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UPDATE:"Brazilian fact-checker Aos Fatos and Estado Verifica found that a car would need to reach an internal temperature above 300 degrees Celsius (572 degrees Fahrenheit) to cause hand sanitizer to combust. A study by Arizona State University looking at cars parked in triple-digit summer heat found temperatures topped out around 160 F (71.11 C)," according to its report.Most hand...[ Read More... ]
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Tagged hand sanitizer | clear water bottle | fire danger | fire | flammable | sun | smoking | open flame | fire department
One single night of interrupted sleep increases brain proteins which are believed to cause Alzheimer's disease, researches reported in a study published in the journal Brain Monday. Sleep helps the body clear away these compounds, amyloid and tau, while interrupting sleep may lead to a compound build-up."When people had their slow-wave sleep disrupted, their amyloid levels increased by...[ Read More... ]
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Tagged alzheimer's | sleep | amyloid | tau | brain proteins | plaque | alzheimer's causes | alzheimer's prevention
There are a lot of health benefits for babies breastfeeding, from absorbing antibodies to help babies fight off viruses and bacteria, to lowering their risk of having asthma or allergies. Babies who are breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months, without any formula, have fewer ear infections, respiratory illnesses, and bouts of diarrhea ("Breastfeeding Benefits for Mom and Baby -...[ Read More... ]
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No protection from the flu with the nasal spray vaccine says CDC, better to go with flu shots:FluMist, made by MedImmune, uses live but weakened strains of flu virus to stimulate the immune system. It's sprayed up the nose and in some seasons it had been reported to be more effective than some injected vaccines."NASAL SPRAY FLU VACCINE ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ALL FLU VACCINES GIVEN...[ Read More... ]
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St. Louis, Missouri jury found Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products linked to Jacqueline Fox's death from ovarian cancer at the age of 62 and awarded her family $10 million for actual damages and $62 million for punitivie damages. It is the first verdict by a U.S. jury to award damages over the claims. In October 2013, a federal jry in Sioux Falls also found that plaintiff's...[ Read More... ]
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Tagged talcum powder | johnson & johnson | cancer | ovarian cancer | lung cancer | baby powder | shower to shower | baby products | asbestos
On ABC news and other media there is talk about a new study published in the Journal of America Medical Association Neurology that claims that heartburn drugs are linked to dimentia. The study focused on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) drugs such as Prevacid, Nexium, and Prilosec, that work by lowering the amount of acid produced by the stomach.German researchers examined the...[ Read More... ]
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Tagged heartburn | heartburn drugs | dementia | prilosec | prevacid | nexium | dr. richard besser | overweight