A study being released today finds that bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to make plastic and suspected of causing cancer, stays in the body much longer than previously thought.
The findings are significant because the longer the chemical lingers in the body, the greater chance it has of doing harm, scientists say.
Researchers from the University of Rochester in New York also say the chemical may get into the body from sources such as plastic Read the rest of this entry »

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — A drought in northern China that has
limited drinking water to almost 4 million people may also be
making birds more susceptible to the deadly H5N1 avian-flu strain.
The lack of rainfall in Shandong, Shaanxi and other northern
provinces since October causes stress for local fowl, said
, who
specializes in birds. “Any sort of stress would make birds more
susceptible to disease,” she said by e-mail today.
Bird flu killed Read the rest of this entry »

MILWAUKEE — A study being released today finds that bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to make plastic and suspected of causing cancer, stays in the body much longer than previously thought.
The findings are significant because the longer the chemical lingers in the body, the greater chance it has of doing harm, scientists say.
Researchers from the University of Rochester in New York also say the chemical may get into the body from sources such Read the rest of this entry »

Part two of a three-part series on home health aides, to be published on Tuesdays in The New Old Age.
Last week Marki Flannery, the president of
, an affiliate of the
,
. This week she picks up where she left off, answering questions about the costs of home health aides, the intimate strangers who often make it possible for our parents to remain in their homes, even when they need help or supervision day and night.
Q. What does it cost to Read the rest of this entry »

It happens every Wednesday at Northern Lights School. Students trickle into the gymnasium, shuck their coats and line up.
“Phew, I got here in time,” said Hudson Ojeda as he hustled to the line Dec. 10. The first grader stood poised until the first beep. Once it sounded, he and about 50 other students shot across the gym, turned around and waited for the next beep.
Older students ran slowly at first, while first graders raced full-throttle, Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Living in a stressful household may raise a child’s risk of becoming obese, according to findings from a study of Swedish families.
Compared with 5- to 6-year-old children living in families with low stress levels, age-matched children from “high-stress” families had about twice the risk for obesity, the study team found.
“Families can probably deal with some stress or stressors, but not with several at the same time,” Read the rest of this entry »

Clear a safe, open space to move and dance. Sit in this space with the children and discuss the moon and what it is.After the children have told what they know about the moon, describe it as a celestial object that orbits the earth.The moon is the earth’s natural satellite.
blast off, space flight, moonwalk, orbit, and splash down
.Have each child find his/her own perfect spot and explore the movements associated with each phase of the space Read the rest of this entry »

Goats can now make medicine in their milk. But they can't make money…yet.
Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration approved Atryn, from
, a medicine to treat a hereditary deficiency of the clot-preventing chemical antithrombin. It will be the first medicine made in transgenic animals to be sold. Investors shrugged. Shares in the tiny company are worth only 75 cents and the stock market puts the company's value at a measly $75 million. Read the rest of this entry »

The first time I heard the Presidential nominee say that he wanted the employer portion of the premiums paid toward an employee’s health insurance to be declared as income, I thought it was a stupid idea. Let me give you an example. Assume you make $50,000 and the employer’s portion of the health insurance towards your family health insurance plan was $10,000. You would receive a W-2 of $60,000. Immediately people, including myself, objected to this Read the rest of this entry »

Aberdeen Firefighter Joe Reiter has a bit of advice for those who want to start a fitness routine.
“You don’t have to be an Olympic athletic. You just have to start somewhere,” Reiter said. “Rome wasn’t built in a day. They just went out and got started.”
While the advice is important to everyone, it likely hits home with firefighters, who face several health risks relating to the job.
According to a Harvard student published last year, firefighters Read the rest of this entry »