{"id":338134,"date":"2010-02-19T03:30:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calorielab.com\/news\/2010\/02\/19\/yesterdays-health-news-from-labnotes-19\/"},"modified":"2010-02-19T03:30:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T08:30:03","slug":"lab-notes-cigarette-makers-slammed-for-deceptive-package-colors-ear-candles-are-ineffective-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/338134","title":{"rendered":"Lab Notes: Cigarette Makers Slammed for Deceptive Package Colors; Ear Candles are Ineffective & Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On our Lab Notes<\/a> 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 yesterday’s (February 18, 2010) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

1. Cigarette Makers Slammed for Deceptive Package Colors<\/a><\/h3>\n

Health advocates want to ban the colors silver, orange, light green, blue and gold for use on cigarette packaging because of their deceptive connotation of healthiness.<\/p>\n

2. Ear Candles are Ineffective & Dangerous<\/a><\/h3>\n

The FDA is warning consumers to avoid the use of wax coated fabric tubes called “ear candles,” which are ineffective for any condition and pose fire and burn hazards.<\/p>\n

3. FDA Cautions on 4 LABA Asthma Inhalers<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Food and Drug Administration today cautioned asthma patients and physicians to limit the use of long acting beta agonist asthma inhalers in the treatment of asthma.<\/p>\n

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4. Ibuprofen Regimen Could Reduce Parkinson\u2019s Risk<\/a><\/h3>\n

Ibuprofen, when taken regularly, appears to reduce the risk of developing Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n

5. More Need Colon Screenings Than Get Them<\/a><\/h3>\n

At home stool tests can be as effective at screening for colorectal cancer as colonoscopies – but people have to use them. One California health care company made it their mission to ensure that people did.<\/p>\n

6. Teenage Vampire Syndrome Disrupting Sleep<\/a><\/h3>\n

Junior high school students trapped in school buses and dimly lighted classrooms may be suffering from a lack of bright light in the morning, resulting in a disruption to their circadian rhythms and the inability to get a good night’s rest.<\/p>\n

7. Pan Frying with Gas: The Latest Cancer Scare<\/a><\/h3>\n

Professional chefs and cooks are at risk of inhaling cancer causing fumes when they pan-fry meats using gas, including mothball chemicals.<\/p>\n

8. Obese Men Have Lazy Sperm<\/a><\/h3>\n

In a study in Argentina men in couples who were unable to conceive a child, obese men had sperm that was less mobile and active than the non-obese men in the study.<\/p>\n

(By CalorieLab editors)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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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 yesterday’s (February 18, 2010) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes. 1. Cigarette Makers Slammed for Deceptive Package Colors Health […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4904,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4904"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}