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Authors: Hagihara Y, Nakajima A, Fukuda S, Goto S, Iida H, Yamazaki M Running exercise is an effective therapy for the prevention of osteoporosis; however, appropriate duration of exercise has not been determined. We therefore investigated the effect of exercise duration on bone mineral density (BMD) and systemic bone metabolism using young growing rats. Fifteen 8-week-old female Wistar rats were divided into three groups according to running load: control group (no running), short duration (30 min/day) and long duration (180 min/day), and animals ran on a treadmill 5 days per week over an 8-week period. BMD of the tibia was measured using peripheral quantitative computed tomography, and serum levels of tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), a bone resorption marker and alkaline ...

hand in hand for many women, according to the first study to look at how the three relate to one another over time in young adults. Dr. Carolyn A.

State agencies are warning tobacco retailers to stop selling individual cigarettes that can be as cheap as 25 cents a piece, but pose a health threat to young people.

Smoking could Shorten Men's Lives 10 to 15 Years Author: Danny Category: Tech 8 hours ago A study carried out in the United Kingdom revealed that the life expectancy for men could be reduced by 10 to 15 years after the age of 50 due to smoking.

Is there a symbiotic relationship between candy and cigarettes? It almost seems so. The ties that bind these oral temptations were in the news again this month when the Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of flavored cigarettes. It was the agency's first big move since Congress authorized it, within limits, to regulate tobacco products. Many are not even aware that they make cigarettes with strawberry, chocolate or other flavoring. At one point, R.J. Reynolds put out Twista Lime, Kauai Kolada and Warm Winter Toffee as part of its Camel Exotic Blends. Yuck. But some younger people think these things are great. "These flavored cigarettes are a gateway for many children and young adults to become regular smokers," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said. . . . Another example of mixing tobacco and sugar was brought to our attention by Oregon's junior senator, Jeff Merkley. When he was visiting several weeks ago, he pulled out a tin of candies, each containing a small amount o

IT WAS a good first step by the Food and Drug Administration to ban candy- and fruit-flavored cigarettes this week under its new powers to regulate tobacco. The next and much bigger step is ending Menthol Madness. . . . Medical journal studies over the last four years have found that smokers of menthol cigarettes are significantly more likely to have difficulty quitting smoking and that tobacco companies have deliberately manipulated menthol levels (as they did with nicotine) to lure younger smokers with 'milder'' taste. While menthol cigarettes are nearly 30 percent of the overall US market, 44 percent of smokers ages 12 to 17 reported smoking menthol brands. The menthol exemption also leaves dangling in political midair explosive charges of racism. . . . But with at least a year to go before possible banning, Big Tobacco is systematically hooking as many new smokers as possible. Martin Orlowsky, the CEO of Lorillard, which makes the top-selling menthol Newport, said this month

'Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power, lust nor stupidity are good motives.' -- Ayn Rand, 'Textbook of Americanism,' 1946 Just when you thought it was safe to take a break and spark up a 'Bayou Blast' smoke, better think again: 'The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect on Tuesday, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug Administration's new authority to regulate tobacco.' (Associated Press, Sept. 22) And the justification for this intrusion into your non-aggressive activities? 'Candy- and fruit-flavored cigarettes are a gateway for many children and young adults to become regular tobacco users,' said Dr. Lawrence R. Deyton, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products. Yep, the children are being threatened! . . . Who gave the 'officials' of the FDA the moral right to regulate the non-coercive activities of a (supposedly) free population? . . . When man's individual rights and the integrity

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) Committee for medicinal products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for the company's pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar 13 (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine [13-valent Adsorbed]).

Northern Territory men over the age of 50 are being urged to visit their doctors and get checked for prostate cancer.

Vitamin D deficiency in premenopausal women may increase the risk of developing systolic hypertension 15 years later, according to research reported at the American Heart Association's 63rd High Blood Pressure Research Conference. Researchers examined women enrolled in the Michigan Bone Health and Metabolism Study and analyzed data from 559 Caucasian women living in Tecumseh, Mich.