Among adolescents active smoking has been associated with increased asthma risk reduced lung function and growth early atherosclerotic lesions and increased cancer risk as well as premature mortality in adulthood.
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention smoking is also a risk factor for several autoimmune diseases including Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
Tobacco as a chronic kidney disease risk factor is of great concern given the high prevalence of use
The technology has enormous potential for energy savings says Torsten Wik. We are counting on being able to save about 30 per cent by switching from sodium lamps to LED.
They did this by fencing in some sesarma crabs by themselves some with a free roaming green crab (a clear and present danger)
Published in the journal Environmental Pollution the Pitt study finds that bumblebees are at risk of ingesting toxic amounts of metals like aluminum
what researchers fear is the imminent extinction of this species. Saving the species requires a coordinated global effort in the countries where elephants occur all along the ivory smuggling routes and at the final destination in the Far east.
We think combining the processes might bring us some savings. But there are always trade-offs.
#Eating more fiber may lower risk of first time strokeeating more fiber may decrease your risk of first time stroke according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
In the new study researchers found that each seven-gram increase in total daily fiber intake was associated with a 7 percent decrease in first time stroke risk.
and especially for those with stroke risk factors like being overweight smoking and having high blood pressure said Diane Threapleton M. Sc. lead author of the study and Ph d. candidate at the University of Leeds'School of Food Science & Nutrition in Leeds united Kingdom.
Studies reported on all types of stroke with four specifically examining the risk of ischemic stroke
and accounted for other stroke risk factors like age and smoking. The results were based on total dietary fiber.
and increasing fiber may contribute to lower risk for strokes Threapleton said. We must educate consumers on the continued importance of increasing fiber intake
Together the researchers expressed concerns about the use of pesticides that target the same area of the brain of insects and the potential risk of toxicity to non-target insects.
Moreover they said that exposure to different combinations of pesticides that act at this site may increase this risk.
Much discussion of the risks posed by the neonicotinoid insecticides has raised important questions of their suitability for use in our environment.
Together these studies highlight potential dangers to pollinators of continued exposure to pesticides that target the insect nervous system and the importance of identifying combinations of pesticides that could profoundly impact pollinator survival.
For the authors this implies a greater risk of developing overweight and obesity in children from less advantaged sociocultural groups.
Although there are medications that can compensate for the loss of female sex hormone production the drugs are recommended often not for long-term use due to the increased risk of heart disease and breast cancer.
The effects of hormone loss can range from hot flashes and vaginal dryness to infertility and increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease.
Quinn said that a more transparent listing process would be based on a scientific process developed by the USDA known as the weed risk assessment.
but low-risk species would not be regulated Quinn said. Species for which insufficient data is available for the assessment would be placed on a'caution'list that would demand further investigation prior to release.
whether they relate to greenhouse gas savings or individuals claiming that new biomass varieties will all be invasive species Endres said.
Quinn said We want to encourage developers to commercialize only those species that will carry a low risk of invasion.
A recent study by the same research team showed that high intake of soy food was associated with a 40 percent decrease in lung cancer risk.
at twelve months after diagnosis. The risk of death decreased with increasing soy intake until the intake reached a level equivalent to about 4 oz of tofu per day.
The findings may not necessarily apply beyond this study's population which has a very low prevalence of cigarette smoking a known risk factor for the development of lung cancer
--unless they cross somewhere they perceive as a danger zone. Weighing conservation vs. riskas we go forward with conservation plans
and the relative risk that a species is facing we need to look at those risks across its distribution not just have a one-size-fits-all for the prairie chicken's entire distribution.
This may not seem like a lot of water savings but spread over the large acreage of sorghum grown in Kansas the more efficient use of water now compared to 1958 should have a large impact.
In Uganda the families most at risk tended to have younger or female household heads or were educated less.
Large families were also at high risk of not having enough to Eat in these cases use of wetlands allows families to survive.
Not only did study participants cut their food spending by more than half saving nearly $40 per week we also found that the reliance on a food pantry decreased as well from 68 percent at the start of the study to 54 percent demonstrating a clear decline in food insecurity Flynn says.
Sequoia is a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) machine developed and fielded as part of NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program.
This is one of the first examples in translational research using an edible plant as a delivery vehicle for a new approach to cholesterol said Judith Gasson a professor of medicine and biological chemistry director of UCLA
i e. energy cost savings improved vehicle technologies and reductions in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions exceed the additional costs of the transition over and above
it can also be introduced without major changes in fuel delivery infrastructure or vehicles. The report finds that sufficient lignocellulosic biomass could be produced by 2050 to meet the goal of an 80 percent reduction in petroleum use
Given the high prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome and risk for diabetes our study shows we can provide an effective program in a community setting.
In fact smokers who relight cigarettes may be at higher risk of lung cancer and chronic bronchitis. That is something of which policy makers need to be aware he notes.
and help identify new crops that might be at risk says Dr. Hannah Burrack an assistant professor of entomology at NC State
These results show for the first time that the risk of tobacco-related cancers as a group is associated with lower concentrations of Vitamin d.
Interestingly though low Vitamin d levels were connected not with risk of other cancer types. Our analyses show that the association between lower concentrations of plasma Vitamin d
and higher risk of cancer may be driven by tobacco-related cancer as a group which has not been shown before stated author Børge G. Nordestgaard MD DMSC in the paper.
This is important for future studies investigating the association between plasma Vitamin d and risk of cancer.
or more servings per day of high-fat dairy had a 64 percent higher risk of dying from any cause
and a 49 percent increased risk of dying from their breast cancer during the follow-up period said Kroenke.
While hundreds of studies have examined the role of lifestyle factors in cancer risk and prevention this study is one of a small
among these findings are that soy decreases the risk of breast cancer recurrence quality of life after diagnosis influences outcomes
and Egypt's Nile Delta are danger zones where bird flu could combine with human flu to create a virulent kind of super-flu.
That alarming finding means that three-fourths of the 18-to 25-year-old college applicants surveyed are at risk for metabolic syndrome the researcher said.
Metabolic syndrome occurs when a person has three of the following risk factors: abdominal obesity high blood pressure high blood sugar and unhealthy cholesterol and lipid levels.
and were evaluated then for metabolic syndrome risk factors. The analysis controlled for sex age family history of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes and physical activity.
and decrease future disease risk she said. And in a few years when our survey participants are parents they'll be able to model good nutrition for their children.
The results of this study have important implications for rescue efforts aimed at refloating stranded whales.
Our results caution against making rescue decisions based only on this assumption. The researchers acknowledge an important remaining question:
The risk for behavioral disorders and reduced stress resilience is increased by pre-and postnatal infection
and observed whether the bees advised the rest of their conspecifics of the danger of gathering nectar at a certain plant.
The tobacco industry was found guilty by a federal court in 2006 for deceptively promoting'light'cigarettes as safer after countless smokers who switched to lights died prematurely thinking they had reduced their health risks.
and that their products no longer convey false impressions of reduced risk said study co-author Hillel Alpert research scientist in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
but may in fact also be a microbiological risk factor; both having consequences on public health. Story Source:
People with low dietary selenium intakes are increased at risk of suffering from a variety of diseases.
In the most comprehensive assessment yet of the risk of tropical forest dieback due to climate change the results have important implications for the future evolution of tropical rainforests including the role they play in the global climate system and carbon cycle.
Although this work suggests that the risk of climate-induced damage to tropical forests will be relatively small the paper does list where the considerable uncertainties remain in defining how ecosystems respond to global warming.
but Packer said it offers the best hope for saving iconic African wildlife an undertaking that will require sweeping measures rather than piecemeal efforts.
and wild flowering species. If declines are allowed to continue there is a risk to our natural biodiversity and on some crop production.
Though no studies indicate a food safety risk from genetically modified Enviropig pork meat from the Enviropig is not yet available for human consumption.
We actually found the risk of secondhand smoke exposure to be an equivalent or stronger risk factor for CAC than other well-established ones such as high cholesterol hypertension and diabetes.
After adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors people classified as having low moderate or high secondhand smoke exposure were 50 60 and 90 percent more likely to have evidence of coronary artery calcification than those who reported minimal exposure.
Occasionally even if the risk assessment says a particular plant is a high risk then regulators could come to an understanding about
whether the benefits of a given plant are so high that the level of risk is acceptable.
and it's stored there until the cells get signals that the vessels are in danger of injury Moake said.
The Energy Independence and Security Act requires that the United states produce 21 billion gallons of non-corn-based biofuel by 2022.
although certain bumble bees are at risk other bee species in the northeastern United states persisted across a 140-year period despite expanding human populations and changing land use.
which kills off bee larvae is the largest risk factor for predicting the death of a bee colony.
We found that colonies affected by IBDS had a risk factor of 3. 2 says Dr. Dennis vanenglesdorp of the University of Maryland who was lead author on the paper.
While the study found that IBDS was the greatest risk factor a close runner-up was the occurrence of a so-called queen event.
The occurrence of a queen event had a risk factor of 3. 1. This is the first time anyone has done an epidemiological study to repeatedly evaluate the health of the same commercial honey bee colonies over the course of a season Tarpy says.
Maria Eugenia D'Amato from the University of the Western cape commented The delivery of unidentifiable animal carcasses to market
The synthesis distilled important findings from recent studies about how to make systems more resilient to stressors such as changes in climate introduced species and risk of uncharacteristically large and severe wildfires.
#Modifying infants diet may reduce celiac disease risk, Swedish study suggestsceliac disease is much more common in Sweden than in the rest of Europe
It is shown also that the risk of developing the disease can be reduced when the child is breastfed
and in the United states. We now have proven this way of introducing gluten reduces the risk of getting celiac disease says Dr. Anneli Ivarsson.
It is shown also that the risk of developing the disease can be reduced when the child is breastfed
and in the United states. The researcher team led Dr. Anneli Ivarsson at the Department of public health and Clinical Medicine speculate that there may be a window of opportunity in which an infanwe now have proven this way of introducing gluten reduces the risk of getting celiac disease says Dr
But potential cost savings are eliminated under current regulations set up for GM agricultural crops not pharmaceuticals.
Importantly said Beavers older adults who gained the most thigh fat and lost the most thigh muscle were at greatest risk of experiencing a clinically meaningful decline in walking speed.
It's a security issue Roossinck said. The amount of arable land is shrinking as cities are growing
Their work has prompted more CPR training in at-risk communities. Rice statisticians Katherine Ensor and Loren Raun announced their findings February 18 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Boston.
The researchers found that a daily average increase in particulate matter of 6 micrograms per day over two days raised the risk of OHCA by 4. 6 percent with particular impact on those with preexisting (and not necessarily cardiac-related
Peak-time risks from both pollutants rose as high as 4. 6 percent. Relative risks were higher for men African-americans and people over 65.
For the study OHCA events were defined as cases where EMS personnel performed chest compressions. Ensor and Raun noted the patients died in more than 90 percent of the cases
We'd like to contribute to a refined warning system for at-risk individuals. Blanket warnings about air quality may not be good enough.
#Avoiding virus dangers in domesticating wild plants for biofuel usein our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels plants such as switchgrass.
Although the potential for CO2 sequestration in the ocean is associated large the risks to the marine environment need to be assessed adequately the authors concluded.
when executed and timed properly reduces the risk and impact of late dry season bushfires in increasingly fragile ecosystems both
#Californias Tobacco Control Program generates huge health care savings, study showsover a span of nearly 20 years California's tobacco control program cost $2. 4 billion and reduced health care costs by $134 billion according to a new study by UC San francisco (UCSF).
and cigarette consumption per smoker--and generates significant savings in overall health care expenditures. These health care cost savings began to appear almost immediately after the program started
and have grown over time reaching more than $25 billion a year in 2008 said first author James Lightwood Phd a UCSF associate professor of clinical pharmacy.
The reduction in smoking prevalence accounted for 36 percent of the health care cost savings with the rest due to less consumption among continuing smokers.
Some health experts regard mycotoxins as the most serious chronic dietary risk factor greater than the potential health threats from pesticides and insecticides.
Forests store about 45 percent of the carbon found on land remarked William. Widespread tree death can radically transform ecosystems affecting biodiversity posing fire risks
In recent years several prominent summits on ecological concerns have identified biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems as a major sustainability issue with implications for food security conservation health and well-being and adaptation
#Breast milk reduces risk of sepsis and intensive care costs in very-low-birth-weight infantsfeeding human breast milk to very-low-birth-weight infants greatly reduces risk for sepsis
and significantly lowers associated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) costs according to a study by Rush University Medical center researchers.
The research which was led by Dr. Aloka L. Patel is the first report of an economic impact of an average daily dose of human milk for days 1 to 28 of life on risk of infection
The substantial NICU hospital cost savings associated with increased dosages of human milk are likely to offset the maternal and institutional costs of providing
Speaking in a cabinet meeting the president urgently called for a strong coordinated and decisive response to this national emergency from all of the security and wildlife management services.
That's how University of Guelph integrative biologists might recast a line from an iconic folk tune for their new research paper warning about the perils of ecosystem breakdown.
'Our study indicates that the risk is low if climate change is associated with increased plant growth under elevated carbon dioxide.
#Smoking marijuana associated with higher stroke risk in young adultsmarijuana the most widely used illicit drug may double stroke risk in young adults according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke
This is the first case-controlled study to show a possible link to the increased risk of stroke from cannabis said P. Alan Barber Ph d. M d. study lead investigator and professor of clinical neurology at the University of Auckland
Researchers found no differences in age stroke mechanism or most vascular risk factors between marijuana users and non-users.
These patients usually had no other vascular risk factors apart from tobacco alcohol and other drug usage.
This may prove difficult given the risks of bias and ethical strictures of studying the use of an illegal substance he said.
The increased use of pesticides in agriculture puts these species in danger. The author Dr. Somsak Panha from the Animal Systematics Research Unit Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok Thailand comments:
#Exposure to pesticides in food, air and water increases risk of type 2 diabetes, study findsa study led by the University of Granada reveals that there is a direct relationship between the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants
In addition the risk of type 2 diabetes is associated also with exposure to Î-HCH (beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane)
According to professor Arrebola the mechanism of action by which COPS increases the risk of diabetes is still unknown.
The findings published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show that grooming helps insects maintain acute olfactory senses that are responsible for a host of functions including finding food sensing danger and even
That method of insecticide delivery could be more effective than relying on residual insecticides to penetrate the thick cuticle for instance.
and can double the risk of death in calves aged up to five new research from the University of Sheffield has found.
Women are at higher risk than men.#¢#¢Another 34 million Americans have low bone density putting them at increased risk for osteoporosis and fractures especially of the hip spine and wrist.
About one-quarter of those who suffer a hip fracture die within a year of the injury.#¢
Thus they could assess the high risk of destabilisation of the coastline due to the reduction in mangroves.
Such'restaurants'could be used in future to attract vultures to areas away from sites where they are at high risk of poisoning.
Modern farming practices mean that vultures face an increasing risk of fatal poisoning. The provision of an uncontaminated supply of food research into veterinary practices and education for farmers could all be part of a future solution
and make delivery to refineries much more economical. Milling feedstocks into flour or pellets is an effective process for large-scale energy densification
and Vitamin c did not reduce ALS risk. Carotenoids give fruits and vegetables their bright orange red or yellow colors and are a source of dietary Vitamin a.
Further studies have shown that individuals with high intake of antioxidants such as Vitamin e have reduced a ALS risk.
Because Vitamin c or carotenoids are also antioxidants researchers examined their relation to ALS risk. According to the National Institutes of Neurological disorders and Stroke (NINDS) roughly 20000 to 30000 Americans have known ALS#lso as Lou gehrig s disease#nd another 5000 patients are diagnosed annually with the disease.
The team found that a greater total carotenoid intake was linked to reduced risk of ALS.
Furthermore subjects with diets high in beta-carotene and lutein#ound in dark green vegetables#ad a lower risk ALS risk.
and Vitamin c reduced the risk of ALS. Long-term Vitamin c supplement intake was associated also not with lower ALS risk.
Dr. Ascherio concludes#oeour findings suggest that consuming carotenoid-rich foods may help prevent or delay the onset of ALS.
#Eating deep-fried food linked to increased risk of prostate cancerregular consumption of deep-fried foods such as French fries fried chicken
and doughnuts is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer and the effect appears to be slightly stronger with regard to more aggressive forms of the disease according to a study by investigators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research center.
While previous studies have suggested that eating foods made with high-heat cooking methods such as grilled meats may increase the risk of prostate cancer this is the first study to examine the addition of deep frying to the equation.
Eating more than once a week may raise risk Specifically Stanford co-director of the Hutchinson Center's Program in Prostate Cancer Research
and/or doughnuts at least once a week were increased at an risk of prostate cancer as compared to men who said they ate such foods less than once a month.
or more of these foods at least weekly had increased an risk of prostate cancer that ranged from 30 to 37 percent.
Weekly consumption of these foods was associated also with a slightly greater risk of more aggressive prostate cancer.
when calculating the association between eating deep-fried foods and prostate cancer risk. The link between prostate cancer and select deep-fried foods appeared to be limited to the highest level of consumption--defined in our study as more than once a week--which suggests that regular consumption of deep-fried foods confers particular risk for developing prostate
cancer Stanford said. Deep frying may trigger formation of carcinogens in food Possible mechanisms behind the increased cancer risk Stanford hypothesizes include the fact that
when oil is heated to temperatures suitable for deep frying potentially carcinogenic compounds can form in the fried food.
and risk of prostate cancer Stanford said. However deep-fried foods have previously been linked to cancers of the breast lung pancreas head and neck and esophagus.
Scientists say that these early findings will contribute to the further development of confectionaries gums and other delivery devices for the prevention and possibly the treatment of conditions such as periodontal disease and oral cancers.
Increased intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with decreased risk of some chronic diseases. An understanding of the metabolism of these compounds and the relative activities of the compounds in the consumed fruit and their metabolic products is needed to make scientifically sound dietary recommendations
and to develop effective delivery vehicles for the mouth Failla said. The research is published in a recent issue of the journal Food Chemistry.
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA. Sequoia once topped list of the world's most powerful supercomputers boasting 1572864 compute cores (processors)
and cause heart disease while those rich in omega-3 and other polyunsaturated fatty acids may reduce the risk of heart disease studies have shown.
#Fruit and vegetable intake is associated with lower risk of ER-breast cancerthere is no association between total fruit
and vegetable intake and risk of overall breast cancer but vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of estrogen receptor-negative (ER-)breast cancer according to a study published January 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer
and are less dependent on estrogen levels than ER+tumors account for only 15-20%of breast cancers large pooled analyses are needed to determine the suspected link to lower ER-breast cancer risk and the consumption of fruits and vegetables.
In order to determine if there is a link between the lowered risk of ER-breast cancers and the intake of fruits and vegetables Seungyoun Jung Sc.
and vegetables and risk of developing breast cancer in each study and then combined the study-specific estimates to generate summary estimates for all studies combined.
and vegetable intake was linked statistically significantly to a lower risk of ER-breast cancer but not with risk of overall breast cancer or risk of ER+breast tumors.
The results showed that the lower risk was associated mostly with higher vegetable consumption. These findings support the value of examining etiologic factors in relation to breast cancer characterized by hormone receptor status in large pooled analyses
(and to a lesser extent fruit) to lower the risk of ER-breast cancer. However they also write that interpretation of these findings may also be challenged by the known effects of other potential confounders including the aggregation of health behaviors.
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