Health (General) – Newsletter for January 3, 2011

Obesity begins in babies as young as 9 months old: Study

WASHINGTON – If you think that children are part of the obesity epidemic, then here’s something you should know.

A new study has revealed that obesity can begin in babies as young as nine months old.

“With the consistent evidence that the percent of overweight children has steadily increased over the past decade, we weren’t surprised …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

TB patients ‘more prone to lung cancer’

WASHINGTON – A new study has provided compelling evidence of increased lung cancer risk among people with tuberculosis.

Scientists at China Medical University and Hospital in Taiwan randomly selected 1 million patients covered under the country’s National Health Insurance program.

All patients aged 20 years and older with a new diagnosis of tuberculosis between 1998 and 2000 …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : TB patients ‘more prone to lung cancer’.

Use of morning after pill worries pharmacists

LONDON – British pharmacists fear that many women are risking their health by using the morning after pill after unprotected sex.

A poll in Britain has found that one-fifth of women used the emergency contraceptive last year.
The Co-Operative Pharmacy conducted the survey on 3,000 people and found that 20 percent of women aged …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Use of morning after pill worries pharmacists.

Healthy women see themselves fat in mirror

LONDON – Despite their healthy weight, 17 percent of women in a survey described themselves as “fat” – with almost as many saying they felt “down” when they looked in the mirror.

Only one out of 17 such women actually considered herself “slim”.
To her husband and her friends, a woman looks happy, …. Read the original article  : Healthy women see themselves fat in mirror.