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GE Recalls to Inspect And Repair Wall Ovens

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Appliance Recalls

Name of Product: GE®, GE Profile™, Monogram® and Kenmore® Wall Ovens
Units: About 244,000
Manufacturer: GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky.
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Toxic Suspicions Could Fuel Regulatory Overhaul.

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

Environmentalists want to ban BPA — and also shift the burden of proof for all chemicals.



Exercise Cuts the Risk of Cancer - But Only If You Get At Least Seven Hours Sleep, Study Finds.

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

A 10-year-study of thousands of women found significantly fewer cases of cancer, including breast cancer, among those who were the most physically active.



Smoking Plus Gene Variant Raises Breast Cancer Risk.

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

Women with a particular gene mutation linked to breast cancer may further raise their risk of the disease if they smoke, a study has found.



Environmental Groups Get in Some Target Practice.

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

A network of environmental groups wants to overhaul the nation’s chemical-safety laws so that new chemicals, such as one found in cheap baby bottles, would remain off the market until laboratory tests showed that they pose almost no risk to human health.



Unlicensed Tanning Drug Use Rises.

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

A growing number of people in the UK are injecting themselves with an unlicensed tanning drug, a BBC investigation has found. Melanotan is still undergoing clinical trials but is sold illegally online and in salons and gyms.



Why Antihistamines Can Worsen Restless Leg Syndrome

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

People with restless leg syndrome often have found that sleep-inducing allergy drugs (commonly antihistamines) worsen their symptoms. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered a possible reason for that and help explain why RLS in general interferes with sleep but doesn’t seem to result in daytime drowsiness. The common thread, [...]



Grape Powder Flavonoids Fight Joint Inflammation Pain

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

Flavonoids in grapes reduce arthritis pain, improve anti-inflammatory response of NSAID meloxicam.
Table grapes are high in flavonoids, which are thought to have strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have shown that powdered grapes appear to reduce pain and inflammation in a rat model of arthritis, where [...]



Curcumin May Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

Curcumin, a component of the curry spice turmeric, has strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Both oxidative damage - damage caused by oxygen - and inflammation have been implicated in nerve cell death associated with Parkinson’s disease. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have shown in a laboratory model of Parkinson’s disease [...]



Calcium Needs Magnesium to Protect Against Colon Cancer

Nov 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health News Feeds

AACR.org - According to data presented at the Seventh Annual American Association for Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, an understanding of the relationship between calcium and magnesium may lead to new avenues of personalized prevention for colorectal cancer.
High magnesium intake has been associated with low risk of colorectal cancer. Americans [...]