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Friday, August 12, 2005newborn screening--behined the timesEvery year thousands of newborns have undiagnosed congenital disorders that can be life threatening. States decide themselves which newborn screening tests are done and many parents are unaware that they can ask for others to be done. The American Academy of Pediatrics, March of Dimes, and American College of Medical Genetics believe that all newborns should be screened for 29 disordersNew Hampshire has recently added six more test making a total on 14 different conditions that they screen for, far short of the 29 goal. via Genetics and public health blog Gina froze in time on 7:58 PM [ | ]
NerdTests.com Fun Tests - Nerd Quiz I felt the need to share. Gina froze in time on 1:21 PM [ | ]
Thursday, August 11, 2005Medical News This Week Here's an update on some medical news that I have come across the last week:A new study has found no strong link between violent video games and aggression. During the study (with over 56 hours of play time with in a month) the players neither increased their argumentative behaviors after game play nor were significantly more likely to argue with their friends and partners. Being a fan of the shoot-um-up games, I agree, but I think it will be a good while before my son or daughter gets there hands on a violent game (you know, as a parent!) Childhood cancers strongly linked to air pollution in early life. Death from childhood cancer in Britain between 1955 and 1980 were mapped by postal codes and found that the cancers were linked to emission "hotspots". When combined with close proximity to an emissions source, such as a bus or coach station, a child was at 12 times the risk of dying from cancer. Again this goes back to a story I reported earlier about pollutants in the womb Cancer link with hormone therapy known since 1930s, say researchers The cancer causing potential of the sex hormones used in hormone therapy has been known since the 1930s, say researchers and women's health advocates in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And questions about adverse effects on cardiovascular health have been raised since the 1970s, they add. Why lack of "warning" about this serious health issue.... [The researchers] suggest that the pharmaceutical industry, doctors, and researchers, effectively colluded to promote the view that menopause is a "deficiency disease" for which women needed long term treatment to stave off "illness, loss of sexuality and ugly aging." Gee...we wouldn't like something like "ugly aging" now would we, we are all suppose to be beautiful people until we die. Gina froze in time on 7:21 PM [ | ]
Down with "Lil' Bratz" There is a quiet wave of protest washing over our country...the war, NO; Stem Cell research, NO;It's mom's protesting the "sexed up" dolls "Lil' Bratz". This dolls has it all, pouty lips, alluring eyes, short skirt, makeup and even a thong. All this for 3 to 10 year old girls. Message boards and chat rooms have been buzzing with mothers complaining about these dolls. And why not. Is this the message we really want our little girls to have? You need to be sexy at five...I think not! I think all parents need to boycott these dolls and other dolls like them. There are some wonderful dolls out there that don't send sexual messages, if your daughter (or son) needs a doll get one of them! Gina froze in time on 6:57 PM [ | ]
More information but less truth? Can too much information at our finger tips be a bad thing? MSNBC.com seems to think so, and after reading this article I have to agree. Students today are turning more and more to the internet to gain information for research and reports, and many lack the skills needed for discerning the truth. In a study done on research habits of students, less then 2 percent used non-internet sources to do their research. Most students don't bather to find multiple sources. And worst of all: Georgia Tech professor Amy Bruckman tried to force students to leave their computers by requiring at least one book for a September class project. Now whether or not that student was just being a smart ass, there is reason to be alarmed. Students using the internet for research may not be "savvy" enough to weed out PR. Websites can be pushing the "company image" and even search engines accept payments to include site at the top (with different degrees of "disclosure" on this practice). "If I'm going to go to the library, chances are somebody hasn't paid a librarian 100 bucks to point me to a particular book," said Beau Brendler, director of the Consumer Reports WebWatch. There is also the unclear credentials of the authors. Without know the who the author of a website or article is, it's hard to know if the infromation is unbiased. Many students don't have the skills, and end the end it really is just a matter of know where to look and get a collaborating source. Gina froze in time on 2:20 PM [ | ]
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