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 (November 24, 2012 through December 1, 2012) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.
1. Asperger’s Syndrome May Be Going Away
No, people with Asperger’s Syndrome won’t suddenly wake up cured, but the diagnosis may be eliminated from the upcoming fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5).
2. HPV Linked to Increased Laryngeal Cancer Risk
A retrospective looking back at 55 previous studies has shown that HPV infection increases the risk of developing laryngeal cancers while also showing that certain behaviors such as drinking and smoking are more strongly linked to the disease.
3. Research Finds Cause of Chemo Brain”
Researchers have found a physiological explanation for “chemo brain,” which cancer patients have commonly complained about for decades and which they describe as “a loss of coping skills” or “being in a mental fog” while undergoing chemotherapy.
4. Train Accident Spills Toxic Chemicals
A train derailment spills toxic chemicals into New Jersey creek, close to Delaware River.
5. Fitness Center Opens for Obese People Only
Given the reality that many obese people, those who are most in need of physical exercise, are uncomfortable working out in fitness centers surrounded by lean and fit people, a Dallas gym called Downsize Fitness has instituted a fat-people-only policy.
6. US Diets Still Fall Short of Guidelines
Researchers with the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion studied the responses of more than 8,000 Americans on what they ate in the course of a typical day. Overall, most did not reach all of the nutrition recommendations set forth by the USDA.
7. Mistletoe May Benefit Colon Cancer Patients
Mistletoe may have potential as an alternative therapy for patients with colon cancer. Researchers have found that mistletoe extract was highly effective against cancer cells in culture and gentler on healthy cells as compared with chemotherapy.
8. Male Plastic Surgery Trend: Mustache Implants
Mustache transplants are becoming the latest plastic surgery trend among Middle Eastern men. The procedure involves a special technique in which the surgeon removes clumps of hair from other areas and implants them on the upper lip.
9. Pitch of Baby’s Cry May Indicate Autism
Results from a small study that looked at the pitch of cries from 39 six month old infants may provide doctors with another factor to look at when screening for autism.
10. Health Problems Spike After Sandy
ER visits related to hypothermia, carbon monoxide exposure spike in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
11. Excessive Running Can Be Harmful over Time
While runners in general enjoy longer life spans than non-runners, two major studies find that persons who run more than 20 to 25 miles a week, or faster than eight miles per hour, or beyond age 50, lose or may even reverse that longevity advantage.
12. Get Fit So Your Dog Doesn’t Sense Weakness
If you’re not fit, a dog “feels it,” says Cesar Millan, who suggests that dogs may know they can take advantage of you if you’re not in good shape.
13. Happiness Brings Money, Not Vice Versa
Some people may still believe that money buys happiness, but scientists have discovered that it’s happy people who end up making more money!
14. Vanity Sizes, Not Standard Clothing Sizes
It’s not in your head that there’s no standardized sizing chart for clothing. Instead, you get vanity sizing from designers who decide their own fits and measurements for you.
15. Flame Retardant Found in Most CA Sofas
Potentially dangerous flame retardants were found in 84% of furniture in California homes says study
16. One Soda a Day Increases Prostate Cancer Risk
Drinking just one soda per day could increase a man’s risk of developing aggressive forms of prostate cancer by about 40 percent. Diets heavy in carbohydrates also increased prostate cancer risk, but for most men, it was a milder form of disease.
17. FDA Halts Ops at Major US Peanut Butter Co.
The FDA halts operations at the company responsible for the recall of hundreds of peanut butter products tainted with salmonella.
18. Nurses Increase Flu and Pneumonia Shot Rates
When it comes to coordinating and giving out flu and pneumonia vaccines to those who need them, nurses are the best line of defense based on results from a retrospective study.
19. Inflatable Bouncers Injuring 30 Kids a Day
The number of U.S. children injured each year while playing on inflatable bouncers such as bounce houses, moonwalks and slides has soared from 702 in 1995 to 11,311 in 2010, with 28% of them suffering fractures and 19% head or neck injuries.
20. End of AIDS Epidemic May Be in Sight
The end of the worldwide AIDS epidemic may be in sight, says the UN.
21. Generic Lipitor Recalled by Manufacturer
A history of manufacturing problems for a pharmaceutical company continues as worries of glass particle contamination in lots of their generic Lipitor come to light.
22. Exercise Reverses Fat-Induced Dementia
Lab animals placed on a high-fat diets exhibit significant declines in learning and memory performance, and a progression toward dementia, but regular exercise reverses this decline, and does so even more effectively than switching to low-fat diets.
23. 7 in 10 Young Drivers Text While Driving
Although texting while driving is now illegal in 39 states, 68% of drivers ages 18-29 continue to do so, up from 64% a year ago and compared to 34% of drivers overall, while 48% of young drivers admit they surf the Net while at the wheel, up from 43%.
(By CalorieLab editors)
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