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Unwanted online sexual exposures decline for youth, new research finds

December 15, 2011
A new study from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center finds declines in two kinds of youth Internet sexual encounters of great concern to parents: unwanted sexual solicitations and unwanted exposure to pornography. The researchers suspect that greater public awareness may have been, in part, what ...

Unwanted online sexual exposures decline for youth, new UNH research finds

December 15, 2011
(University of New Hampshire) A new study from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center finds declines in two kinds of youth Internet sexual encounters of great concern to parents: Unwanted sexual solicitations and unwanted exposure to pornography. The researchers suspect that greater public awareness may have ...

Wis. clinic warns of possible disease exposures

August 30, 2011
(AP) -- A Madison-based clinic is trying to track down hundreds of patients after a nurse apparently spent years improperly using diabetic injection devices on them, potentially exposing them to blood-borne diseases such as HIV.

Study Reports Short Latencies For Cancer In Young Workers With High Occupational Exposures To Electro-magnetic Fields

August 16, 2011
A study conducted by Hebrew University researchers has found that that there can be very short latency periods between the time of exposure and development of cancer in workers in tasks with intense or prolonged exposure to electro-magnetic fields (EMFs). Previous studies have described excess risks for cancer from such ...

Short latencies shown for cancer in young workers with exposures to electro-magnetic fields

August 15, 2011
A study conducted by Hebrew University researchers has found that that there can be very short latency periods between the time of exposure and development of cancer in workers in tasks with intense or prolonged exposure to electro-magnetic fields (EMFs). Previous studies have described excess risks for cancer from such ...

Short latencies shown for cancer in young workers with exposures to electro-magnetic fields

August 15, 2011
Jerusalem, August 14, 2011 A study conducted by Hebrew University researchers has found that that there can be very short latency periods between the time of exposure and development of cancer in workers in tasks with intense or prolonged exposure to electro-magnetic fields (EMFs). Previous studies have described excess ...

Short latencies shown for cancer in young workers with exposures to electro-magnetic fields

August 14, 2011
(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) A study conducted by Hebrew University researchers has found that that there can be very short latency periods between the time of exposure and development of cancer in workers in tasks with intense or prolonged exposure to electro-magnetic fields. Previous studies have described excess risks ...

On-the-Job Lead Exposures Falling, But Still a Problem: CDC

June 30, 2011
THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- The number of U.S. workers aged 16 and older with elevated blood lead levels has dropped by more than half over the past two decades -- from 14 per 100,000 in 1994 to 6.3 per 100,000 in 2009, a new study reveals. ...

Early Chemical Exposures May Affect Breast Health: Report

June 22, 2011
By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to common chemicals during critical periods of breast development may affect breast growth, the ability to breast-feed and breast cancer risk, a new report contends. Some of these chemicals are ...

Scientists Call For Safety Testing Of Chemicals To Include Prenatal Exposures

June 22, 2011
A review published online June 22 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) reports the conclusions of an international workshop on ways to improve chemicals safety testing for effects on the breast. The studies reviewed by workshop scientists indicate that chemical exposures during critical periods of ...

Scientists call for safety testing of chemicals to include prenatal exposures

June 22, 2011
A review published online June 22 ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) reports the conclusions of an international workshop on ways to improve chemicals safety testing for effects on the breast. The studies reviewed by workshop scientists indicate that chemical exposures during critical periods of ...

Paternal exposures can adversely affect sperm

June 20, 2011
Acording to the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) Pregnancy Health Information Line, more studies are needed to evaluate men and the potential effect of illnesses, medications and lifestyle habits on fertility and pregnancy. For couples suffering fertility problems, the issue is linked to the potential father approximately 50 percent of ...