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Alcohol Use While Breastfeeding
PositiveChoices.com - Ter 07 Ago 2018 00:26:10 EDT - 4

An Australian observational study followed more than 5000 children from infancy to 11 years old approximately 4700 were ever breast fed. Infants whose mothers drank alcohol while breast feeding had lower cognitive scores by age 6. These dif...

Multivitamins Not Effective for Reducing Heart Disease
PositiveChoices.com - Qua 11 Jul 2018 00:14:14 EDT - 3

A large meta analysis of over 2 million adults with a mean follow up of 12 years found taking a daily multivitamin supplement was not associated with lower risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, or heart disease. PositiveTip: Eating a hea...

Obesity Risk Tied to Mother's Lifestyle Choices
PositiveChoices.com - Seg 09 Jul 2018 07:35:18 EDT - 10

An observational study of nearly 25,000 children whose mothers adhered to five healthy lifestyle factors were found to have a 75% lower risk for obesity when compared to children of mothers who did not adhere to any of these habits. The ben...

Cancer Risks Higher for Flight Attendants
PositiveChoices.com - Sex 29 Jun 2018 08:16:20 EDT - 20

The glamour of being a flight attendant may wear thin as more research uncovers health risks. Scientists compared the self reported cancer diagnosis from a group of over 4000 flight attendants with a similar contemporary control group. The ...

Moderate Alcohol Use Linked to High Blood Pressure
PositiveChoices.com - Qua 27 Jun 2018 10:11:23 EDT - 4

A large meta analysis of over 360,000 adults and 90,000 newly diagnosed hypertensives found that men who averaged 1 2 alcoholic drinks per day had an increased risk for high blood pressure (RR 1.2). As their alcohol intake increased, so did...

NIH Pulls Funding on Alcohol Study
PositiveChoices.com - Seg 25 Jun 2018 09:52:34 EDT - 6

The U.S. National Institutes of Health has withdrawn funding for the Moderate Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health Trial (MACH15) because of a possible pro alcohol primary endpoint and inadequate attention to alcohol hazards like some cancers....

Religious People Live Longer
PositiveChoices.com - Qua 20 Jun 2018 10:45:35 EDT - 10

Ohio State University scientists have examined two samples of more than 1600 obituaries looking for religion, marital status and social activities. They found religious people lived an average of 5.64 years longer than nonbelievers. When co...

Marijuana Addiction Growing
PositiveChoices.com - Qua 13 Jun 2018 00:30:09 EDT - 11

A Pew Charitable Trust investigation found that marijuana addiction does exist and is growing. While hard numbers are hard to come by, data suggests about 9% of all users become addicted to marijuana (17% among those who start as adolescent...

Suicide Rates Rising
PositiveChoices.com - Seg 11 Jun 2018 00:04:09 EDT - 10

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report the suicide rate in the U.S. has increased by almost 25% between 1999 and 2016. North Dakota and Vermont saw the highest increases and Delaware the lowest. Nevada was the outl...

Sad Facts of Opioids
PositiveChoices.com - Sex 08 Jun 2018 10:01:04 EDT - 23

You hear a lot about this on the news. Deaths attributable to opioids have increased by 292% in the last 15 years. These amounted to 1.68 million person years of life in 2016 alone higher than those due to hypertension, pneumonia and HIV/AI...