First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls
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If you thought that only boys were affected by environmental hormones like the hormones in meat, guess again. A study reported by Denise Grade in the New York Times documents how girls are entering puberty earlier, and that obesity is a large contributing factor to this, but most likely not the only factor. Maybe it's better to skip that high-fructose corn syrup drink?
QuitlineNC
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Are you ready to quit using tobacco?
Quitline NC Why Asheville Women Stop Smoking
The Secret History of the War on Cancer
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Davis, Devra Lee. The Secret History of the War on Cancer. New York: BasicBooks, 2007.
This work presents extremely disturbing information about how virtually all information about the relationship between many synthetic chemicals and cancer have been blocked by both industry and government - leading to the conclusion that we are further behind in our understanding of this situation than researchers were in 1936. Dr. Davis also demonstrates the hypocrisy in which the same kind of experiments which are allowed to "prove" safety are considered inadequate to prove toxicity. Frankly,
this makes
the junk science of the Bush Administration look like a walk in the park.
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J. Lee Lehman
In the November/December 2009 issue, Mother Jones reports on the rebranding of various trash fish to change them from unutilized to trendy fish fashions. What makes a fish a trash fish? Either some unpleasant property, or something else that fishermen for years figured was not worth catching. In our overpopulated times, apparently everything is worth catching. Interestingly, some of these former trash fish have become so popular through rebranding that
now they are endangered from overfishing. But it's up to you as to whether you want to eat them! more...
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A Local Food and Farm Map for western
North Carolina and neighboring areas of the mountains is now available. The
map shows the location of 40 farmers' markets, multiple grocers and restaurants
featuring locally-grown food, and 90 farms that welcome visitors. The reverse
of the map offers a description and contact information for each farm and business.
It is about two feet wide and folded to typical road map size.The map was researched,
produced, and distributed by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP),
the organization that also creates the popular Local Food Guide. more...
Are Flu Shots effective?
Sheville Staff
Are flu shots the best solution to prevent flu in the elderly? Or are the recommendations a disturbing example of conflict of interest? Weight the evidence yourself here.
Heart Attack Symptoms Differ for Men and Women
Sheville Staff
We all know that women's heart attacks look different than men's, but this
article really brings it home. Please check out this piece: Heart
Attack Symptoms Differ for Men and Women
Ellen Garrison
Q: What causes abdominal fat and what exercises can help to eliminate it or to tone the abdomen? more...
Religious Exemptions for Childhood Vaccination
Sheville Staff
Check out the Citizen Times' coverage of the issue of childhood vaccination: arguments for and against. Whatever your personal beliefs, relgious exemptions from the North Carolina vaccination law are way higher in Buncombe County than statewide: http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071223/NEWS01/71222124/1009
It's More than Thelma and Louise
Sheville Staff
Judith Warner recently raised the issue of just how reliable rape statistics are in an opinion piece in the New York Times, The Legacy of Thelma and Louise. Warner got caught in a cross-fire when she reported statistics that showed a dramatic drop in the rape statistics: but then she discusses just how reliable these statistics actually are. What she doesn't mention is that the population demographics of the US, with its lower percentage of younger people, likely contributed to whatever drop there was.
