In the Nurses' Health Study II, women with a history of infertility were 20% more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over 14 years of follow-up. Risk rose 43% when the infertility came from ovulation disorders and 34% when it came from tubal factors.
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Disease
Type 2 diabetics face high cancer risk
Analyzing a nationwide Swedish database, researchers found raised risk at 24 cancer sites in people with type 2 diabetes, with colon, liver, pancreatic, endometrial and kidney cancers elevated throughout follow-up. Insulin use was linked to higher cancer risk.
Disease
Diabetes mellitus linked to higher risk of bladder cancer
An Italian case-control study of 690 bladder cancer patients and 665 hospital controls found people with diabetes about twice as likely to be diagnosed with bladder cancer, with longer diabetes duration linked to higher risk. Why the association exists is unknown; insulin and IGF-1 may play a part.
Environment
Cell Phone radiation can induce DNA strand breaks
A 2005 study exposed human fibroblasts and rodent granulosa cells to the radiofrequency fields used by mobile phones and found detectable DNA single- and double-strand breaks after 16 hours or more, with intermittent exposure producing a stronger effect than continuous exposure.
Drug
FDA Approves Expanded Use of Innovative Trial System for Incontinence Therapy
Medtronic says the FDA approved its Verify Evaluation System for basic evaluations lasting 3 to 7 days, letting patients test sacral neuromodulation before committing long term. It cites 37 million US adults with overactive bladder and 80% stopping oral drugs within 12 months.
Lifestyle
Social Dieting Surge
HealthyWage says it has paid more than $2.5 million so far this year to participants who collectively lost 750,000 pounds in its cash-reward weight loss contests. Co-founder David Roddenberry credits competition, teamwork, peer support and accountability.
Miscellaneous
PR: Polymer Logistics receives Golden Medal Innovation Award
Polymer Logistics took a Golden Medal in the packaging category of the first Innovation Awards at the Macfrut 2015 fruit and vegetable trade show in Rimini, Italy, for the design and manufacture of its Wood Effect retail-ready crate.
Environment
Antibacterial soaps no better than ordinary soaps
Korea University researchers found antibacterial soap killed no more bacteria than plain soap and water for any of 20 tested bacterial types, even after the 20 seconds of washing WHO recommends. Overuse of antibacterial soaps could raise drug resistance, a cited report says.
Disease
Study explains why periodontitis linked to heart disease
A study in Infection and Immunity suggests the gum pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, rather than periodontitis itself, drives heart risk. In aortic smooth muscle cell cultures its gingipains raised proinflammatory angiopoietin 2 and suppressed anti-inflammatory angiopoietin 1.
Environment
10-year-old Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury After Home is Fumigated
Beyond Pesticides reports a family fell ill after returning home following a Terminix subcontractor's fumigation. A 10-year-old boy has likely brain damage and has lost muscle control, and remains hospitalized in Miami. The piece recounts how EPA's sulfuryl fluoride phase-out was cancelled.
Disease
Alzheimer's disease may be transmitted through medical procedures
A study in Nature raises the possibility that the amyloid beta proteins behind Alzheimer's can spread like prions. About 6% of people treated with growth hormone taken from cadaver pituitaries developed CJD, and some also showed Alzheimer's pathology. The study is observational.
Drug
Oral contraceptive use linked to high risk for breast cancer
A Boston University case-control analysis of African American women found oral contraceptive use within the previous five years was linked to a 46 percent higher risk of ER+ and a 57 percent higher risk of ER- breast cancer. The excess risk fell 15 to 19 years after stopping.
Miscellaneous
Robert Rose to Keynote 2015 BrandStorm™
The United Fresh Produce Association named author and Content Marketing Institute strategist Robert Rose as keynote speaker for the first BrandStorm, November 1-2, 2015 in San Francisco, an event built for young produce marketers learning brand development and content creation.
Lifestyle
What is the best age for women to have first child?
A Russian report describes University of Texas researchers who studied about 3,000 mothers and concluded 34 is the best age for a first child, finding later first-time mothers healthier. The piece notes fertility falls sharply after 34 and that later first births raise breast cancer risk.
Drug
Addyi approved to treat premenopausal women
FDA approved Addyi (flibanserin) for acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women, the first approved treatment for a sexual desire disorder in either sex. CDER director Janet Woodcock calls it an option for women distressed by low desire.
Miscellaneous
Grey Wash Tattoo Inks And Tattoo Kits Recalled
A Thousand Virgins Corp is recalling all lots of its G1, G2 and G3 grey wash tattoo inks and kits after FDA testing found Mycobacterium chelonae, Microbacterium organisms and molds. Infection can lead to sepsis; no known infections have yet been matched to the inks.
Miscellaneous
Voluntary Nationwide Recall Of Grey Wash Tattoo Inks And Tattoo Kits
A Thousand Virgins Corp. of Miami is recalling all lots of its G1, G2 and G3 grey wash tattoo inks after FDA testing found Mycobacterium chelonae, Microbacterium organisms and molds. No infections have been matched to the inks, which were distributed nationwide.
Environment
EWG's Cancer Prevention Initiative
A fundraising appeal from the Environmental Working Group seeking $100,000 by August 14, with a donor match, to launch a Cancer Prevention Initiative built around Halifax Project research suggesting that mixtures of individually non-carcinogenic chemicals may cause cancer.
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