Monthly Archives: September 2011
Daughters With BRCA Gene Diagnosed With Breast Cancer 8 Years Younger Than Their Mothers Were
A female today who has a BRCA gene mutation is being diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancer about eight years earlier than their mothers or aunts were, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported in the … Continue reading
Fatherhood depletes testosterone, study finds.
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times September 12, 2011, 7:43 p.m. Hormonally speaking, becoming a father may make you less of a man, according to new research that finds testosterone levels drop in men after they become parents. But fear … Continue reading
New research finds that fast-paced entertainment can ruin children’s ability to pay attention.
SpongeBob SquarePants has long been a conductor for criticism. In recent years, he has been accused of promoting both homosexuality (a 2003 study in a US film journal concluded that SpongeBob and his best friend Patrick “are paired with arguably … Continue reading
In Manhattan, Children Still Battle 9/11-Related Illnesses
The day the Twin Towers crumbled, more than 25,000 kids inhaled toxic substances. Ten years later, many of them are suffering from health problems that still haven’t gone away. The evening of September 11, 2001, after the towers fell and … Continue reading
Pesticides in food linked to ADHD in kids
by LEAH ZERBE • SEPT. 11, 2011 Canadian researchers found that children with substantially higher levels of a certain type of pesticide were twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD. Levels of pesticides commonly encountered across the country in … Continue reading