Archive for 'Women’s Health'

Risks Of Mammography: Hidden Role Of The American Cancer Society

Mammography

CHICAGO, IL, November 24, 2009 –/WORLD-WIRE/– The series of recent articles on mammography which report the harm done by overscreening, written by New York Times columnist Gina Kolata, as well as in other newspapers, have made no reference to the critical role of the American Cancer Society, warns Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., chairman of the [...]

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Group warns that nurses face health risks from chemical exposure

Group warns that nurses face health risks from chemical exposure The very chemicals used to keep hospitals squeaky clean and to treat patients could be harmful to nurses who are exposed to them in their daily duties, according to a study released Tuesday by an Oakland environmental group. Nurses are exposed to a wide range [...]

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Is Your Lipstick Safe?

From Ms Magazine: That lipstick or nail polish you may be wearing — are they a danger to your health? How about your deodorant, toothpaste, body lotion, soap? Seemingly innocuous personal-care products contain a host of largely unregulated chemicals and toxic ingredients. Some of those chemicals — phthalates, formaldehyde, petroleum, parabens, benzene and lead — [...]

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Testing For Toxins

SFGate.com: Women are taking environmental health into their own hands Recent research has shown that phthalates, chemicals routinely used in body-care products, could harm developing fetuses and young children. (The effects on adult bodies are less clear but may include male-fertility problems.) Beyond simple questions of poisoning — the sort of tests the cosmetic industry [...]

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Urinary Tract Infections in Women May Be Difficult to Treat Because of Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animals

WASHINGTON–New research strengthens the possibility that antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections (UTI), which lead to about eight million physician visits a year for women in the United States, may originate from food animals, according to experts at the School of Public Health of the University of California at Berkeley. UTIs leading to kidney infections in women [...]

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