New York Targets High Salt Levels
Business/Law, Health & Medicine | Annette Hulbert
The New York City Health Department has set its sights on high salt levels in restaurant fare and other food products, and it wants the rest of the nation to follow suit.
The department unveiled an initiative that urged food companies to voluntarily reduce the salt levels in their products. New York has teamed up [...]
Fireproofing Chemicals May Be Causing Female Infertility
Consumer Goods, Health & Medicine, Recent Studies, Women's Health | tgrenda
A newly released study finds flame-retardant chemicals found in many household consumer products can cause fertility problems in women, among other health complications.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs for short, have been used for about 40 years as flame retardants in foam furniture, electronics, fabrics, carpets and plastics, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Health [...]
Bike High-Wire Bypasses Traffic Problems
Consumer Goods, Uncategorized | Annette Hulbert
If you encounter heavy traffic on your daily bicycle route, scientists have a solution to keep you safely guiding. The Kolelinia is a high-wire for bikes that lets riders fly above the streets and beat the rush hour crowd. Bulgarian architect Martin Angelov is the brains behind the high-tech bike path.
Suspended high above the [...]
Eating Certain Foods Can Interfere With Cancer Drugs
Consumer Goods, Health & Medicine, Recent Studies, Women's Health | tgrenda
A new university study suggests eating and drinking too much of certain foods – such as red meat, corn and orange juice – may prevent an effective cancer drug cocktail from working.
A combination of the cancer agent DFMO and the arthritis drug sulindac has been found to lower the risk of developing colon polyps, which [...]
Morphine May Head Off PTSD
Health & Medicine, Recent Studies | Annette Hulbert
Morphine may prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in wounded troops, according to an observational study. Those who received a dose of the drug during resuscitation or trauma care were half as likely to develop PTSD.
PTSD is a disorder that causes someone who has experienced a trauma to keep reliving it and [...]
Training Program May Prevent Soccer-Related Knee Injuries
Health & Medicine, Parenting, Technology, Women's Health | Annette Hulbert
Knee injuries are like kryptonite for school-aged athletes, leaving them sidelined during one of the busiest times of their lives. But a new training program seems to have good results in preventing injuries from occurring in sports such as soccer and basketball.
A new study conducted by the Archives of Internal Medicine followed 1,506 female [...]
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