Could babies be poisoned by bottled water?
Parents who use bottled water to make up baby milk could be poisoning their children.
Some brands contain levels of uranium that could harm a developing child, a shock official study has found.
They are Buxton - one of the UK’s top sellers - Caffe Nero, Radnor Hills, Rocwell, St Yorre and San Pellegrino.
Asthma hospitalizations in kids often preventable
In many cases, the need to hospitalize children with asthma could be averted by better communication with the physician and better medication adherence, according to a report in the medical journal Pediatrics.
“The most important step primary care providers can take to prevent pediatric asthma hospitalizations is to ensure that parents and children are well educated about the child’s condition, medications, the need for follow-up care, and the importance of avoiding known disease triggers,” said Dr. Glenn Flores from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Impact of incontinence varies widely among women
Although bladder-control problems can be embarrassing, the effect they have on quality of life varies widely among individuals, and even by country of residence, according to new study findings.
In a survey of nearly 1,600 women from four European countries, researchers found that while 80 percent found their urinary incontinence symptoms at least somewhat “bothersome,” they had wide-ranging views of their quality of life.
Extreme obesity is associated with attempted suicides: results from a family study
This study was conducted to explore the association between attempted suicides and body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) in a family sample of 2547 individuals. As a comparison, a national NESARC (the 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions) sample of 41 589 individuals was included to validate the observed association.
Compared to average weight, extreme obesity showed significantly increased odds for attempted suicides both in family sample (odds ratio (OR)=3.37 and 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.59–7.13 for BMI=40–< 50 kg/m2; OR=3.85 and 95% CI=1.71–8.66 for BMI > 50 kg/m2) and in NESARC sample (OR=2.11 and 95% CI=1.59–2.81 for BMI=40–<50 >kg/m2; OR=2.56 and 95% CI=1.34–4.92 for BMI > 50 kg/m2) after adjustment for sociodemographic factors.
Parathyroid hormone is associated with decreased fat mass in young healthy women
Objective:
To investigate the relationship of parathyroid hormone (PTH) with dietary calcium and changes in body composition.
Design:
Cross-sectional and 1-year longitudinal trial.
A comparison of national estimates of obesity prevalence from the behavioral risk factor surveillane
Background: Obesity interventions are implemented at state or sub-state level in the United States (US), where only self-reported weight and height data for adults are available from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity generated from self-reported weight and height from BRFSS are known to underestimate the true prevalence. However, whether this underestimation is consistent across different demographic groups has not been fully investigated.
Methods: In this study, we compared the prevalence estimates of obesity (body mass index (BMI) 30 kg/m2) and overweight (BMI 25 kg/m2) in different demographic groups in the US from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and BRFSS during 1999–2000. We also compared the rank orders of the obesity and overweight prevalence across different demographic groups from the two data sources.
