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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
After having declined for much of the last decade, the teen smoking rate has reached a plateau in the last couple of years. A new U.S. government study shows that the declines in teen smoking between 2006 and 2009 were not statistically significant – from 19.8%t to 17.2% among high school students and from 6.3 percent to 5.2 percent among middle school students. In 2000 number as many as 28% of high school students were classified as smokers.
There are now calls for increased smoking and tobacco use prevention efforts aimed at young people.
Source: http://www.naturalhealthlibrary.org/2010/08/27/youth-smoking-rates-now-stalled/
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
In 2006, researchers reported on a study of the effect of acupuncture on cases of dry eye. Because acupuncture has proven to help those suffering from dry mouth, scientists, who discussed their findings at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, decided to try to technique for patients exhibiting dry eye.
The small study involved twelve patients, half of whom received needles in the Traditional Chinese Medicine points and and half of whom received “sham” acupuncture . Those who received real acupuncture demonstrated a significant improvement while those who received needles in random places on the body displayed a slight worsening of symptoms. Source: Medscape
According to ClinicalTrials.gov, researchers are currently recruiting participants for a similar study at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The trial is set to run through 2011.
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Interventional cardiologists and other workers in catheterization labs (facilities where diagnostic imaging equipment used to support catheterization procedures) are at risk for cataracts if they do not wear the proper protective equipment. They are exposed to surprisingly high levels of ionizing radiation to their eyes if they do not wear the recommended specialized leaded glasses designed to protect them.
A study published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions finds that exposed health care workers who did not wear the glasses were five times more likely to display symptoms of cataracts.
Source: HealthLeadersMedia.com
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Tags: BPH, Macular Degeneration, Nutrition, Prostate Health, supplements, zeaxanthin
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