Halloween treat recipe
Environmental and/or food allergies may prevent you from participating in traditional Halloween festivities, such as hayrides, corn mazes and eating lots of goodies. The solution to enjoying Halloween, despite your allergies, is to stick to traditions that are safe and create new ones. Which Halloween activities may not be safe? Corn mazes and hayrides, two popular around-Halloween activities, are potential allergy or asthma attacks waiting to happen for sensitive individuals because they involve exposing oneself to dried corn stalks or straw which are covered with mold and dust, two common allergens. Be prepared with your inhaler or medication if you decide to go to a corn maze or on a hayride. Read more…
Daily aspirin cuts risk of colorectal cancer
Aspirin dramatically reduces the risk of developing colorectal cancer in people with a family history of the disease, providing the most direct evidence yet that the drug can be used for cancer prevention.
While previous studies have hinted that aspirin might prevent cancer, this is the first study where the primary goal was to look at whether the drug reduced the risk of cancer. “We set out to see if aspirin would prevent cancer, and it does,” says John Burn of Newcastle University, UK, who led the study.
Although the study focused on hereditary colorectal cancer, it adds weight to the argument that anyone at high risk of colorectal cancer – and possibly other cancers – should consider taking the drug.
Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with around 160,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the US alone. Of
Attorney General and HEALTH Announce the Chemicals Used in “Bath Salts” Now Under Federal Control and Regulation
Department of Health Initiates Process to Regulate in Rhode Island
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Michael Fine, MD, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) today announced that the chemicals used in “Bath Salts are now under federal control and regulation.
Please note: Traditional bath salts, such as Epsom salts and other bath and beauty products, do not contain the chemicals that are now under federal regulation. The newly-regulated chemicals are found in products with the street name bath salts and plant food and are often sold in head shops, smoke shops, some convenience stores and online.
Neighborhood Can Affect Obesity, Diabetes Risk
Women living in poor neighborhoods are more likely to be obese and have type 2 diabetes than those who move into more advantaged areas, new research suggests.
In the first randomized trial of its kind, researchers provided women living in high-poverty areas with vouchers and counseling so they could move into better neighborhoods. After 10 years of living in the new areas, those women were 19 percent less likely to be morbidly obese, and 22 percent less likely to have developed type 2 diabetes compared to the control group that stayed in high-poverty neighborhoods.
Investments outside the health care system can be really important complements to spending within the health care system, noted study author Jens Ludwig, the McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law and Public Policy at the University of Chicago.