Lab Notes: Airport Noise Linked to Midriff Spread; FDA Warns on Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attacks

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1. Airport Noise Linked to Midriff Spread

To the seemingly endless list of things that can contribute to weight gain, you can now add: living near an airport, which Swedish researchers have concluded can, over time, add 2.5 inches to a person’s waistline all by itself.

2. FDA Warns on Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attacks

If you’re taking aspirin to ward off heart attacks, the FDA is warning you to consult with your doctor because of possible side effects.

3. Coke, Pepsi to Drop Controversial Chemical

Coca-Cola will remove BVO, a chemical used as a flame retardant, from its drinks by the end of the year.

4. Electronic Media Causing Myopia Epidemic?

Are computers, social media and video games making us all nearsighted? That’s what some experts suggest, given recent studies that show that since the early 1970s, myopia among Americans aged 12 to 54 has risen by fully 2/3, up from 25% to 41%.

5. Death Rate Is Down in Massachusetts

The death rate has declined significantly in the years after Massachusetts adopted the Affordable Care Act.

6. Diabetes Linked to Loss of Brain Matter

Type 2 diabetes is linked to loss of brain volume which may lead to lower cognitive function, say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.

7. Young Blood May Hold Anti-Aging Key

Two new studies have scientists speculating that aging bodies could be rejuvenated simply by receiving key elements present in young blood, and some longevity experts are optimistic that an anti-aging drug based on these findings can be developed.

8. Just Imagining Food Aroma Makes Us Hungry

Food aromas are known to whet the appetite and motivate people to overeat, but Temple University researchers now report that just thinking about an attractive food smell while viewing a photo of the food can make us as hungry as the actual aroma.

(By CalorieLab editors)

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Does Saturated Fat Cause Heart Disease?

Published on: 10:28 AM

A large new study has concluded that saturated fat doesn’t cause heart disease. Here’s a quote from one of the many articles about the study:

"Many of us have long been told that saturated fat, the type found in meat, butter and cheese, causes heart disease. But a large and exhaustive new analysis by a team of international scientists found no evidence that eating saturated fat increased heart attacks and other cardiac events.

For decades, health officials have urged the public to avoid saturated fat as much as possible, saying it should be replaced with the unsaturated fats in foods like nuts, fish, seeds and vegetable oils.

But the new research, published on Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, did not find that people who ate higher levels of saturated fat had more heart disease than those who ate less. Nor did it find less disease in those eating higher amounts of unsaturated fat, including monounsaturated fat like olive oil or polyunsaturated fat like corn oil."

Another review, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, contains data from twenty-one studies that included 350,000 people and tracked for an average of fourteen years. The conclusion? There is no relationship between the intake of saturated fat and the incidence of heart disease or stroke.

In other words, eating saturated fat doesn’t cause heart disease.

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Risk of Heart Disease 25% Higher for Women Smokers

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Despite Smoking Fewer Cigarettes a Day Than Men, Women Appear to Be at Greater risk of Developing Coronary Heart DiseaseBy Moira Dower
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Sheena Meredith, MD
Aug. 10, 2011 -- Women smokers run a 25% higher risk than male smokers of developing coronary heart disease, according to a recent study. The authors of the study suggest that this increased risk for women could be due to physiological differences between the sexes.
The study, by Rachel R. Huxley, DPhil, of the division of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, and Mark Woodward, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, is published in the journal The Lancet.

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