Lab Notes: Good Posture May Ease Depression Symptoms; Meningitis Outbreak Pinned on Pharmacy Drug

On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of this past week’s (September 29, 2012 through October 6, 2012) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.

1. Good Posture May Ease Depression Symptoms

A new study has theorized that slouching can lead to a decrease in energy levels and feelings of sadness and loneliness, while better posture can improve the mood and make people more energetic and positive.

2. Meningitis Outbreak Pinned on Pharmacy Drug

The back pain drug implicated in the meningitis deaths of 5 people was made not by a pharmaceutical company, but rather by a Massachusetts pharmacy, and the practice is perfectly legal and not regulated by the FDA.

3. EU Food Safety Panel Dismisses GM Corn Study

The European Union’s food safety watchdog organization has determined that a recent French research paper claiming that GM corn caused cancer in rats lacks “scientific quality.”

4. Teen Drunk Driving Down by 54% Since 1991

Thanks to tougher drunk driving laws, tight money, and higher gas prices, the percentage of U.S. high school students who drink and drive has been cut in half since 1991, down from 22.3% to 10.3%, but 1 million high schoolers still drive after drinking.

5. Tanning Beds Cause 170,000 Cancers a Year

An analysis of 12 different studies indicates that persons who have ever used indoor tanning beds are from 29 to 67 percent more likely to develop non-melanoma skin cancer than those who haven’t, resulting in some 170,000 skin cancer cases per year.

6. Zinc Deficiency Linked to Multiple Diseases

A new study has found a biological pathway by which being deficient in zinc can lead to a decline of the immune system and increase inflammation which can further lead to diseases that include cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease and diabetes.

7. Rapid DNA Testing for Newborns on the Way

Testing newborns for genetic diseases could be done in a matter of days thanks to new technology that combines decoding DNA and analyzing it for mutations that have been linked to genetic disease, so doctors can make decision about treatment sooner.

8. Coffee Linked to Glaucoma and Vision Loss

The consumption of caffeinated coffee has been linked to an elevated risk of developing glaucoma.

9. Whole Foods Recalls Mislabeled Soups

Whole Foods Market has recalled mislabeled soups sold in six states due to possible allergens.

10. Apple a Day Prevents Hardening of Arteries

A new study has found that consumption of apples – specifically Red or Golden Delicious – in healthy, non-smoking, middle-aged adults for four weeks was associated with a 40 percent lowered level of oxidized LDL, commonly known as “bad cholesterol.”

11. Phone Therapy As Effective As Face to Face

Cognitive therapy over the phone is as effective as therapy conducted in an office setting, finds British study.

12. Small Pox Kills Triple Negative Breast Cancer

New research in mouse models of triple negative breast cancer shows that a smallpox virus destroys the aggressive and hard to treat cancer.

13. Population of Severely Obese Increasing

The population of severely obese people is increasing more rapidly than the moderately obese, says new study.

14. Omega 3s May Slow Aging

Have scientists found the Fountain of Youth? Omega 3 fatty acids may slow a biological effect of aging, says new study.

15. Background TV Poses Child Development Risk

U.S. kids get an average 4-6 hours of daily exposure to unwatched, background TV, which studies have linked to shortened attention span and reduced ability to perform mental tasks; kids under age 2 and in minority or poorer households get the most.

16. “Cafeteria Diet” Raises Stroke Risk

“Our diet is killing us,” says one researcher who was able to induce life threatening symptoms in rats fed a Western diet.

17. Exercise Improves Cognition After Stroke

Exercise has been found to help improve memory, language, thinking, and judgment problems in stroke patients by almost 50 percent. To reduce the risk of mortality after a stroke, exercise should become a standard of care say researchers.

18. Online Pharmacies Likely Selling Fake Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration is launching a campaign to warn people of the risk of purchasing drugs online, many of which sell fake or contaminated drugs that can be very dangerous to the consumer.

19. Dirty Contact Lenses Can Lead to Blindness

Contact lens users are being warned about a single-celled parasite found in tap water, swimming pools and even sea water, which feeds on the bacteria on unclean contact lenses and cases and can scar the eyeball and cornea, possibly causing blindness.

20. Top 10 US Snack Brands All Pack Calories

America’s ten favorite snack brands are Ritz crackers, Lay’s potato chips, Doritos, Fritos, Orville Redenbacher popcorn, Wheat Thins, Tostitos, Cheetos, Pringles potato chips and Triscuits, all but two of which deliver 130 or more calories per serving.

21. Early Menopause Ups Heart Attack Risk

Menopause before age 46 increases risk of heart attack and stroke.

(By CalorieLab editors)

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