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Halloween is scary enough without dangerous face paints
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-10-28 08:10:40
According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, tests have revealed that some children’s face paints used at Halloween contain the metals lead, nickel, cobalt, and chromium. What is equally scary is the fact that these metals are often not listed on the product labels.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-10-28 08:10:40
According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, tests have revealed that some children’s face paints used at Halloween contain the metals lead, nickel, cobalt, and chromium. What is equally scary is the fact that these metals are often not listed on the product labels.
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Best party schools versus best educational schools
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-18 12:43:13
For 2009, Playboy magazine ranks the best party school in the United States to be the University of Miami (Florida) while U.S. News and World Report ranks the best educational school to be Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Is this party atmosphere further hurting the educational system in the United States? Is this really good for the reputation of schools?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2009-04-18 12:43:13
For 2009, Playboy magazine ranks the best party school in the United States to be the University of Miami (Florida) while U.S. News and World Report ranks the best educational school to be Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Is this party atmosphere further hurting the educational system in the United States? Is this really good for the reputation of schools?
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Abuse report: Teens sniffing inhalants
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-03-17 07:48:58
Although a lower percentage of U.S. teens are sniffing, or huffing, inhalants in 2007, the number of teenagers who have abused inhalants has remained about the same for the past five years (2002-2007), according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-03-17 07:48:58
Although a lower percentage of U.S. teens are sniffing, or huffing, inhalants in 2007, the number of teenagers who have abused inhalants has remained about the same for the past five years (2002-2007), according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Study finds Ritalin risky for pleasure addiction
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-02-18 08:54:07
According to New York researchers, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicine Ritalin increases the risk of addiction to people who take it for pleasure or for performance enhancement because it causes brain changes in its addiction centers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-02-18 08:54:07
According to New York researchers, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicine Ritalin increases the risk of addiction to people who take it for pleasure or for performance enhancement because it causes brain changes in its addiction centers.
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U.S. FDA warns about asthma drugs Serevent, Foradil
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-12-12 15:04:43
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on Thursday, December 11, 2008, that the risks of the two prescription drugs Serevent and Foradil outweigh their benefits. However, the FDA considers the asthma drugs Advair and Symbicort safer to use.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-12-12 15:04:43
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on Thursday, December 11, 2008, that the risks of the two prescription drugs Serevent and Foradil outweigh their benefits. However, the FDA considers the asthma drugs Advair and Symbicort safer to use.
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Too much caffeine? Say “Ner” to energy drinks?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-28 11:29:46
According to a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers are recommending warning labels on energy drinks, such as the first energy drink Red Bull introduced in the United States, because the super-caffeinated drinks could cause overdose symptoms such as heart palpitations and insomnia.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-28 11:29:46
According to a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers are recommending warning labels on energy drinks, such as the first energy drink Red Bull introduced in the United States, because the super-caffeinated drinks could cause overdose symptoms such as heart palpitations and insomnia.
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U.S. children on mind-altering drugs more than Dutch, German
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-27 11:39:03
A comprehensive study found that American children are much more likely to be given antidepressents, stimulants, and other psychoactive drugs (to alter the brain or mood) than children in the Netherlands or Germany.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-27 11:39:03
A comprehensive study found that American children are much more likely to be given antidepressents, stimulants, and other psychoactive drugs (to alter the brain or mood) than children in the Netherlands or Germany.
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Anorexic Web now 470 percent fatter
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-22 06:55:36
The Optenet 2008 International Internet Trends Study reveals that websites with pro-anorexia and bulimia content have grown by 470 percent since the end of 2006. Child pornography, violence, racism and drug abuse sites are also on an unhealthily upward curve.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-22 06:55:36
The Optenet 2008 International Internet Trends Study reveals that websites with pro-anorexia and bulimia content have grown by 470 percent since the end of 2006. Child pornography, violence, racism and drug abuse sites are also on an unhealthily upward curve.
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2nd AP report: Even more Americans have drugs in drinking water
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-14 09:21:27
An Associated Press report in March 2008 showed 41 million Americans have pharmaceuticals in their drinking water. An updated September 2008 AP report shows that number is now at least 46 million—and will likely increase in the future!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-14 09:21:27
An Associated Press report in March 2008 showed 41 million Americans have pharmaceuticals in their drinking water. An updated September 2008 AP report shows that number is now at least 46 million—and will likely increase in the future!
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FDA announces first-time list of "potential" problem drugs
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-07 13:05:47
The U.S. federal government on Friday began posting--for the first time--a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform physicians, the medical community, in general, and patients.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-07 13:05:47
The U.S. federal government on Friday began posting--for the first time--a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform physicians, the medical community, in general, and patients.
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Western Australia: Double whammy decline in smoking cannabis
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-08-29 10:55:42
It is considered dangerous to smoke cigarettes and smoking of cannabis is considered dangerous, too, but in Western Australia a government report shows that the smoking of the Cannabis plant as marijuana has declined dramatically over the past seven years.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-08-29 10:55:42
It is considered dangerous to smoke cigarettes and smoking of cannabis is considered dangerous, too, but in Western Australia a government report shows that the smoking of the Cannabis plant as marijuana has declined dramatically over the past seven years.
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An Inconvenient Truth: Spam Sells Lots of Sex and Drugs
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-19 13:24:12
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-19 13:24:12
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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U.S. report: teen pregnancies up, 8th grade smoking down, 9% asthma in children
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-07-12 09:19:44
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics released the tenth edition of its report "America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2008” on Friday, July 11, 2008. We have both good and bad news to report.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-07-12 09:19:44
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics released the tenth edition of its report "America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2008” on Friday, July 11, 2008. We have both good and bad news to report.
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Viagra like? No wonder watermelons grow so big!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-07-04 09:20:17
Texas A&M University researchers say that eating watermelon can act on a man’s sexual desire much like the drug Viagra. These Texan researchers should be right because we all know that everything is bigger in Texas.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-07-04 09:20:17
Texas A&M University researchers say that eating watermelon can act on a man’s sexual desire much like the drug Viagra. These Texan researchers should be right because we all know that everything is bigger in Texas.
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Marijuana and depression a bad mix with teens
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-05-11 17:01:12
On Wednesday, May 9, 2008, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the report “"Teen Marijuana Use Worsens Depression: An Analysis of Recent Data Shows 'Self-Medicating' Could Actually Make Things Worse.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-05-11 17:01:12
On Wednesday, May 9, 2008, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the report “"Teen Marijuana Use Worsens Depression: An Analysis of Recent Data Shows 'Self-Medicating' Could Actually Make Things Worse.”
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Experimental drug may block radiation damage
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-04-13 11:24:41
One dose of the early-stage experimental drug protected mice and monkeys from lethal doses of radiation. Future experiments will be conducted to see if tissues in humans can, likewise, be protected during radiation treatments and as an antidote from nuclear attacks.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-04-13 11:24:41
One dose of the early-stage experimental drug protected mice and monkeys from lethal doses of radiation. Future experiments will be conducted to see if tissues in humans can, likewise, be protected during radiation treatments and as an antidote from nuclear attacks.
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Happy Girthday, I mean Birthday, Viagra!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-30 11:20:30
Viagra®, uncommonly known as sildenafil citrate, is a drug that is used to treat men with erectile dysfunction, or impotence. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a little over ten years ago, on March 27, 1998.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-30 11:20:30
Viagra®, uncommonly known as sildenafil citrate, is a drug that is used to treat men with erectile dysfunction, or impotence. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a little over ten years ago, on March 27, 1998.
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AP finds drugs in 13.5% of U.S. water supplies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-10 08:27:15
The Associated Press article “AP probe finds drugs in drinking water” reveals that its five-month study found prescription and OTC drugs such as antibiotics, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen in the drinking water of at least forty-one million Americans.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-10 08:27:15
The Associated Press article “AP probe finds drugs in drinking water” reveals that its five-month study found prescription and OTC drugs such as antibiotics, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen in the drinking water of at least forty-one million Americans.
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Smokers found 4X more likely to be sleepy than nonsmokers
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-07 10:11:38
According to Johns Hopkins University researchers, smokers have more trouble getting asleep and have more sleep problems during the night. Overall, smokers are four times more likely than nonsmokers to feel “unrested” after waking up in the morning.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-07 10:11:38
According to Johns Hopkins University researchers, smokers have more trouble getting asleep and have more sleep problems during the night. Overall, smokers are four times more likely than nonsmokers to feel “unrested” after waking up in the morning.
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