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brdgtDoctors Change Course Again on Estrogen Therapy
Thomas H. Maugh II (Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2007)
"Nearly five years after government scientists told women that estrogen replacement therapy increased their risks of heart attack and stroke, researchers have largely reversed their position, concluding that the drugs are beneficial for many after all." Free registration required.
Gender Gap in Diabetic Deaths
Judy Peres (Chicago Tribune, June 19, 2007)
"Medicine has made lifesaving advances in treating and preventing heart disease, the major killer of people with diabetes, yet female diabetics are dying at higher rates than three decades ago, researchers reported Monday." Free registration required.
CDC: Antiques Can Pose Mercury Hazard
(Associated Press, June 19, 2007)
"Exposure to high levels of mercury can cause damage to the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs and immune system. Even the few ounces found in some antiques can be dangerous."
Agent Orange Still Haunts Vietnam, U.S.
(Associated Press, June 14, 2007)
"More than 30 years after the Vietnam War ended, the poisonous legacy of Agent Orange has emerged anew with a scientific study that has found extraordinarily high levels of health-threatening contamination at the former U.S. air base at Danang."
Are Obesity, Suburban Sprawl Linked?
(Chicago Tribune, June 8, 2007)
It's a long-standing question: What causes suburban sprawl? No, not the unbridled growth of exurbia but, rather, what's behind the growth of suburbanites' -- well -- behinds?
That's something Karen Mumford would like to know. The Atlanta academic is part of an unusual partnership between a real estate developer and public-health research team that aims to find out whether people would be more inclined to walk if there was something they could walk to. Free registration required.
