Mercola adds that he considers exercise effective.
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High-Heels can lead to disabling foot problems
In a survey of 3,300 men and women, more than 64 percent of women who had worn high heels, pumps or sandals reported heel and ankle pain as they aged. Lead author Alyssa Dufour ties unsupportive shoes to hind-foot pain and advises choosing shoes for comfort and fit over style.
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The Flu: You've Gotten Your Shot, Now What?
Background on influenza as H1N1 spread: scientists did not pin down its cause until the 1930s, having blamed bad air and cold weather. The virus travels in mucus and saliva, survives longer indoors, and after a three- to four-day incubation brings sore throat, dry cough, chills and aches.
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Secret Link Between Cigarettes and Cell Phones?
A review of 11 long-term epidemiologic studies found that using a cell phone for 10 or more years roughly doubles the risk of a brain tumor on the side of the head the phone is held against. Senator Tom Harkin has promised to investigate any link to cancer.
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More women choosing to have non-cancerous breast removed
New York State data from 1995 to 2005 show prophylactic mastectomies more than doubled, with 6,275 women having the surgery and 81 percent already diagnosed with cancer in one breast. Lead author Stephen Edge says evidence that it prevents recurrence is slim.
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Anti-Aging: A Fresh Approach to Health and Wellness
An essay on aging and health care, weighing the 20th century's gains against infectious disease and death in childbirth, illustrated by the author's great-grandfather, a rural Texas physician, against today's habit of merely fixing what breaks.
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World's oldest man eats two meals a day
Walter Breuning of Montana, newly 113, says he has eaten only breakfast and lunch for 35 years: “You get in the habit of not eating at night, and you realize how good you feel.” He takes no medication but a daily baby aspirin, and credits working as much as diet.
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Spanking children lowers IQ levels, creates stress
Murray Straus of the University of New Hampshire reports that spanked children scored lower on IQ tests at follow-up, by 5 points among 2- to 4-year-olds and 2.8 points among 5- to 9-year-olds, and that more frequent spanking tracked with slower mental development.
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Warning: Metal Water Bottles May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Sigg Switzerland bottles made before August 2008 contained trace amounts of BPA in their epoxy liners. Company officials knew in June 2006 but said nothing until last month, while buyers were switching to the bottles to avoid the chemical.
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