Is being too clean bad for your health? Research indicates that some of the products we use to avoid germs may contribute to the development of conditions like asthma and allergies.
2011 CPTF President Dr. Diana Zuckerman advises women with breast implants not to get too worried about the connection between breast implants and a rare form of lymphoma, but to see their doctors if they have any concern in this ABC news story.
Today’s obesity epidemic is also an epidemic of the health problems resulting from excess weight, such as diabetes, heart disease, some types of cancer, and early onset of puberty.
Research shows that sleeping in total darkness allows your body to produce as much of the hormone melatonin as possible. This is good because when your production of melatonin drops, you are at greater risk of breast and/or colorectal cancer and other health risks.
The bottom line for now, pending additional research, is that people who have been using permanent hair dyes since the 1980s appear to be at little to no increased risk of lymphoma or other cancers.
Certain fruit juices contain too much antimony (a chemical that may cause cancer or damage the reproductive system).