Lab Notes: Airport Noise Linked to Midriff Spread; FDA Warns on Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attacks

1. Airport Noise Linked to Midriff Spread

To the seemingly endless list of things that can contribute to weight gain, you can now add: living near an airport, which Swedish researchers have concluded can, over time, add 2.5 inches to a person’s waistline all by itself.

2. FDA Warns on Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attacks

If you’re taking aspirin to ward off heart attacks, the FDA is warning you to consult with your doctor because of possible side effects.

3. Coke, Pepsi to Drop Controversial Chemical

Coca-Cola will remove BVO, a chemical used as a flame retardant, from its drinks by the end of the year.

4. Electronic Media Causing Myopia Epidemic?

Are computers, social media and video games making us all nearsighted? That’s what some experts suggest, given recent studies that show that since the early 1970s, myopia among Americans aged 12 to 54 has risen by fully 2/3, up from 25% to 41%.

5. Death Rate Is Down in Massachusetts

The death rate has declined significantly in the years after Massachusetts adopted the Affordable Care Act.

6. Diabetes Linked to Loss of Brain Matter

Type 2 diabetes is linked to loss of brain volume which may lead to lower cognitive function, say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.

7. Young Blood May Hold Anti-Aging Key

Two new studies have scientists speculating that aging bodies could be rejuvenated simply by receiving key elements present in young blood, and some longevity experts are optimistic that an anti-aging drug based on these findings can be developed.

8. Just Imagining Food Aroma Makes Us Hungry

Food aromas are known to whet the appetite and motivate people to overeat, but Temple University researchers now report that just thinking about an attractive food smell while viewing a photo of the food can make us as hungry as the actual aroma.

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Lab Notes: Study: Circumcision Benefits Exceed Risks; Most Foodborne Illnesses Are on the Rise

1. Study: Circumcision Benefits Exceed Risks

Circumcision rates in the U.S. are down from 83% in the 1960s to 77% as of 2010, and that’s unfortunate, according to a report which says that the procedure’s health benefits outweigh its risks and drawbacks by a factor of more than 100 to one.

2. Most Foodborne Illnesses Are on the Rise

Foodborne infections are up, says the CDC’s latest report that’s being used to evaluate new food safety standards.

3. Men Who Smoked As Kids Have Fatter Sons

A University of Bristol study has found that the teenage sons of men who had begun smoking cigarettes before they were teenagers are as much as 20 pounds fatter than the sons of nonsmokers or fathers who began smoking later in life.

4. Formerly Conjoined Twins Leave Hospital

Nine month-old conjoined twins who were separated at one month of age are heading home from the hospital.

5. MA Governor Fails to Ban FDA-Approved Drug

An effort by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to ban Zohydro, a controversial FDA-approved painkiller that many experts say is highly addictive, has been blocked by a federal judge.

6. Cholesterol-Cutting Statins Also Treat ED

Statins are prescribed to reduce cholesterol levels and thereby lower the risk of stroke and heart attack, but researchers at Rutgers University now report that the drugs also improve erectile function in the men included in a new mega-study.

7. Low Blood Sugar Equals Anger Toward Spouse

Having low blood sugar is linked to marital fighting, suggest researchers who experimented with voodoo dolls.

8. Legumes Lower LDL Levels

Eating around 4.5 ounces (three-quarters of a cup) of cooked legumes daily reduced LDL cholesterol levels by 5 percent when compared to similar diets lacking legumes, say researchers.

9. Deadly Virus Spreads Across Middle East

MERS, a deadly virus that attacks the respiratory system, is spreading across the Middle East, say health experts.

10. Dieters Seek Alternatives to Calorie Counting

Counting calories is passe. Today’s dieters want more nutrition packed into their calories – and food makers are doing their best to try to meet their needs.

11. ?“Diet” Versions Lead Soda Sales Decline

For the ninth consecutive year, the sales of sugary sodas fell in 2013, but not nearly as much as the sales of their “diet” versions, a serious concern for a soda industry that has been using rising diet drink sales to maintain it’s overall numbers.

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Lab Notes: Fruit and vegetables reduce risk of death; Drinking milk may reduce arthritis symptoms

1 fruit and vegetables reduce risk of death

It has long been accepted that a diet with fresh produce Laden, longer life can help you, but a large study has some hard numbers over 65,000 people from 2001 to 2013 the longevity benefits of fruits and vegetables, and they are pretty impressive.

2. drinking milk may reduce arthritis symptoms

Drinking milk may reduce symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, according to a new study.

3. exercise prevents complications of COPD

Exercise can reduce the risk of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may, say researchers.

4. men recognize their eating disorders, not

Men with eating disorders delay getting treatment due to the common belief that only women eating disorders, say researchers from the University of Oxford.

5. is not honey, honey and sugar

FDA says food companies that if they add pure honey, sugar or any other artificial sweetener, it is not more honey, and a label that reads "Mixture of sugar and honey."

6 McDonald's fires the posting topless video

Confusion about the woman who went on a rampage in Florida McDonalds was topless cleaned up, and the McDonald's-staff, the now-viral video LiveLeak.com leaked have been dismissed.

7 daily hours sunshine in connection with low BMI

The first study, that daily exposure to sunlight with BMI correlate has decided that it is linked to the amount, duration and time of exposure to body weight, and recommends 20 to 30 minutes exposure to sunlight between 8 s.m. and lunch every day.

8 well had child, weight loss surgery,

Alexis Shapiro, 12, no longer has type 2 diabetes, and has lost 12 pounds after a weight loss surgery on March 21.

9 topless woman of trashes Florida McDonald's

McDonald's employees in what, came to St. Petersburg, Florida looked and laughed as a topless, wife wearing thong jumped behind the counter to knock over equipment, throwing food and eating soft-serve directly from the machine.

10 autism fundraiser by Chili's canceled

Chili's restaurant chain return canceled Monday's event that the National Autism Association (NAA) views on the link between autism and vaccinations would have benefited after customer feedback via Facebook about the NAA.

11 he docs Miss strokes in women more

Emergency room doctors are rather stroke in women, minorities and people younger forty-five diagnostic criteria, says a new study from the Johns Hopkins University.

12 population density: good for your health

"Measurement of the urban sprawl of 2014" a national study of the population and lifestyle, the more densely populated a city, are the better for its residents, with more opportunities for longer life, less obesity and diabetes after top economic mobility.

13 natural disasters can tweak your ticker

According to researchers of the University of Arkansas, natural disasters cause outbreaks "broken heart syndrome," a condition in the left ventricle of the victim swells up and weakens temporarily, may be false signs of a heart attack caused.

14 survey says like sexually happy are

According to a survey, which questioned some 10,000 people about their sex lives, are more than five times as often left-handed with the sex they get, as the right-handed, from 85% to 15% are "very satisfied".

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