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PARTNERSHIP EVENTS
New Partnership Call: Pediatric Integrative Health: Approaches to Optimizing "Whole Child" Wellness 8/12/10: MP3 recording available: On the Ground in the Gulf Coast: A conversation with Wilma Subra and Michael Lerner
CHE WORKING GROUP EVENTS
CHE-Alaska: Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health and the Promise of Green Chemistry: A discussion with author Elizabeth Grossman:
September 15, 2010
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Ovarian Cancer: Newsfeed 29 Aug Little pity for sick smokers. Research has found Australians are the world's least sympathetic when it comes to patients diagnosed with lung cancer. 10 Aug What REALLY raises the risk of breast cancer? Britain's rate of breast cancer is soaring, with as many as one in nine women affected by the devastating disease. We asked an expert to weigh up the evidence on the various theories. 9 Aug Girls hit puberty at younger ages. New research adds further evidence that girls are entering puberty at younger and younger ages, with implications for their physical and mental health. One of the main contributors to early puberty is thought to be increasing body weight and obesity rates. Environmental factors may also to play a role. 5 Aug Cancer victim's father urges Detrick resignations. Randy White is becoming increasingly convinced that a series of actions by Fort Detrick caused hundreds or even thousands of cases of cancer. He is calling for two employees to resign and announced that his cause had gained congressional interest. 30 Jul Oregon's voices in the green-burial movement see increase in interest. The green burial movement is still small but those involved in the business of death are seeing a steady uptick in interest as people who previously leaned toward cremation are hearing about returning their body to the elements, essentially composting it. 30 Jul Armstrong County residents say illnesses linked to nuclear plants. About 250 people came Thursday to the United Steelworkers building for a town hall meeting hosted by two law firms seeking to represent people who may have been exposed to radiation contamination by nuclear processing facilities in Apollo and Parks. 29 Jul Prescription: more sun. Autism might be caused by mothers not getting enough sunlight or Vitamin D supplementation during their pregnancies. 22 Jul 'Take-home exposure' fuels new wave of asbestos lawsuits. Julie Gundlach, age 39, has mesothelioma, a fast-acting cancer that is always fatal, generally taking a life within six to 18 months of diagnosis. The disease is caused by exposure to asbestos. Gundlach, though, never worked with asbestos. 21 Jul Two studies link drinking milk with prostate cancer. Some experts believe that, in some cases, high consumption might not protect against disease - but cause it. Two new studies - an Italian one published this month, and earlier Canadian research - have linked milk consumption to a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer. 11 Jul Lifesaving drugs may be killing health workers. Nurses, pharmacists and others who handle chemo drugs have been getting sick. Despite multiple studies that indicate the drugs actually may cause cancers, the federal government doesn't require safeguards on the job. 11 Jul Political landmark for BPA ban. When a bill to ban a common plastic additive in feeding products for young children passed the Assembly on July 1, it marked a milestone in state legislative efforts to regulate bisphenol A. 9 Jul Interesting environment wards off cancer. Mice raised in a complex environment providing social interactions, opportunities to learn and increased physical activity are less likely to get cancer, and better at fighting it when they do. A mild boost in stress hormones seems to be what keeps the cancer at bay by switching on a molecular pathway that restrains tumour growth. 9 Jul Family wonders if Ft. Detrick is responsible for cancer cases. Is Fort Detrick responsible for environmental pollution that is causing cancer among its neighbors? 8 Jul Green dilemmas: Cow?s milk vs. soymilk. Cow's milk and soy milk--compare them side-by-side and things get as murky as a glass of you-know-what. |