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      Summer Alert: Leading Cause Of Death For Toddlers Is Drowning

      May 21, 2012 /

      The Center for Disease Control reports that the leading cause of death for toddlers is drowning.

      Summer is the time to relax and enjoy the sun but pool safety should never be overlooked.

      Water survival skills, knowing CPR, fences around pools and life jackets and floating devices are no substitute for adult supervision of little ones.

      Death rates were highest for children between ages 1 and 4. In this age group, about 2.5 deaths occurred for every 100,000 children in the population, the report said. Overall, there were 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people in the United States. More than half of all people treated in emergency rooms for near drowning were less than 4 years old, the report said.

      Quality Control, Research

      Good Fats Benefit Your Brain

      May 18, 2012 /

      When it comes to our bodies we all know that the good fats are best.

      But what about our brains?

      The results published online May 18 in the journal Annals of Neurology has shown that the cognitive function of older women who ate monounsaturated fats was better than those who ate saturated and trans fats.

      Compared with those women who ate the lowest amounts of saturated fats, women in the highest saturated-fat category showed worse overall cognition and memory over the four years of testing. Women who ate the most mono-unsaturated fats, which can be found in olive oil, had better patterns of cognitive scores over time. Trans fats weren’t associated with changes in cognition over time, the researchers reported.

      With diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia on the rise, the benefits could be greater that simply better memories and improved cognition.

      Preventive measures to stem the increase of debilitating brain illness could benefit millions.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      Government Strategy Aggressive On Finding A Cure For Alzheimer’s

      May 16, 2012 /

      More than 5 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s and the future doesn’t look promising.

      Alzheimer’s statistics projected for 2050 show the grim reality that will be faced by many.

      11 million additional people will have the condition in the United States.

      115.4 million will have it worldwide, compared to the current figure of about 35.6 million.

      $1.1 trillion will be spent in the U.S. on caregiving costs, compared with $200 billion this year.

      The new strategy supports a $7.9 million dollar study on an insulin nasal spray treatment. Separately, researchers will work on the first-ever Alzheimer’s prevention trial in people with a genetic predisposition to develop the condition. The strategy also offers solutions for collaborating across federal and state agencies and for informing the public through a one-stop website, www.alzheimers.gov.

      “The plan gives us a blueprint to build on our research efforts,” U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday at the announcement of the government’s new plan. “These actions are the cornerstone of an ambitious and aggressive agenda.”

      Health Care Policy, Research, Resources, Wellness

      Java Junkies Live Longer

      May 16, 2012 /

      Good news for coffee addicts who get conflicting news about their favorite beverage.

      Coffee has more than 1,000 compounds and the effects of these compounds on human health have yet to be discovered.

      Although it is not certain exactly why coffee benefits health there definitely seems to be some correlation.

      Overall, in the U.S. about 64 percent of adults drink coffee daily, according to Joe DeRupo, spokesman for the National Coffee Association. At 3.2 cups a piece, that amounts to some 479 million cups a day, agency figures indicate.
      Those coffee fans can take the new results seriously. The mortality reduction is modest but solid, said Freedman, whose study offered the size and power to document associations other researchers had only suspected.
      He and his team in NIC’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics reviewed the coffee habits of more than 402,000 people followed between 1995 and 2008, including more than 52,000 who died.

      Nutrition, Research, Wellness

      Sunscreen Primer

      May 16, 2012 /

      Everything you needed to know about sunscreen with guidelines from the FDA.

      The news has been confusing in the past but the FDA is offering new rules to ensure that we get the protection we need and the protection level we pay for.

      The FDA announced that it is giving sunscreen manufactures six months to comply with regulations meaning that the changes won’t be in stores this summer.

      Key fixes: Sunscreens will be labeled “water resistant” (as opposed to waterproof or sweatproof); they can no longer be called “sunblocks” (as it overstates their effectiveness); and they can no longer claim to provide instant sun protection or to last more than two hours without reapplication.
      On top of that, sunscreens can be labeled “broad spectrum” only if they protect equally against UVB (the main culprit of skin cancer) and UVA rays, which cause aging.

      Read the whole article for advice from dermatologists.

      Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

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