Teens’ Music Makes Them Worse Drivers; Blood Worms Invade Tap Water

On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of this past week’s (August 24, 2013 through August 31, 2013) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes. http://dietfoods.keepsblogging.com/causes-of-vaginal-discharge.html1. Teens’ Music Makes Them Worse Drivers

To the list of things that cause teenage drivers, especially males, to commit errors behind the wheel — alcohol, texting, horseplay, etc. — now add “listening to their favorite music,” which among teens tends to mean rock, dance, rap and hip-hop.
2. Blood Worms Invade Tap Water

Blood worms have been found in water glasses and water filters in the city of Colcord, Oklahoma.
3. Fast Food Workers Go on Strike for Higher Pay

Fast-food workers from nearly 60 cities have gone on strikes and walkouts, forcing some restaurants to temporarily close.

4. Kids’ Fast Food Ads Push Toys, Not Food

Fast food ads targeted to kids emphasize giveaways and not the food, say researchers who call for oversight of fast food marketing.
5. SAD Less Common Than Thought

Seasonal affective disorder is less common that previously thought, say OSU researchers who compared data on depressive symptoms in 762 participants against weather patterns.
6. Starbucks Won’t Cut Benefits for Obamacare

Starbucks, a company that offers health insurance even for part-time employees, says that the company’s benefits will continue, despite possible increases in insurance costs. http://dietcauseacne.stylelists.net/symptoms-of-contamination.html7. New York Daily News Calls Christie Fatso

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been called “fatso” on the cover of the New York Daily News!
8. Boozing Costs U.S. $223 Billion a Year

A new CDC report adds up the annual economic price of heavy drinking in America, especially binge drinking, due to costly side-effects ranging from health problems to accidents and violence, and puts the total at $223.5 billion annually.
9. Supply Exceeds Demand for Veterinarians

Last year, there are about 11,250 excess full-time veterinarians, finds a new study.
10. Poor Sleep Triggers Junk Food Cravings

U.C. Berkeley researchers have discovered the link between a lack of sleep and weight gain: sleep-deprived brains both seek rewards and lack self-restraint, and are most attracted and least resistant to sugary, fatty, calorie-laden foods. http://weightloss.snackblogger.com/symptoms-of-contamination.html11. Good Oral Hygiene May Lower Cancer Risk

Good oral hygiene could reduce the risk of HPV-related oral cancers, says new research.
12. Whole Foods Opens Records Shops Inside Stores