SCIENCE AND HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS

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July 21, 2014 (San Diego’s East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

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Where There's Dyslexia, There Could Be Child Abuse JWR)

A new study has found a “very strong association” between physical abuse and dyslexia, suggesting that those with the learning disability may benefit from physical abuse screenings. In their new study, which is published online in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, researchers from the University of Toronto examined a representative sample of 13,054 adults. Of the 1,020 that reported having experienced physical abuse in childhood, an alarming 77 also reported having been diagnosed with dyslexia by a health professional.

Vitamin Overload: Kids Are Eating Too Much Fortified Food (JWR)

"Healthy" diet now contributing to liver damage, skeletal abnormalities, and hindering immune function 

Can MRIs Diagnose ADHD?  (Jewish World Review)

An effort to end the skyrocketing number of perfectly normal children being mismedicated 

Combining vaccines may help eradicate polio (Reuters)

Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, scientists said on Friday.

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Note to bees: do not stop and smell the roses (Marketplace.org)

A new study released by the environmental consulting firm Pesticide Research Institute and nonprofit group Friends of the Earth says about half of the garden plants sold at big box stores like Lowes, Home Depot, and Walmart contain neonicotinoids (neonics for short), a pesticide highly toxic to pollinating insects – like bees. 

Floating nuclear plants: Is the future of nuclear offshore? (CS Monitor)

Researchers have presented an alternative nuclear reactor – one that floats on water. Although floating nuclear reactors at sea have some benefits, there are concerns with surrounding marine life and terrorism threats in the context of a post-Fukushima world.

 

 


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