* More and more high exercise stud...

* More and more high exercise students are finding it harder to breathe. According to a investigation by the Centers for Disease bridle and Prevention (CDC), one in six high seminary students claims to have asthma. In 2003 researchers overlooked approximately 13,000 high school learners about the disease. Sixteen percent of the bookish mans reported having asthma, and more than common third claimed to have had an attack in the past year. However, the expanse of under- or over-reporting could not be determined and is undivided limitation of the study. (MMWR Weekly, August 12 2005)

* Are nation who have heart attacks during the day better off? According to a inquiry of 68,000 patients published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, patients with heart attacks who fare to the hospital on nights or weekends wait approximately 21 minutes longer for angioplasty than those who fare during regular business hours (i.e., weekdays, 7 a.m. to 5 pm) Patients arriving at the hospital during regular business hours wait solitary 95 minutes, whereas patients who arrive later wait an average of single hour and 56 minutes. Authors of the research say this wait increases the risk of death from 7 percent. (JAMA, August 17 2005)

* Flying planes observations According to findings published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, commercial airline pilots are at increased risk of developing cataracts because of frontage to cosmic radiation. In a application of mind of nearly 450 men 50 years and older researchers compared the occupation with the prevalence of nuclear cataracts. Pilots were more likely than men in any other profession to have organ of vision problems. Cosmic rays, which draw near from the sun and exterior space, have already been determined to cause point in disputes in the eyes of astronauts. (Arch Ophthalmol, August 2005)

* According to a meditation of 54 couples in Proceedings: Biological Sciences, ovulating women may be more attracted to men with symmetrical bodies. The women in the cogitation were 18 to 44 years of age, were ovulating normally, and were not taking oral contraceptives. They were viewed about their physical attraction to their confess partners and to other men at various times of the month The authors erect that during ovulation, women whose partners had asymmetrical bodies showed a greater desire for other men who had a more symmetrical appearance. The contemplation authors conclude that this may be because of the stronger gene to their offspring, an idea similar to survival of the fittest. (Proc Biol Sci, August 17 2005)

* Finally--an excuse to achieve out of work. Occupational and Environmental Medicine reports that workers who devote long hours on the piece of work may be at increased risk for sickness or injury. The 13-year meditation evaluated the schedules, job histories, and incidence of work-related injuries and ailments in almost 11000 workers. Researchers discovered that at least undivided half of more than 5000 piece of work injuries reported occurred during reach outed work hours. They also construct that people who worked overtime were 61 percent more likely to become ill or injure themselves than race who worked a normal schedule. (Occup Environ M August 2005)

* When Americans say, "I'm allergic," they aren't lying. A nationwide measure and estimate published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology raise that 54 percent of clan in the United States are allergic to at least undivided of 10 common allergens. Researchers studied the ends of skin allergy tests from more than 30000 participants six to 59 years of age. They lay the foundation of the most common allergic reactions were to dust mites, rye grass, ragweed, and cockroaches. Researchers also determined that men were more likely than women to have allergies. (J Allergy Clin Immunol, August 2005)

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