Kids Cell Phone Use Could Lead to Brain Cancer Epidemic
Young People May Suffer Brain Cancer Due To Cell Phone Use. Children and teens who use cell phones are five times more likely to get brain cancer, according to a new study. The new research raises fears that today's young people may suffer an "epidemic" of the brain cancer in later life. Concern has been growing about the health … [Read more...]
Stryker Corp. Trident Hip Replacement Blamed for Epidemic of Squeaky Hips
A growing number of hip replacement patients experience squeaky hips. A growing number of hip replacement patients - especially those with Stryker Corp's Trident components - are experiencing squeaky hips. It seems that such artificial hips made with ceramic materials and touted as being more durable, are prone to squeaking, even … [Read more...]
Epidemic of Obesity Threatens More than Children’s Waisteline
Obesity In U.S. Children Have Grown. The combination of fast-food loaded with fat and calories, massive portions that bear no relationship to daily nutritional requirements, and the lack of physical activity have pushed the percentage of U.S. children who are obese (or almost obese) to around 50%. If the only problem created by … [Read more...]
A hidden epidemic of birth defects
A Largely Hidden Epidemic Of Birth Defects Running Through The World's Infants And Children. There's a largely hidden epidemic of birth defects running through the world's infants and children, striking about 8 million every year, about 6 percent of those born, according to a new study. An estimated 3.3 million children under age … [Read more...]
‘Double Diabetes’ Hard to Diagnose
Obesity Epidemic Fueling A Double Diabetes. The obesity epidemic appears to be fueling a hybrid type of diabetes that afflicts adults and children and, some believe, might increase the devastating complications of the disease. Dubbed "double diabetes" by some and "diabetes 1 1/2" by others, the combination of types 1 and 2 … [Read more...]
Asbestos Diseases Viewed As ‘Epidemic’
Epidemic Of Asbestos Diseases. The United States is facing an "epidemic" of asbestos-caused diseases, with some 100,000 people expected to die in the next decade from their past exposure to the dangerous substance, according an analysis of health data by an environmental organization. "Ten thousand Americans die each year a rate … [Read more...]
Sobering State Calls Autism An Epidemic
Autism An Epidemic That Is Sweeping The State. An explosion in autism cases in California over the past 15 years is not the result of changes in diagnostic criteria or an improvement in diagnosis, but represents a real epidemic that is sweeping the state, according to a major new study sent to the state Legislature on … [Read more...]
