Posts Tagged ‘#health’

Cancer Risk Increases With Height – NYTimes.com

August 5, 2013

Cancer Risk Increases With Height: +4-inch in height => +13% in risk for developing any #cancer
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/cancer-risk-increases-with-height #health via @nytimes

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They found that for every 4-inch change in height, there was a 13 percent increase in risk for developing any type of cancer. The cancers most strongly associated with height were cancers of the kidney, rectum, thyroid and blood. Risk for those cancers increased by 23 to 29 percent for every 4-inch increase in height.

The Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard – NYTimes.com

August 4, 2013

Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard: #health impact is on a par with car accidents & greater than secondhand smoke or radon
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/the-kitchen-as-a-pollution-hazard

Importance of hoods & fans !

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Recently Dr. Logue estimated the long-term health effects expected from hundreds of chemicals found in average homes. Her 2012 study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, used a common epidemiological metric known as disability-adjusted life-year to show that the population-wide health impact of indoor pollutants is on a par with that of car accidents, and greater than that of traditional concerns like secondhand smoke or radon.

The Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard – NYTimes.com

August 4, 2013

Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard: #health impact is on a par with car accidents & greater than secondhand smoke or radon
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/the-kitchen-as-a-pollution-hazard

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Recently Dr. Logue estimated the long-term health effects expected from hundreds of chemicals found in average homes. Her 2012 study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, used a common epidemiological metric known as disability-adjusted life-year to show that the population-wide health impact of indoor pollutants is on a par with that of car accidents, and greater than that of traditional concerns like secondhand smoke or radon.

NHS patients set for genetic check-up

July 29, 2013

Two foci for Genomics England are cancer and rare, inherited diseases – not neuro, cardio, &c.

https://twitter.com/timjph/status/353047985808084993
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6a1f001e-e48a-11e2-a74d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Y840CSnr

Atul Gawande: How Do Good Ideas Spread? : The New Yorker

July 28, 2013

NYer: Slow ideas – surgical anesthesia v antiseptics: people talking to people spread innovation http://bit.ly/1c11yRZ via @davidwcovington
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/29/130729fa_fact_gawande

Why is the rich US in such poor health? – opinion – 15 July 2013 – New Scientist

July 27, 2013

MT @KimKarman: Why is the rich US in such poor health? New Sci http://bit.ly/1bXuTMZ A: we’re fat, sedentary, drug-abusing, gun-loving…

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929250.200-why-is-the-rich-us-in-such-poor-health.html#.UfNBQGSG1A8

Smart Clothes—A Wearable Air Quality Sensor « NIH Director’s Blog

July 15, 2013

Next step for a #QuantifiedSelf: New sensor gives real time personal air quality assessments #NIH http://bit.ly/1beCjuQ via @NIHDirector
http://directorsblog.nih.gov/smart-clothes-a-wearable-air-quality-sensor/

Skin Cancer on the Rise in Young Women – NYTimes.com

July 14, 2013

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/skin-cancer-on-the-rise-in-young-women

Deciding how much sun you want… is like asking how much cyanide you want: @nytimes on skin cancer http://bit.ly/15slMNB via @BlossomJar

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Even a few sunburns can significantly raise your risk of skin cancer, Dr. Brewer said.
“Deciding how much sun you want to get is like asking how much cyanide you want in your breakfast cereal,” he said. “There is no amount of tan that is healthy.”

Can Barometric Pressure Cause Headaches and Other Discomforts? – NYTimes.com

July 6, 2013

MT @nytimesscience: Can Barometric Pressure Cause Headaches & Other Discomforts? http://bit.ly/17P3goD Feel it in joints & sinuses

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/science/can-barometric-pressure-cause-headaches-and-other-discomforts.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto

Jerome Groopman: Alzheimer’s Researchers Seek a New Approach : The New Yorker

July 3, 2013

NYer on #Alzheimer’s Research: baptists v dissenting tauists http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/06/24/130624fa_fact_groopman

The baptists believe in that beta-amyloid is key