Health risks of professional dance

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The health risks of professional dance (and particularly with the more strenuous forms of ballet and contemporary dance) are those generally found in sports injuries. Dancers risk injury within the course of their career, many retiring from active performance in their mid to late 30s. Since dance is a performance art with emphasis on aesthetics, dancers are also at a higher risk of body image problems and eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia.

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Coal ash is contaminating water, damaging health in 34 states, groups say

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 1

People in 34 states who live near 210 coal ash lagoons or landfills with inadequate lining have a higher risk of cancer and other diseases from contaminants in their drinking water, two environmental groups reported Thursday.


How Flip-Flops, Baseball Caps Can Raise Your Skin Cancer Risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (12) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cheap, convenient and casual, baseball caps and flip-flops have acquired a trendy charm. Those qualities have made them must-wear accessories for teens, outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners or anyone trying to ...


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Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.


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Survey: Dioxin levels high in Vietnam near US base

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created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- New environmental tests confirm extremely high levels of dioxin, the toxic ingredient of Agent Orange, in people, fish and soil near a former U.S. air base where American troops stored the herbicide ...


Coke ads 'totally unacceptable' in Australia

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created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Australia's consumer regulator has ordered Coca-Cola to publish corrections after it claimed in "unacceptable" ads that health risks from the soft drink were a myth, the watchdog said Thursday.


Scientists and public differ on views about nanotechnology regulation

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to regulating nanotechnology - a burgeoning global industry with wide-ranging potential applications - a new study led by professors Dietram Scheufele at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...


Study reviews health risks, economic burden of migraine

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study published in Value in Health reviews the economic burden of migraine in the U.S. and recent clinical findings of the health risks of this neurological condition. This study traces the history of economic articl ...


Early immune system exposures linked to chronic disease

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created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists and regulators have a golden opportunity to reduce the health toll from a range of diseases by focusing more attention on identification of environmental factors that can damage the prenatal immune system as well ...


New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.


Teen sexual activity and gambling associated with taking nonprescribed medications to get high

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students are more likely to engage in bad behaviors than those who don't, a ...


A double-threat to teen health: Researchers say smoking, binge drinking need to be addressed

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created Aug 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As teens head back to school, health teachers may want to revise their lesson plans. Temple researchers have found that kids who engage in heavy drinking will more than likely also engage in heavy smoking, and they say educators ...


Renewable energies will benefit US workers

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Expansion of renewable energies should appreciably improve the health status of the 700,000 US workers employed in the energy sector, according to a commentary by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers, in Milwaukee. Their ...


Smokers have more options than ever in the fight to kick the habit

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created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nina Ball regularly walks by a row of smokers outside the charter school in North Philadelphia where she helps youths find jobs and get into college. A year ago, she might have bummed a cigarette there.