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		<title>Diagnostic Errors Are the Most Common Type of Medical Mistake</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/24/diagnostic-errors-are-more-common-and-harmful-for-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Dr. David Newman-Toker was a medical resident at a Boston hospital, he witnessed what he calls tragic cases in which otherwise healthy people suffered serious consequences from misdiagnoses that could have been prevented. Newman-Toker, now an associate professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, recalls an 18-year-old aspiring Olympic skater who fell on a ski slope and came to the hospital with weakness on one side of her body and a headache. She was told she had a migraine and was sent home. Six days later, she returned to the hospital after a stroke compromised the entire right side of her brain. He also remembers a hardworking janitorial immigrant in her 50s who came in with chest pain. She was seen multiple times at multiple hospitals and everyone missed that her chest pain was caused by compression from her spinal cord. By the time it was recognized, she was a paraplegic. Not every visit to the hospital has a happy ending, and neither does every misdiagnosis lead to severe harm, but Newman-Toker&#8217;s personal experiences motivated him to improve medical misdiagnoses, which he says are not only common, but preventable in most cases. To gain more knowledge about the scope of medical diagnostic errors in the U.S., Newman-Toker and his colleagues reviewed 25 years of medical malpractice claim payouts and reported their findings in the journal BMJ Quality and Safety. (MORE: In-Depth Video: The Exorbitant Prices of Health Care) To make their estimates, the investigators studied medical malpractice payment data from the National Practitioner Data Bank, an electronic collection of all malpractice settlement payments made by practitioners in the U.S. since 1986. They found that diagnostic errors were the most common source of the payments, the most costly and the most dangerous when it came to patients&#8217; health. Such errors, which included diagnoses that were incorrect, wrong or delayed &#8212; were most likely to result in death than other other sources of malpractice suits such as surgical mistakes or medication overdoses. &#8220;People who study diagnostic errors have known for many years that diagnostic<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=85032&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>After Year-Long Delay, FDA Proposes Major Regulations For Food Safety</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/07/after-year-long-delay-fda-proposes-major-regulations-for-food-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in 70 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two major requirements for improving food safety. On Friday, the FDA released two draft rule proposals for food safety that will allow the FDA to shift its focus on preventing, rather than simply reacting, to food borne illnesses. Despite the delay, public health advocates heralded the proposals as a major step in implementing the landmark FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that President Obama signed into law two years ago, giving the FDA one year to put the first policies in place. The regulations are needed, as evidenced by the series of dangerous food safety slip-ups in recent years that required recalls of spinach, cantaloupe, sprouts, turkey and ground beef with microbes ranging from salmonella to E. coli and listeria, as well as the FDA&#8217;s shut-down of the organic peanut butter plant Sunland Inc. in New Mexico, which produced salmonella-tainted peanut butter that sickened 42 consumers nationwide. (MORE: The Food Safety Bill Finally Passes, But It’s Just the First Step) &#8220;We have one of the safest food supplies in the world, but we have work to do to stop food borne illnesses before they start,&#8221; Dr. Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the FDA said in a press conference. &#8220;While the FDA responds very quickly and effectively in response to outbreaks, containing them and finding their source and taking other necessary actions, we really need to do more than react after the fact. Preventing problems before they cause harm is not only common sense, it is the key to food safety in the 21st century.&#8221; The regulations, the first reforms in food safety in more than 70 years, are designed to address gaps in food production and manufacturing processes that leave an estimated 48 million Americans sick each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While not all of these illnesses are reported, the FDA says that nearly 130,000 people who contract a food-related disease are hospitalized and 3,000 die from the illness. So when the deadline to issue<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=77235&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flame Fighting Chemicals Abundant in House Dust and Sofas</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/29/flame-fighting-chemicals-abundant-in-house-dust-and-sofas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Blue</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chemicals are commonly added to furniture, carpeting, and even electronic devices to limit the risk of fire. But at what cost? Two new studies published journal Environmental Science &#38; Technology highlight the potential dangers of flame retardants — including chemicals linked to cancer and to hormone disruption — that are probably present in nearly every American home. MORE: BPA Linked with Obesity in Kids and Teens One of the two new studies focuses on sofa cushions. Researchers from Duke University, Boston University, and University of California Berkeley took cushions from sofas across the U.S. and found that there were suspect flame-retardant chemicals in 85% of them. The second study shows how those chemicals then likely migrate out of furniture and into the air we breathe. Scientists at Silent Spring Institute in Massachusetts analyzed household dust in California and found that, in most of the 16 homes tested, there was at least one chemical present at potentially unsafe levels. &#8220;What&#8217;s concerning about this is that so many of these chemicals we&#8217;re finding are associated with hormone disruption or cancer, or haven&#8217;t been tested,&#8221; says Robin Dodson, a research scientist at Silent Spring Institute. &#8220;It&#8217;s worrisome.&#8221; MORE: The Hazards Lurking at Home The chemicals detected include polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which the Environmental Protection Agency claims &#8220;may cause liver toxicity, thyroid toxicity, and neurodevelopmental toxicity.&#8221; (PBDEs have been phased out of manufacturing since 2004, following increased regulation of potentially harmful chemicals.) Also present in household dust were chemicals, such as the insecticide DDT, that have been banned for many years for their potential to cause cancer and disrupt reproductive development. The researchers also found tris, an agent known to break up DNA in chromosomes that was banned from children&#8217;s sleepwear because of its cancer-causing potential, as well as newer chemicals that are being used as a replacement for PBDEs. The study authors complain that these newer chemicals have not yet been adequately tested for safety. Why the prevalence of so many flame retardants? The compounds are present in home furnishings not so much<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=74927&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors Say Cheerleading Needs More Safety Rules</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/23/doctors-say-cheerleading-needs-more-safety-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheerleading isn&#8217;t as aggressive as high-impact sports like football or hockey, but that doesn&#8217;t mean it isn&#8217;t dangerous. According to a report published in the journal Pediatrics by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), as cheerleading has become increasingly competitive, more and more cheerleaders are appearing in doctors&#8217; offices with serious injuries. In the past 30 years, the AAP says, cheerleading has moved from the sidelines of games to center stage as a competitive sport that features stunts and tumbling. And that means more students are participating: from 1990 to 2003, the number of U.S. cheerleaders ages 6 and older rose from 3 million to 3.6 million. Not surprisingly, this popularity is leading to a rise in the number and severity of injuries, prompting the AAP to call for stronger safety guidelines. (MORE: Keep the Kids Off the Trampoline, Pediatricians Warn) &#8220;Cheerleading has become extremely competitive in the past few years, incorporating more complex skills than ever before,&#8221; report co-author and pediatric-sports-medicine specialist Dr. Cynthia LaBella wrote in a statement. &#8220;Relatively speaking, the injury rate is low compared to other sports, but despite the overall lower rate, the number of catastrophic injuries continues to climb. That is an area of concern and needs attention for improving safety.&#8221; At issue is the fact that not all schools and states recognize cheerleading as a sport; sports are subject to safety regulations and training requirements to ensure that participants aren&#8217;t exposed to unnecessary risks. If cheerleading were to be recognized as a sport like gymnastics, programs could gain better access to qualified coaches, well-maintained practice facilities and certified trainers and team physicians. Currently only 29 U.S. high school athletic programs classify cheerleading as a sport, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) does not include competitive cheerleading on its list of sponsored sports, which the AAP says must change. What concerns the AAP is this: cheerleading has accounted for approximately 66% of all catastrophic injuries among female high school athletes over the past 25 years. Direct catastrophic injuries are classified as closed-head injuries, skull fractures and cervical spine injuries<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=72209&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wireless Medical Devices Vulnerable to Hacking</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/22/wireless-medical-devices-vulnerable-to-hacking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A heart defibrillator remotely controlled by a villainous hacker to trigger a fatal heart attack? It may only happen in the movies, but the Government Accountability Office (GAO) doesn&#8217;t want to take any chances. In a recent report from the GAO, the non-partisan agency, which investigates issues for Congress, says the threat that hackers could manipulate heart defibrillators and other remotely controlled medical devices to fatal ends is real enough for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action. Often referred to as the &#8220;congressional watchdog,&#8221; the GAO says implantable devices such as defibrillators that jolt failing hearts back into rhythm, pacemakers that resync irregular heart beats, or insulin pumps that maintain proper insulin levels for diabetics, are at risk for hacking. In the report, the GAO reviewed research published by information security specialists and studies in peer-reviewed journals and determined that these devices are indeed vulnerable to sabotage. Not only can the normal function of the devices be tampered with, but important, and private, health information collected by the devices is routinely uploaded to patients&#8217; health records. While no cases of hacking have yet been reported among users, some well-publicized cases of security specialists recently showed that it was possible, and alarmingly easy,  to hack insulin pumps. That prompted the Congress to look into the security issues. (MORE: Report: Why 40% of Donated Medical Equipment Goes Unused in Poor Countries) The GAO is requesting the FDA, which regulates the safety and effectiveness of medical devices and is also responsible for approving medical devices, to develop a plan to address the security risks. The report says the FDA  considered risks from unintentional threats, such as ordinary magnets and airport security scanners, but not intentional ones during pre-market approval for devices. &#8220;Even the human body is vulnerable to attack from computer hackers,&#8221; said California representative Anna Eshoo, one of three Congress members to request the report, in a statement. &#8221;Implantable medical devices have resulted in tremendous medical benefits for the patients who use them, but the demonstrated security risks require a renewed emphasis by the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=72085&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meningitis Cases Rise in Outbreak Linked to Tainted Steroid Shots</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/12/meningitis-cases-rise-in-outbreak-linked-to-tainted-steroid-shots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than two weeks after the first reports emerged of meningitis cases linked to tainted painkiller injections, health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say the number of cases will continue to rise, since the infections may take weeks to appear. CDC officials say that an estimated 14,000 people may have received injections in recent months from three contaminated lots of methylprednisolone acetate, a steroid used to treat back and joint pain. Among those who have been diagnosed with meningitis resulting from the tainted shots, symptoms have arisen anywhere from one to four weeks after their last injection. The symptoms include fever, new or worsening headache and in severe cases, neurological confusion consistent with stroke. So far, the CDC has confirmed 185 cases of meningitis and 14 deaths in the current outbreak, now reaching 12 states. Meanwhile, a U.S. House of Representatives committee is investigating the company, New England Compounding Center (NECC), that produced the contaminated shots. And a Minnesota woman has filed the first lawsuit against the company. (MORE: Meningitis Outbreak Grows, Highlighting Dangers of Compounding Pharmacies) Initial reports traced the meningitis outbreak to the Aspergillus fungus, which was found in the first case in Tennessee and in a sealed vial of the steroid drug. More recently, however, public health labs in Virginia have reported that another fungus — Exserohilum — may also have contaminated the injections. Both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) are continuing their investigations of NECC, based in Framingham, Mass., which made and distributed the injections, which were supposed to be sterile. Deborah Autor, deputy commission for global regulatory operations and policy at the FDA, told reporters during a recent teleconference that 50 vials of sealed methylprednisolone acetate collected both at NECC and at hospitals or clinics to which the company had shipped its product tested positive for fungus. The first case of meningitis linked to the current outbreak was reported in Tennessee in late September. On Sept. 26, the Massachusetts board of pharmacy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=71477&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep the Kids Off the Trampoline, Pediatricians Warn</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/24/keep-the-kids-off-the-trampoline-pediatricians-warn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents should be discouraged from letting kids bounce on trampolines at home, according to an updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Using a trampoline is inherently dangerous, the authors of the report said, and safety features like enclosed netting and padding are insufficient to reduce the risk of injury. Many children still get hurt on trampolines, even under the supervision of a parent or adult. &#8220;Pediatricians need to actively discourage recreational trampoline use,&#8221; said statement co-author Dr. Michele LaBotz, in the updated policy. &#8220;Families need to know that many injuries occur on the mat itself, and current data do not appear to demonstrate that netting or padding significantly decrease the risk of injury.&#8221; The majority of trampoline injuries — 75% — occur when more than one person is jumping on the trampoline at a time. Usually the youngest and smallest jumpers are at the highest risk for getting hurt; fractures and dislocations account for 48% of injuries in kids under 5. Overall, fractures and sprains make up the bulk of the harms in any age group, while falls from the apparatus, which can be catastrophic, cause 27% to 39% of all injuries. The statement notes that failed attempts at somersaults and flips frequently cause cervical spine injuries, resulting in permanent and devastating consequences. (MORE: We Tried This: The Urban Rebounding Workout) The policy statement notes that trampoline injuries have been on the decline since 2004, but so have trampoline sales. The risk of injury from using the device still remains high: in 2009, there were 98,000 total trampoline-related injuries in the U.S., with 3,100 resulting in hospital visits. In 2004, there were 112,000 injuries and 3,300 hospitalizations. &#8220;Unfortunately, the very forces that make trampoline use fun for many children also lead to unique injury mechanisms and patterns of injury,&#8221; the authors write. They argue that trampolines should be reserved as training equipment for specific sports like gymnastics, under the proper supervision of a coach. There&#8217;s insufficient data on the safety of the growing number of indoor commercial trampoline parks, the authors said, suggesting<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=69791&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Household Hazard: Kids Swallowing Laundry Detergent Capsules</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/06/household-hazard-kids-swallowing-laundry-detergent-capsules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids will put just about anything in their mouths, including potentially toxic single-dose laundry detergent gel packs — the small, soft and colorful capsules that tend to draw children&#8217;s interest. Concerned doctors in the U.K. are now calling for improved safety warnings and childproof packaging of liquid laundry and dishwasher detergent capsules after seeing a rise in the number of young children needing hospital care after swallowing or being exposed to them. In a recent letter published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, U.K. doctors reported a cluster of cases in which five kids under age 2 swallowed the small capsules over the previous 18 months. All the children were treated in a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, and all recovered, but four children required several days of intubation to treat swelling and help them breathe, and one child needed surgery. Calls to the national poisoning information hotline in the U.K. reached 647 in the past year. (MORE: Top 5 Dangerous Objects Kids Like to Swallow) The authors say that the detergent capsules contain strong alkaline cleaning agents that can destroy tissue and cause inflammation and swelling if swallowed. The small packets can also quickly block throats and airways causing choking, and if the tissues of the esophagus erode from exposure to the chemicals, it can be fatal. Treatment can not only be drastic, but it also requires the use of intensive-care resources and may have a &#8220;catastrophic impact on the child and family,&#8221; the authors write. &#8220;We feel that the increasing trend in liquid detergent capsule ingestion poses a significant public health issue,&#8221; they write. The capsules are continuing to pose a problem for American kids as well. U.S. poison control hotlines have received 2,950 calls about young kids&#8217; exposure to the gel packets this year — 734 calls in August alone — according to CNN. The cases all involved children under age 5; no deaths have been reported. As New York City Health Department spokeswoman Chanel Caraway told CNN: &#8220;It is something new that we&#8217;re seeing. &#8230; These are basically brand new to the market<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=68129&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Johnson &amp; Johnson to Remove Formaldehyde, Other Chemicals from Products</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/17/johnson-johnson-to-remove-formaldehyde-other-chemicals-from-products/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnson &#38; Johnson announced plans this week to remove a laundry list of potentially harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde, from its personal care products by 2015. It&#8217;s the first such move by a major manufacturer of consumer products. J&#38;J already announced that it would remove questionable chemicals from its baby products by 2013, but the company is now extending that commitment to its adult product lines, which include popular brands like Neutrogena, Aveeno and Clean &#38; Clear. J&#38;J will phase out ingredients like formaldehyde and 1,4 dioxane — the former, which is released over time by preservatives in products, was declared a carcinogen by the U.S. government last year; the latter, a byproduct of a process that makes other ingredients gentler for the skin, has been linked to cancer in animals. J&#38;J will also remove phthalates, which are endocrine-disrupting chemicals, along with preservatives called parabens, fragrance ingredients, and triclosan, a chemical found in antibacterial soaps, mouthwashes and toothpastes. (MORE: Why the Federal Government Finally Acted on Chemical Safety) “There’s a very lively public discussion going on about the safety of ingredients in personal care products,” said Susan Nettesheim, vice president for product stewardship and toxicology for the company’s consumer health brands, in a company statement. “It was really important that we had a voice in that.” The New York Times reported: Johnson &#38; Johnson’s decision requires the company to navigate a public relations tightrope, by portraying itself as willing to make extensive changes while simultaneously reassuring consumers that its existing products are safe. The endeavor’s success is even more critical because the company has experienced serious recalls and quality lapses in recent years. On a new Web site that explains the changes to consumers, the company calls it “moving beyond safety.” (MORE: Warning: Getting Your Hair Straightened Could Endanger Your Health) The company did not say how much it would cost to reformulate its products, but said that spending on research, development and testing of alternatives to the ingredients it is removing will be costly. [via The New York Times]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=66777&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TIME&#8217;s Mobile Tech Issue: Three Myths About Cell Phones</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/16/three-myths-about-cell-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maia Szalavitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. They’re more addictive than crack. The CrackBerry isn’t just a clever nickname. In a recent study, people reported that they found it harder to resist checking social networks than to say no to alcohol or cigarettes. But that’s not because e-mails produce so many feel-good brain chemicals; it’s because e-mail is cheap and easy to check. The same study found that participants had a stronger urge to do work than to e-mail or surf the Web. 2. They’re dulling our memory. With smartphones, we can look up anything at any time, leading to concerns that our reliance on the magic answer box will make it harder to recall details on our own. Even though researchers found that people remembered where facts were stored on a computer better than the actual data, that isn’t evidence of less memory — just of a different kind. 3. Short texts are a product of shortened attention spans. The father of cell-phone texting, Friedhelm Hillebrand, didn’t limit texts to 160 characters because of our brains. He did it because of the telecom industry’s bandwidth limits. He studied earlier communications and found that most postcards and telex messages used fewer than 160 characters. MORE: Read about the TIME Mobility Poll MORE: Read TIME&#8217;s Special Report On How Your Phone Is Changing The World (and your life) Here<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=66536&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buckyballs Ban: U.S. Files Suit to Stop Sales</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/07/25/u-s-files-suit-against-buckyballs-maker-to-stop-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sora Song</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bye-bye, Buckyballs? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission moves to ban sales of the superstrong rare-earth magnets because of safety risks to kids<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=64707&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peg Perego Recalls 223,000 Strollers for Strangulation Risk</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/07/24/peg-perego-recalls-223000-strollers-for-strangulation-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve got a Peg Perego stroller, check the model number. The stroller manufacturer recalled 223,000 strollers on Tuesday because of the risk of children getting their heads caught between the stroller tray and seat bottom and strangling. There have been two reports of children becoming trapped, including the death of one child. A 6-month-old boy from California died of strangulation in 2004 and a 7-month-old girl from New York was nearly strangled in 2006. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Entrapment and strangulation can occur, especially to infants younger than 12 months of age, when a child is not harnessed. An infant can pass through the opening between the stroller tray and seat bottom, but his/her head and neck can become entrapped by the tray. Infants who become entrapped at the neck are at risk of strangulation. Included in the recall are Venezia and Pliko-P3 strollers in various colors manufactured between January 2004 and September 2007. The recalled strollers have a child&#8217;s tray and one cup holder. Other models with a bumper bar in the front or a tray with two cup holders are not being recalled. (MORE: Top 10 Product Recalls) Click here for the full list of recalled stroller models; you can find the model number on the back of the Pliko-P3&#8242;s stroller seat and on the Venezia&#8217;s footboard. Peg Perego says the strollers were made before a voluntary industry standard was put in place in 2008 regarding the height of the opening between the stroller&#8217;s tray and the seat bottom, the AP reports. The standard requires larger openings that prevent kids from getting stuck and strangled. The recalled strollers were sold at retailers across the country including Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby. Consumers are advised to stop using the strollers immediately and contact Peg Perego at 888-734-6020 or through the company&#8217;s website, http://www.pegperegousa.com, for a free repair kit. Don&#8217;t take the stroller back to the retailer, since the store won&#8217;t have the repair kit. (MORE: No Kids Allowed: Malaysia Airlines Corrals Children<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=64567&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Injury Prevention Report Card: Nearly Half of U.S. States Score Low</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/22/injury-prevention-report-card-nearly-half-of-states-score-low/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 50 million Americans are treated for injuries each year, and more than 2.8 million are hospitalized. Injuries remain the third leading cause of death in the U.S., and yet many states are still lagging on injury prevention measures. Take Montana, for example. According to The Facts Hurt: State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report, the state doesn&#8217;t enforce primary seat belt laws nor does it require bicycle helmets for all kids. The new report, released Tuesday by the Trust for America&#8217;s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), scored all 50 U.S. states on injury prevention and rate of injury-related deaths. Each state was scored based on a list of 10 key indicators of injury prevention measures that states can take. States received one point for achieving each indicator and zero for failing to achieve it. Indicators included questions like &#8220;Does the state require booster seats?&#8221; and &#8220;Did the state enact a prescription drug monitoring program?&#8221; Zero was the lowest possible score and 10 was the highest. (MORE: Children Under Age 4 Are at Highest Risk For Drowning) The researchers found that 24 states scored 5 points or lower. The highest scoring states were California and New York, each scoring 9 out of 10. Montana and Ohio scored the lowest, with 2 out of 10. New Mexico had the highest rate of injury-related deaths with a rate of 97.8 per 100,000 people and New Jersey had the lowest rate at 36.1 per 100,000. &#8220;Seat belts, helmets, drunk driving laws and a range of other strong prevention policies and initiatives are reducing injury rates around the country,” Amber Williams, executive director of the Safe States Alliance, said in a statement. “However, we could dramatically bring down rates of injuries from motor vehicles, assaults, falls, fires and a range of other risks even more if more states adopted, enforced and implemented proven policies. Lack of national capacity and funding are major barriers to states adopting these and other policies.” Here are the scores for all 50 states: 9 out of 10: California<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=59947&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Airplane Seats Safe Enough for Overweight Passengers?</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/08/are-airplane-seats-safe-enough-for-overweight-passengers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecasted that 42% of Americans could be obese by 2030. Our expanding waistlines constitute not only a medical crisis, but according to a recent story in the New York Times, it could also endanger personal safety in some situations — namely in an airplane crash. The Times&#8217; Christine Negroni reports that engineers and scientists are questioning whether airplane seats are adequately constructed to protect overweight travelers: government standards for airline seat strength — first established more than 60 years ago — require that the seats be designed to accommodate a 170-lb. passenger. Today, the average American man weighs nearly 194 lbs. and the average woman 165 lbs., Negroni reports: “If a heavier person completely fills a seat, the seat is not likely to behave as intended during a crash,” Robert Salzar, the principal scientist at the Center for Applied Biomechanics at the University of Virginia. “The energy absorption that is built into the aircraft seat is likely to be overwhelmed and the occupants will not be protected optimally.” Nor would the injury necessarily be confined to that passenger, Dr. Salzar said. If seats collapse or belts fail, he said, those seated nearby could be endangered from “the unrestrained motion of the passenger.” (MORE: Americans May Be Fatter than They Think, Study Says) Most gripes about airplane seats focus on their lack of comfort and excessive ticket price — and whether obese passengers should be made to buy two seats — but the Times article brings up another reason to feel anxious about flying. The airline-seat manufacturers and seat belt maker contacted for the story declined to comment on the issue, but experts agreed that crash testing should be done with obese dummies. Both airplane seats and seat belts should be tested, they said. &#8220;You&#8217;d be amazed at how the large person blasts through that restraint,&#8221; Salzar told the Times. Fortunately, however, according to an adviser at the National Transportation Safety Board, the board&#8217;s investigators have yet to see an accident involving a<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=59042&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Spring Cleaning a Health Risk?</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/04/26/is-spring-cleaning-a-health-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for spring cleaning, but before you pull out the spray bottles and solvents, researchers at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) say you should double-check what you&#8217;re using to sanitize. On Tuesday, the EWG, a non-profit public-health advocacy in Washington, D.C., released its &#8220;Cleaners Hall of Shame&#8221; — a list of popular cleaning supplies that may potentially pose a hazard to your health. According to the EWG&#8217;s research team, which consists of toxicologists, chemists, public health officials and lawyers, many common household cleaners that claim to be safe or non-toxic could be harmful, especially to kids who might ingest them or breathe in their fumes. Many products contain ingredients that have been banned in other countries for links to ailments including blindness and cancer, according to the EWG, and others have been &#8220;greenwashed,&#8221; meaning that contrary to their marketing claims, they are not actually environmentally friendly. Other products simply do not offer enough information about their ingredients to make an informed judgment about their safety, the EWG said. (MORE: Toxins Found in Nail Polishes Claiming to Be ‘Non-Toxic’) &#8220;Cleaning your house may come at a high price,&#8221; said Jane Houlihan, EWG&#8217;s senior vice president for research and co-author of the Cleaners Hall of Shame report, in a statement. &#8220;Almost any ingredient is legal and almost none of them are labeled, leaving families at risk. Our Hall of Shame products don&#8217;t belong in the home.&#8221; The Hall of Shame is a sampling of the products that will be included in the EWG&#8217;s larger, more comprehensive Cleaners Database project, which is due to be completed in fall 2012. The final database will be similar to the EWG&#8217;s well-known Skin Deep safety ratings of more than 69,000 cosmetic products. &#8220;We saw the next hole in information was cleaning products, so we decided to put our research expertise into this,&#8221; says Nneka Leiba, a senior analyst for EWG. &#8221;As we&#8217;ve been working on this database for the last few months, we realized Americans really need to be aware of some of the ingredients in these<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=58079&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toxins Found in Nail Polishes Claiming to Be &#8216;Non-Toxic&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/04/10/toxins-found-in-nail-polishes-claiming-to-be-non-toxic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nail polish manufacturers are under the heat lamp after chemical regulators in California found that many polishes claiming to be free of a &#8220;toxic trio&#8221; of chemicals actually contained high levels of the toxins. State investigators from the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) randomly sampled 25 brands of polish, which are commonly used in more than 48,000 nail salons in California. These included several polishes claiming to be free of three dangerous toxins: toluene, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and formaldehyde — all of which have been linked to health problems ranging from asthma to cancer, the DTSC reports. The DTSC&#8217;s testing found that 10 of 12 products claiming to be free of toluene actually contained it, and four of the brands had dangerously high levels. Five of seven products claiming to be &#8220;free of the toxic three&#8221; included high levels of one or more of the chemicals. (MORE: What’s in Your Lipstick? FDA Finds Lead in 400 Shades) The DTSC released a report on Tuesday with its findings and concluded that exposure to the chemicals is a health hazard to nail salon workers and their customers. About 121,000 people work in nail salons in California, and could be at risk. &#8220;We know there are exposures at salons, both to workers and customers, and we&#8217;re concerned about potential harm,&#8221; Karl Palmer, the DTSC&#8217;s pollution prevention performance manager who oversaw the report, told the AP. &#8220;Our strategy first and foremost is to shed light on the reality of what&#8217;s in these products and put this information out to everyone.&#8221; Using the chemicals is not illegal if the products are properly labeled. However, many of the products tested were not labeled and even claimed to be free of the toxins. This could be a violation of California&#8217;s state law, Proposition 65, which requires manufacturers to disclose all chemicals in consumer products. &#8220;It is just disheartening, distressing and disturbing as a consumer and a regulator,&#8221; Debbie Raphael, director of the DTSC told the Los Angeles Times. &#8221;The question that we want to engage industry in is, is it<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=57106&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ouch! FDA Warns an Electric Toothbrush Might Break Your Teeth</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/17/ouch-fda-warns-that-an-electric-toothbrush-might-break-your-teeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your toothbrush is supposed to help you maintain those pearly whites, not chip them or cut up your gums. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to consumers about the battery-powered Arm &#38; Hammer Spinbrush, formerly known as the Crest Spinbrush before 2009. The agency said it had received reports of parts of the toothbrush breaking off at high speeds during use, resulting in chipped or broken teeth, choking hazards, swallowed pieces, cut gums and injuries to face and eyes. Here’s the low-down: All models of the Spinbrush, manufactured by Church &#38; Dwight Co. Inc., can cause injury according to the FDA. The brand comes in both adult and child models including: Spinbrush ProClean; Spinbrush ProClean Recharge; Spinbrush Pro Whitening; Spinbrush SONIC; Spinbrush SONIC Recharge; Spinbrush Swirl; Spinbrush Classic Clean, and Spinbrush for Kids. The adult models have replaceable heads, which have been reported to pop off during use causing facial damage. “In some cases, the brush head popped off to expose metal pieces underneath that can — and have — poked individuals in the cheek and areas near the eyes, causing injuries,” said Shumaya Ali, FDA&#8217;s consumer safety officer, in the agency statement. MORE: Are Cavities Really Contagious? The children’s models do not have removable heads, but injuries have still been reported, such such as cut lips, battery burns and bristles falling off and lodging in tonsils. “We are particularly concerned about the problems with these toothbrushes as they appear to be geared towards children,” Dr. Susan Runner, branch chief for Dental Devices in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health told MSNBC (the toothbrushes come in Spiderman and Thomas &#38; Friends designs). “The hazards that have been reported are potentially very serious, and parents should be aware of helping young children with tooth brushing both for safety reasons and for assuring adequacy of brushing.” During an investigation last year, the FDA found that Church &#38; Dwight Co Inc. had received several consumer complaints about the toothbrushes, but had not reported them to the agency.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=53682&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in Your Lipstick? FDA Finds Lead in 400 Shades</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/15/whats-in-your-lipstick-fda-finds-lead-in-400-shades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your favorite shade of Marilyn Monroe red may contain lead, according to a recently updated test of lipstick by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The agency found that 400 popular lipsticks contained trace amounts of the toxin. The worst offenders on the list were Maybelline’s Color Sensation in Pink Petal, which had 7.19 parts per million of lead, and L’Oreal Colour Riche in Volcanic, which had 7 parts per million. Several other brands, including Cover Girl and Nars had products hovering in the 4-to-5-parts-per-million range. (The average lead concentration found across the 400 lipsticks was 1.11 parts per million; click here to see the products ranked.) That&#8217;s higher than what the FDA found in its first lipstick-lead test in 2007, which looked at 20 lipsticks and found lead in all — but none over 3.06 parts per million. In that test, all the products fell below the safety limit recommended by the state of California — 5 parts per million — the most stringent law in the country on lead in consumer products. While several of the products included in the recent analysis exceeded the lead levels measured in 2007, all but two still fell under the California threshold. MORE: Lead Poisoning Could Lurk in Spices The FDA first began testing for lead in lipsticks in response to pressure from the consumer group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, whose own 2007 test of 33 lipsticks found lead in most of them. The group has long called on the FDA to set a lead limit for lipstick, but the agency has resisted, saying that the amount of the toxin found in lipstick poses no risk to consumers, especially since so little of the makeup is actually ingested by wearers. &#8220;We do not consider the lead levels we found in the lipsticks to be a safety concern. The lead levels we found are within the limits recommended by other public health authorities for lead in cosmetics, including lipstick,&#8221; the FDA said on its website. In a letter to the FDA last week,<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=53469&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilian Blowout Maker Agrees to Warn Consumers About Formaldehyde</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/31/brazilian-blowout-maker-agrees-to-warn-consumers-about-formaldehyde/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sora Song</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The maker of Brazilian Blowout, a popular line of hair-straightening treatments used in salons, has agreed to warn consumers and hairstylists that two of its products emit formaldehyde gas, California&#8217;s attorney general said on Monday. The company also agreed to pay $600,000 in penalties and fines for failing to inform consumers that a chemical in its products can cause cancer. Formaldehyde — the stuff that&#8217;s also used in embalming fluid — is a known carcinogen. (It&#8217;s used in hair products because it helps bind keratin to hair, straightening it.) The actions are part of a settlement between GIB, which makes Brazilian Blowout, and the state of California, which sued the company last November for violating five state laws, including deceptive advertising. Brazilian Blowout Acai Smoothing Solution and Brazilian Blowout Professional Smoothing Solution were being sold as &#8220;formaldehyde free,&#8221; but both products release formaldehyde into the air when used according to the instructions. Healthland reported in September: Salon workers and customers using the hair-straightening solutions have suffered side effects like eye and throat irritation, headache, dizziness, burning sensations, breathing problems, nosebleeds, chest pain, vomiting and rash, according to the FDA. Formaldehyde is released when hair treated with Brazilian Blowout is heated with a blow dryer and then with a hot flat iron, as the product’s labeling recommends. &#8220;California laws protect consumers and workers and give them fair notice about the health risks associated with the products they use,&#8221; Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a statement on Monday. &#8220;This settlement requires the company to disclose any hazard so that Californians can make informed choices.&#8221; GIB will also supply salons with a pamphlet detailing safety precautions, the Associated Press reported. The company has already made the requisite labeling and advertising changes, and the products will continue to be available in California. Brazilian Blowout products are available widely, however, and many salons across the U.S. use these treatments or other curl-taming solutions like it. In response to the settlement, Heather White, EWG&#8217;s general counsel noted: &#8220;Today&#8217;s action was directed only at the makers<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=52724&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Antiperspirants Cause Breast Cancer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Blue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you remember the scary rumors that zipped around the Internet a few years ago claiming antiperspirants and deodorants could cause breast cancer. The claims had several things going for them — the fact that antiperspirants and deodorants are applied in the underarm area, close to the lymph nodes, where cancer cells like to congregate, and in the general vicinity of where most breast tumors develop. Then there were the concerns about parabens and aluminum, both ingredients in these products that are easily absorbed by the skin and which some studies had detected in breast tumors. Doctors scrambled to help patients understand that the disparate facts did not necessarily coalesce into a coherent whole of cause and effect. Just because the parabens were found in breast tumors, for example, didn&#8217;t mean that they triggered the cancer. The latest research on the matter, published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology, may help to alleviate concerns about underarm products further — or rekindle the worry. U.K. researchers have found that paraben traces are present in the tissue of almost all breast cancer patients, whether or not they use antiperspirants. VIDEO: MRI: A New Tool to Detect Recurrent Breast Cancer Among 160 breast-tissue samples from 40 English mastectomy patients, 99% of samples had traces of at least one paraben, and 60% had traces of five different parabens. Even patients who&#8217;d never used underarm products had paraben traces in their breast tissue. That&#8217;s not surprising, say the authors, since parabens are found in shampoos, make-up, moisturizers, pharmaceuticals and even some food products, where they are used as a preservative. (If you&#8217;re looking for them in your own home, they may be listed as methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, or butylparaben.) The new study does not support the idea that parabens cause cancer, despite the incredibly high proportion of patient tissues that contain paraben traces. It&#8217;s possible that people without cancer might be equally exposed to the chemicals, so that the tissue levels are no higher among women with cancer than among those who are cancer-free. But the study didn&#8217;t<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=51379&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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