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BPA linked to sex problems

NEW YORK — Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported last week. might harm the reproductive and nervous systems, and ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Monterey County Herald,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kaiser Permanente,  Food and Drug Administration,  US Food and Drug Administration

Chemical BPA linked to sex problems

M ale factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday. Heavy exposure to BPA, or bisphenol A, on the job was linked to ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kaiser Permanente,  Food and Drug Administration,  US Food and Drug Administration

Chemical BPA in workers linked to sex problems

M ale factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday. Heavy exposure to BPA, or bisphenol A, on the job was linked to ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kaiser Permanente,  Food and Drug Administration,  US Food and Drug Administration

Chemical in plastic bottles linked to sex problems in factory workers exposed to it

NEW YORK — Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday. Heavy exposure to BPA, or bisphenol A, on the job was ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, NevadaAppeal.com,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kaiser Permanente,  Food and Drug Administration,  US Food and Drug Administration

High school football concussions draw interest

NEW YORK - While headlines focused last week on potential long-term risks of head injuries to pro football players, Jarek Dombrowski was just hoping to get through his school days without the headaches coming back. Jarek, 16, returned to high school in ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, AZ Central.com,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  University of North Carolina,  University of Pittsburgh

Experts: HS football concussions merit more study

NEW YORK—While headlines focused this week on potential long-term risks of head injuries to pro football players, Jarek Dombrowski was just hoping to get through his school days without the headaches coming back. Jarek, 16, returned to high school in ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Boston Globe,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  University of Pittsburgh

10/23/2009 -- Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb

NEW YORK (AP) — When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier. HEALTHBEAT: Day care largely untapped in obesity fight even as preschoolers' waistlines bulge... A city farmer, ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Mother Earth News,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Natural Resources Defense Council,  Harvard Medical School,  Baylor College of Medicine,  Columbia University

Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb

NEW YORK (AP) -- When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier. She went on to have two daughters, and she may have boosted their chances of avoiding becoming obese, like her two ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Buffalo News,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Harvard Medical School,  Baylor College of Medicine,  Columbia University,  Institute of Medicine,  Massachusetts General Hospital

Hyped fossil 'link' just a big boner

Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. Experts protested that Ida wasn't even a ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, New York Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Stony Brook University,  David Attenborough

Primate fossil called only a distant relative

NEW YORK (AP) -- Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. Experts protested that ...

From MALCOLM RITTER, Buffalo News,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Stony Brook University

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