Toothpaste :: Rhode Island Department of Health advising not to use certain toothpaste
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is issuing an advisory to consumers not to use:
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NHS :: BMA chairman reacts to first statement by new UK health secretary
Commenting on Alan Johnson?s first speech to the House of Commons as Health Secretary, Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the BMA Council said:
Rhinoplasty :: Higher rates of personality disorders in nose job candidates
Patients seeking cosmetic rhinoplasty (?nose jobs?) often exhibited personality abnormalities, including obsessiveness, hypochondriasis, and making false statements that make them look better compared with others (?good faking?), according to a new study published in the July 2007 issue of Otolaryngology ? Head and Neck Surgery.
Psychology :: Anti-gay hate crimes widespread
Nearly four in 10 gay men and about one in eight lesbians and bisexuals in the United States have been the target of violence or a property crime because of their sexual orientation, according to a new study by University of California, Davis psychology professor Gregory Herek.
Cancer :: Workers in no-smoking restaurants show lower carcinogen levels
Recent research on the dangers of secondhand smoke could help clear the air about the value of no-smoking laws governing bars and eateries. A new study compares the level of a tobacco-specific carcinogen in nonsmokers who work in restaurants that allow smoking with that of employees in restaurants that ban it.
Smoking :: New research on secondhand smoke discovers nonsmoking workers immediately absorb potent carcinogen
Offering alarming new evidence on the dangers of permitting smoking in the workplace, scientists have found that nonsmoking restaurant and bar employees absorb a potent carcinogen — not considered safe at any level — while working in places where they had to breathe tobacco smoke from customers and co-workers. The carcinogen, NNK, is found in the body only as a result of using tobacco or breathing secondhand smoke.
DNA :: Scientists discover role of enzyme in DNA repair
Scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Integrative Bioinformatics Inc. have made an important discovery about the role of an enzyme called ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein (ATM) in the body?s ability to repair damaged DNA. NIAMS and NCI are part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Child Care :: Parents of chronically ill kids are helped by better access to federal and employer leave
Working parents are more able to care for their chronically ill children when given greater access to federal and employer-provided time off from their jobs, according to a RAND Corporation study issued.
Mental Health :: Moon jobs will tax mental health of workers
Depression, anxiety, and low productivity will characterize the lunar jobs of tomorrow, says Rutgers-Camden HR scholar. Think your job is tough” Can?t wait for summer vacation to ?get away from it all?” Just wait, says a Rutgers University?Camden researcher. In the not-too-distant future, some jobs will challenge workers placed far, far away from it all.
Cancer :: Researchers pit novel version of common virus against cancer
With nearly $1 million in government funding, University of Rochester scientists are testing a new innovation in biotherapy by altering a common childhood respiratory virus, the adenovirus, to destroy cancer cells.