C M G Buttery

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Survey data released today by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America® and MetLife Foundation found that teenage girls are more likely than teenage boys to perceive potential benefits from drug use and drinking, making teen girls more vulnerable to drug and alcohol abuse.  “Parents of teen girls have to be especially attentive to their daughters’ [...]

Trust for America’s health has a new report n the increasing epidemic of obesity in the US, that is worth visiting, the graphics of the statewide differences between adult and juvenile obesity is fascinating. Adult obesity rates increased in 28 states in the past year, and declined only in the District of Columbia (D.C.), according [...]

Dr Karin Reid worked with a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, Australia, to conduct the analysis. She said, “Flavanols have been shown to increase the formation of endothelial nitric oxide, which promotes vasodilation and consequently may lower blood pressure. There have, however, been conflicting results as to the real-life effects of eating [...]

California is one of only 11 states that does not require middle school students to receive a booster shot against whooping cough. As a result, just 43.7% of California adolescents had the vaccine for whooping cough, known as Tdap, in 2008, according to the CDC.  What’s more, the state is the only one in the [...]

A new study of 459,000 children nationwide, led by Kaiser Permanente’s Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, discovered a disturbing side effect from the quadruple-hit vaccination: It doubles the risk of febrile seizures in children between ages 1 and 2. The study is published today in the journal Pediatrics. Comment: the attempt to reduce the total [...]

A new report from the IOM released today, Health Disparities, sometimes relate to personal choice but also occur as a result of variations in income, language proficiency, health insurance status, culture, neighborhood features, and many other factors. However, the public, media, and policymakers often see these gaps as a result of individual choice alone. Therefore, [...]

Note the that the major causes of death in this age group are violence, see first three columns.

From the Commonwealth Fund: Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance, relative to other countries. This report—an update to three earlier editions—includes data from seven countries and incorporates patients’ and physicians’ survey results on care experiences and ratings on dimensions of care. [...]

In the last weeks I have seen several studies that reported showing that coffee and tea are either good or bad for you. In one from a European activist groups studying rheumatoid arthritis the suggestion was made that even 1 cup of tea a day is bad for you and oven 4 cups of tea [...]