Americans strive for health but remain overweight survey finds
A Prevention magazine study shows more adults buckle seat belts exercise but weight issues persist. The Prevention Index rose to 67.3 from 1984, with 71 percent always wearing front-seat belts and 40 percent exercising strenuously three times weekly. Smoking rose to 30 percent, and 26 percent of adults smoked in other surveys.
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Washington
Prevention Magazine
Princeton Survey Research Associates
National Household Survey
Centers For Disease Control
Walter D. Broadnax
New prenatal Celocentesis Offers Safer Testing Option
London researchers report a new celocentesis method that retrieves fetal cells from near the placenta for early chromosome analysis. In a study of 67 pregnancies six to ten weeks along, 96 percent yielded cells. success dropped at later weeks. Experts caution results are preliminary and require more trials before adoption.
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London
Eric Jauniaux
Kings College Hospital
Lancet
Jauniaux
French wine touted as heart health aid sparks debate
At Vinexpo scientists and industry officials argued moderation may reduce health risks while governments seek to curb alcohol harm. Dr Serge Renaud cites the French Paradox linking red wine to lower heart disease, though U.S. and other laws ban health claims and ads.
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France
Frederic Julia
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Japan
Serge Renaud
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Fathers Radiation Exposure Not Raising Kids Cancer Risk
A British study from Oxford University finds that paternal exposure to radiation before conception does not explain excess leukemia and non Hodgkin’s lymphoma in children near a nuclear plant. Researchers say focus should shift to other causes amid ongoing litigation against British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
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England
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Ray Cartwright
Kinlin
Cancer Research Campaign
Department of Public Health
Oxford University
British Medical Journal
Britain
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
Cartwright
Leeds University
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