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 (October 6, 2012 through October 13, 2012) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.
1. Women Who Read Food Labels Weigh Less
Women who read the nutrition labels when food shopping weigh 9 pounds less on average than women who don’t, but for men, the difference is less than one pound. Also, urbanites, college grads and marrieds are label readers; smokers and under-25s aren’t.
2. U.S. Diet Drinkers on the Increase
The percentage of Americans who consume diet drinks on any given day has risen from 16% to 20% since 2000, but is still dwarfed by the 50% who regularly drink sugary sodas or other sweetened beverages, and especially the 70% of boys aged 2-19 who do.
3. Vaccine to Treat Cervical Cancer Promising
The development of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer was a success and now researchers have designed one that teaches the immune system to target and kill cancer and precancerous lesions in that women who cannot clear them.
4. Men’s Views on Abortion Is Fluid
Men’s views on abortion largely depend on social class and their present circumstances, making them fluid and illustrating the importance of them making decisions regarding contraception and planning for fatherhood.
5. Tomatoes May Reduce Stroke Risk
Tomatoes contribute to brain health and may lower stroke risk, says new study.
6. Egg-Allergic Kids Can Safely Get Flu Shot
Children with egg allergies can safely get the flu vaccine, says new study.
7. Girl Drinks Liquid Nitrogen; Loses Stomach
British girl has to have stomach removed after drinking cocktail made with liquid nitrogen.
8. Vitamin C Helps Protect Against Bone Loss
Vitamin C actively protects against bone loss which can lead to osteoporosis in elderly adults finds a new study which showed that when mice were given large doses of vitamin C, bone formation in the skeleton was activated
9. Severely Obese Face Outsize Health Costs
A new RAND Corp. study finds that severe obesity, defined as a body mass index of 40 or more and being at least 100 pounds overweight, more than doubles the person’s health care costs. Some 15.5 million Americans qualify, and the number is rising.
10. US Kids Not Using Their Own Backyards
Southern California kids who have yards to play in spend less than 40 minutes per week using them on average, and their parents spend even less: under 15 minutes. Researchers blame crowded schedules and indoor alternatives: TV, videogames, the Net.
11. US Meningitis Outbreak Spreads
The New England company that manufactured the back pain steroid responsible for the meningitis outbreak has recalled all of its products.
12. Florida City Won’t Hire Tobacco Users
Money is tight, and employees who smoke cost their employers, in both the public and private sectors, an extra $12,000 a year on average in health related expenses, so the city of Delray Beach, Florida will no longer hire anyone who uses tobacco.
(By CalorieLab editors)
Lab Notes: Women Who Read Food Labels Weigh Less; U.S. Diet Drinkers on the Increase is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Source: http://calorielab.com/news/2012/10/13/this-past-week-health-news-from-labnotes-11/
No comments:
Post a Comment