#Passive smoking increases risk of severe dementia, according to study in Chinaan international study by scientists in China the UK and USA has found a link between passive smoking and syndromes of dementia.
The study of nearly 6000 people in five provinces in China reveals that people exposed to passive smoking have increased a significantly risk of severe dementia syndromes.
whether ETS increases the risk of dementia mainly due to lack of research. Previous studies have shown an association between ETS
'Passive smoking should be considered an important risk factor for severe dementia syndromes as this study in China shows.
Avoiding exposure to ETS may reduce the risk of severe dementia syndromes.''China along with many other countries now has a significantly aging population
More campaigns against tobacco exposure in the general population will help decrease the risk of severe dementia syndromes
'The increased risk of severe dementia syndromes in those exposed to passive smoking is increased similar to risk of coronary heart disease--suggesting that urgent preventive measures should be taken not just in China but many other countries.'
Abundant gas may have a lot of benefits--economic growth local air pollution energy security and so on. There's been some hope that slowing climate change could also be one of its benefits
because it is perceived as a hot potato issue where politicians do not want to risk voters'discontent says Erik Brockwell.
#Tobacco use associated with increased risk of oral HPV-16 infectionstudy participants who reported tobacco use
In fact losses of wheat rice and maize to fungal pathogens per year are the same as the annual spend by US Department of Homeland Security--some 60 billion US dollars.
Exposure to this mixture was associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in studies in humans.
Up until now scientists have sought to quantify the risk of climate change to different species by mapping where those species occur today based on climate
but also particularly in the subgroups we've identified as being particularly at risk said Dr. Nguyen.
however to quantify the specific risks of infection and identify risk factors to help guide prevention strategies.
Previously the risk of CMV infection from blood transfusion of seronegative or leukoreduced transfusions was estimated to be 1 to 3 percent.
Therefore we believe that this is the safest approach to reduce the risk of CMV infection when giving transfusions to VLBW infants.
The American Academy of Pediatrics currently states that the value of routinely feeding breast milk from CMV seropositive mothers to preterm infants outweighs the risks of clinical disease from CMV.
Alternative approaches to prevent breast milk transmission of CMV say the authors could include routine CMV-serologic testing of pregnant mothers to enable counseling regarding the risk of infection;
#Healthy lifestyle choices may dramatically reduce risk of heart attack in menfollowing a healthy lifestyle including maintaining a healthy weight
Men in the study with the lowest risk were walked nonsmokers or cycled for at least 40 minutes per day exercised at least one hour per week had a waist circumference below 95 centimeters consumed moderate amounts of alcohol
The researchers found a clear reduction in risk for heart attack for each individual lifestyle factor the participants practiced.
For instance having a low-risk diet together with a moderate alcohol consumption led to an estimated 35 percent lower risk of heart attack compared to the high-risk group those who practice none of the low-risk factors.
and having a low amount of abdominal fat had 86 percent lower risk. Researchers found similar results in men with hypertension and high cholesterol levels.
What is surprising is how drastically the risk dropped due to these factors. According to the authors less than 2 percent of the American population conforms to
and promoting low-risk lifestyle choices. Even in those who take medication an additional reduction in risk for chronic heart disease has been observed in those with a healthy lifestyle.
It is important to note that these lifestyle behaviors are modifiable and changing from high-risk to low-risk behaviors can have great impact on cardiovascular health Akesson said.
However the best thing one can do is to adopt healthy lifestyle choices early in Life story Source:
and to enhance energy security. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Universidad Politã cnica de Madrid.
or domestic aid for six months partly due to the risks posed by armed groups. Food prices reached record levels in several markets including wheat in Ethiopia maize in Kenya
whether it increases the risk of an event. It finds that the Russian heat wave and the East African drought were more likely because of climate change
During this time infected animals shed the bacteria putting the health of the entire herd at risk.
The risk here is that the newly discovered benefits will not be exploited. Meanwhile the accelerated growth and aging of trees is also significant for the forest ecosystem as a whole as Pretzsch explains:
and climate risks concludes Pretzsch. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Technische Universitaet Muenchen.
But used in a wrong way pesticides can pose a risk to humans and the surrounding environment.
Small serving beneficial, large not necessarya daily small serve of dairy food may reduce the risk of heart disease or stroke even in communities where such foods have not traditionally formed part of the diet.
and in particular raise the risk of cancer. The study showed such fears to be unfounded. We observed that increased dairy consumption meant lower risks of mortality from cardiovascular disease especially stroke
but found no significant association with the risk of cancer Professor Wahlqvist said. Milk and other dairy foods are recognised as providing a broad spectrum of nutrients essential for human health.
According to the study findings people only need to eat small amounts to gain the benefits.
and can reduce risk of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Curious about these impacts researchers from CHU de Quã bec Research center and Laval University studied the dairy-eating habits of healthy French-canadians
and specific metabolic risk factors including anthropometric status plasma glucose plasma lipid profile inflammatory markers and blood pressure in a healthy population.
#Consumption of high-fat dairy products associated with lower risk of developing diabetesnew research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna Austria shows that people with the highest
or more portions per day) have a 23%lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those with the lowest consumption (1 or less per day).
Indeed high intakes of red meat and meat products have been shown to increase the risk of T2d.
In this new study the authors aimed to examine intakes of main dietary fat sources classified according to fat content and their association with risk of developing T2d.
%)was associated with a 15%reduction in risk of developing type 2 diabetes. High-fat fermented milk*consumption also reduced the risk of developing diabetes by 20
%when comparing the highest consumers (180ml/day the top 10%of consumers) with the non-consumers (60%of participants).
In contrast to these findings there was no association found between intakes of low-fat dairy products and risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
High intakes of meat and meat products were regardless of fat content associated with increased risk
but the increased risk was higher for lower fat meats (increased risk of type 2 diabetes for high fat meats 9%for low fat 24%)both referring to the risk
The decreased risk at high intakes of high-fat dairy products but not of low-fat dairy products indicate that dairy fat at least partly explains observed protective associations between dairy intake and T2d.
Meat intake was associated with increased risk of developing diabetes regardless of fat content. She adds:
Quitting smoking reduces the risk of cancer? The answer depends on how confident you are in your ability to quit according to a study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
The study found that gain-framed messages--those that stressed the benefits in quitting such as quitting smoking reduces the risk of death due to tobacco--were more effective for smokers who believed quitting would be Hard on the other hand loss-framed messages--the ones
#Environmental costs, health risks, and benefits of fracking examineda strange thing happened on the way to dealing with climate change:
The dangers of seismicity can be reduced however if energy companies follow basic guidelines and undertake careful monitoring The study highlights several policies
but decisions about drilling--both approvals and bans on fracking-are made all the time based on assumptions about health risks.
which are currently being trialled to decrease risk of developing diabetes and heart disease. Published by Antioxidants
A risk for springtails under field conditions may not be expected as the toxic threshold of pyrimethanil is far above the maximum concentrations that may occur in soil
The 230 species on the list are endangered currently or at risk of becoming endangered without significant conservation.
Rising sea levels due to climate change also put their low-elevation breeding habitats in the Hawaiian and Marshall islands at risk of flooding.
and even into hospitals where the bacteria have been associated with an increased risk of staph infections.
but how it relates to the risk of infection and other health outcomes in workers their families and communities.
#Future of our crops is at risk in conflict zones, say scientistswild species related to our crops which are crucial as potential future food resources have been identified by University of Birmingham scientists
#Climate change to increase forest fire danger in Europeclimate change is expected to bring increased temperatures and longer droughts--conditions that will make forests more susceptible to fires.
The study was the first to examine adaptation to forest fire danger on a pan-European scale.
#Sleeping on animal fur in infancy found to reduce risk of asthmasleeping on animal fur in the first three months of life might reduce the risk of asthma in later childhood a new study has found.
The results showed that sleeping on animal skin was associated with a reduced risk of a number of factors connected to asthma.
The risk decreased to 41%by the age of 10. Dr Christina Tischer from the Helmholtz Zentrum MÃ nchen Research Centre said:
and the public in danger of foregoing the potential public health benefits of e-cigarettes. The authors writing today in the journal Addiction analyse THE WHO-commissioned Background Paper on E-cigarettes which looks to have been influential in the recently published WHO report calling for greater regulation of e-cigarettes.
and put off smokers from using e-cigarettes putting us in danger of foregoing the public health benefits these products could have.
The other e-cigarette is orders of magnitude safer poses no risk to bystanders and generates negligible rates of regular use among nonsmoking children who try it.
I completely understand concerns about potential risks from this phenomenon but it is vital that public health experts separate opinion from evidence and present the latter as objectively as possible.
#Potassium-rich foods cut stroke, death risks among older womenpostmenopausal women who eat foods higher in potassium are less likely to have strokes
and potassium not only lowers postmenopausal women's risk of stroke but also death. Researchers studied 90137 postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79 for an average 11 years.
#Pesticide risk assessments seen as biased, experts advisein the October issue of Bioscience a group of ecotoxicologists argue that the US Environmental protection agency's (USEPA) current practices for evaluating pesticide safety are inadequate
In their article Michelle Boone of Miami University and her colleagues note that most pesticide toxicity tests used in risk assessments are conducted by pesticide manufacturers themselves
The researchers also cite other problems with USEPA risk assessment practices including inconsistent application of criteria among taxonomic groups and an overreliance on laboratory studies among others.
The authors conclude that the risk assessment process can and should be improved so that decisions are made with the best available data with an evidence-based approach.
Anyone who is at risk for a life-threatening allergic reaction should always carry epinephrine. They also need to know how to use their epinephrine in an emergency situation.
and changes in the food supply to declines in cardiometabolic risk factors and chronic disease Ludwig said.
#Fruit consumption cuts cardiovascular disease risk by up to 40 percentdaily fruit consumption cuts the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by up to 40%according to research presented at ESC Congress by Dr Huaidong
The findings from the seven year follow-up study of nearly 0. 5 million people in the China Kadoorie Biobank found that the more fruit people ate the more their risk of CVD declined.
Improving diet and lifestyle is critical for CVD risk reduction in the general population but the large majority of this evidence has come from western countries and hardly any from China.
and risk factors we have conducted the first large prospective study on the association of fruit with subtypes of stroke in Chinese adults from both rural and urban areas.
and the risk of CVD (see figure). Dr Du said: Our data clearly shows that eating fresh fruit can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease including ischaemic heart disease and stroke (particularly haemorrhagic stroke.
And not only that the more fruit you eat the more your CVD risk goes down.
We also found that the beneficial effect of fruit on the risk of CVD was independent of its impact on baseline BP.
They found that compared to those who never ate fruit daily consumers of fruit cut their overall risk of death by 32%.
%They also reduced their risks of dying from IHD by 27%and from stroke by around 40%.
and engaging in risk taking behaviors Dube said. Currently e-cigarettes are unregulated and they are sold in flavors such as Skittles cotton candy and the like
and leafy vegetables and fruits have a lower risk of developing diabetes even when they don't lose weight Dr. Hamdy says.
Foods such as oat cereal yogurt and dairy products green leafy vegetables grapes apples blueberries and walnuts were associated with reduced diabetes risk.
Drinking coffee and even decaffeinated coffee were associated also with lower type 2 diabetes risk. Participants who followed a Mediterranean eating plan--without restricting calories--showed a greater improvement in glycemic control
Foods associated with a higher risk of diabetes include red and processed meat sugar-sweetened beverages alcohol in excess quantities and refined grains such as white flour.
Current evidence shows that some fats such as those from red and processed meats are associated with higher cardiovascular risk
while other fats such as those from vegetable oils and nuts are associated with lower risk. The Joslin nutritional guidelines for diabetes recommend a diet with relatively high amounts of healthy fats and protein but moderately low amounts of carbohydrates.
#Where you live may be putting you at risk for foodborne illness, researcher findsimproving education about risky food handling behaviors would reduce the amount of foodborne illness
The research found mixed results on this with most of the consumers in Argentina and Colombia storing meat on higher shelves putting them at a higher risk for contamination.
Whether such precautions can slow or stop this process remains to be seen. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of Exeter.
But because organic food can fetch prices often twice as high as conventionally produced food the risk for fraudulent labeling has grown just as fast.
This reduces the risk of antibiotic resistance selection and has positive implications for both human and animal health.
Men who had optimal intake of these three dietary components had a lower risk of prostate cancer.
Tomatoes and its products--such as tomato juice and baked beans--were shown to be most beneficial with an 18 per cent reduction in risk found in men eating over 10 portions a week.
Only the recommendation on plant foods--high intake of fruits vegetables and dietary fibre--was found to be associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer.
and Oregon need to be aware that they are at risk for developing a fungal infection especially
As Agha-mohammadi explains it MDP is the process of reasoning about the future to determine the best sequence of policies to minimize risk.
The beneficial effects of the diet on cardiometabolic risk factors such as elevated blood pressure and blood lipids were also greatest in this group.
This way of assessing compliance also helps to better detect changes in risk factors. In future studies the combined use of biomarkers
and allowed the baboons to live despite the risk of organ rejection. The researchers found that in one group with a human gene) the average transplant survival was more than 200 days dramatically surpassing the survival times of the other three groups (average survival 70 days 21 days
Gassman-Pines said she hopes the research may help mental health workers identify teens who could be suicide risks.
and industry to address some of the major challenges facing food and energy security. Although the project is based here in the UK we believe there is exciting potential to produce a sustainable alternative to existing fertilizer use across the globe.
In New jersey the most densely populated state in the country the network of roads can dramatically shape the area of land that snake populations can occupy without facing significant risk of population loss during road crossings.
They can also help evaluate current conditions in regions with a high risk of crop failures Riehl adds.
and greater security from predators range fires and heat stress. While this is good news for ravens it could be bad news for sensitive prey species including the Greater Sage-grouse.
In response to this need to prevent such invasions researchers at the University of Illinois have developed both a set of regulatory definitions and provisions and a list of 49 low-risk biofuel plants from
She and her colleagues set out to create a list of low-risk biofuel crops that can be grown safely for conversion to ethanol
Some of the biofeedstocks currently being examined by the EPA for approval like pennycress have a high risk for invasion Quinn said.
but only sterile hybrid Miscanthus Ãgiganteus types are considered low risk. However the EPA has approved Miscanthus as a feedstock without specifying a species
That's fine for the low-risk sterile types but could mean higher-risk fertile types could be approved without additional oversight.
According to Quinn the white list which includes 49 low-risk feedstock plants will serve to clear up the confusion about plant names.
The list was developed using an existing weed risk assessment protocol which includes 49 questions that must be asked about a particular species based on its biology ecology
or prolific seed production may have higher risk. The researchers believe that the white list provides producers with clearly identified low-invasion risk options
and may reduce conflicts between objectives for increasing renewable fuel production and reducing unintended impacts and costs resulting from the propagation of invasive plants.
Bioenergy feedstocks at low risk for invasion in the U s.:A'white list'approach was published in Bioenergy Research.
The lack of any significant biomagnification through the food chain indicates that there is very little risk of harm from exposure to these CUPS in this region.
and the Bathurst caribou herd is particularly critical to the area's socioeconomic security. Wolves like people are a top consumer of caribou.
Dr. John Sievenpiper of St michael's Hospital's Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre.
and therefore lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by St michael's Hospital.
--but there's still only limited evidence on their potential health risks or their advertised benefits in helping people to quit smoking according to a research review in the July/August Journal of Addiction Medicine the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
This finding supports consumption of resistant starch as a means of reducing the risk associated with a high red meat diet.
Organophosphates pose tremendous danger to people and wildlife and sadly it's not unusual for humans to come into contact with these compounds
#Five daily portions of fruit and vegetables may be enough to lower risk of early deatheating five daily portions of fruit
and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of death from any cause particularly from cardiovascular disease
or more daily portions of fruits and vegetables were linked to lowest risk of death. There is growing evidence that increasing fruit
and vegetable consumption is related to a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. However the results are not entirely consistent.
and the United states decided to examine the association between fruit and vegetable intake and risk of all-cause cardiovascular and cancer deaths.
Higher consumption of fruit and vegetables was associated significantly with a lower risk of death from all causes particularly from cardiovascular diseases.
Average risk of death from all causes was reduced by 5%for each additional daily serving of fruit
and vegetables while risk of cardiovascular death was reduced by 4 percent for each additional daily serving of fruit and vegetables.
which the risk of death did not reduce further. In contrast higher consumption of fruit and vegetables was associated not appreciably with risk of death from cancer.
The researchers suggest that as well as advice to eat adequate amounts of fruit and vegetables the adverse effects of obesity physical inactivity smoking and high alcohol intake on cancer risk should be emphasised further.
The researchers say their study provides further evidence that a higher consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of mortality from all causes particularly from cardiovascular diseases.
The results support current recommendations to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables to promote health and longevity.
the risk for heart disease and other health problems such as diabetes and strokes a new research paper says.
The paper by Dr. John Sievenpiper a physician and researcher in the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre of St michael's Hospital was published today in the journal BMJ Open.*
if he or she has three of the following risk factors: low levels of good cholesterol;
He said there was no adverse impact on the other risk factors for metabolic syndrome or weight gain
The U s. Food and Drug Administration has granted tree nuts a qualified health claim for cardiovascular disease risk reduction.
For the first time the study provides a probability-based risk assessment of drought impacts on forests. Michal Petr assessed these impacts during his doctoral studies at the University of Twente's Faculty of ITC.
He combined the likelihood of drought with production curves to assess the overall potential risk for forest production.
Although this study does not provide the complete picture it is the first time we have quantified risk in Great britain on
#Climate Change Increases Risk of Crop Slowdown in Next 20 Yearsthe world faces a small
but substantially increased risk over the next two decades of a major slowdown in the growth of global crop yields because of climate change new research finds.
But the risk is about 20 times more significant than it would be without global warming
Although further study may prove otherwise we do not anticipate adaptation being fast enough to significantly alter the near-term risks estimated in this paper they wrote.
or global stability need to be aware of this risk. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research under sponsorship by the National Science Foundation.
These cuttings and other post-logging debris are burned then during periods of low fire danger
Administered since 2000 by the PRCHN the Cuyahoga County Youth Risk Behavior Survey based on a national survey developed by the Centers for Disease Control
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey research is supported primary by funding from the Cuyahoga County Board of Health through the Ohio Department of health's Bureau of Child
This Youth Risk Behavior Survey is the only such data that exists for the county;
Youth access is one of the most significant problems identified by the Cuyahoga County Youth Risk Behavior Survey data--children are still using possessing
The endangered New england cottontail is now is at risk of becoming extinct in the region according to NH Agricultural Experiment Station researchers at the University of New hampshire College of Life sciences
As a result of the Slide Fire the burned areas of Oak Creek were at risk for ash-filled flooding due to monsoon rains.
which can help lower the risk for cardiovascular disease. The DASH eating plan--Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension--is recommended currently by the American Heart Association to lower blood pressure
and reduce risk of heart disease. People following the DASH diet are encouraged to eat fruits vegetables low-fat dairy and protein predominantly from plant sources.
and vegetables in your diet reduces the risk of heart disease stroke diabetes and even some forms of cancer The World health organization WHO recommends a daily intake of at least 400 grams of fruit and vegetables.
#Health risks posed by third hand tobacco smokeresearch led by the University of York has highlighted the potential cancer risk in nonsmokers--particularly young children--of tobacco smoke gases
Until now the risks of this exposure known as'third hand tobacco smoke'have been highly uncertain and not considered in public policy.
However a new study published in the journal Environment International has estimated for the first time the potential cancer risk by age group through non-dietary ingestion and dermal exposure to third hand smoke.
Using observations of house dust composition they estimated the cancer risk by applying the most recent official toxicology information.
They found that for children aged one to six years old the cancer risks exceeded the limit recommended by the US Environmental protection agency (EPA) in three quarters of smokers'homes and two thirds of nonsmokers'homes.
The maximum risk predicted from the third hand smoke levels in a smoker occupied home equated to one extra cancer case per one thousand population exposed.
The risks of tobacco exposure do not end when a cigarette is extinguished. Nonsmokers especially children are also at risk through contact with surfaces
and dust contaminated with residual smoke gases and particles the so-called third hand smoke. This risk should not be overlooked
and its impact should be included in future educational programs and tobacco-related public health policies. Each year 600000 people die worldwide through passive inhalation of environmental tobacco smoke also known as second hand smoke.
and whereas there is a general public awareness about the harms of second hand smoke there is little knowledge about the dangers of third hand smoke.
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