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Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard: #health impact is on a par with car accidents & greater than secondhand smoke or radon
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/the-kitchen-as-a-pollution-hazard

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Recently Dr. Logue estimated the long-term health effects expected from hundreds of chemicals found in average homes. Her 2012 study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, used a common epidemiological metric known as disability-adjusted life-year to show that the population-wide health impact of indoor pollutants is on a par with that of car accidents, and greater than that of traditional concerns like secondhand smoke or radon.

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Two foci for Genomics England are cancer and rare, inherited diseases – not neuro, cardio, &c.

https://twitter.com/timjph/status/353047985808084993
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6a1f001e-e48a-11e2-a74d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Y840CSnr

NYer: Slow ideas – surgical anesthesia v antiseptics: people talking to people spread innovation http://bit.ly/1c11yRZ via @davidwcovington
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/29/130729fa_fact_gawande

MT @KimKarman: Why is the rich US in such poor health? New Sci http://bit.ly/1bXuTMZ A: we’re fat, sedentary, drug-abusing, gun-loving…

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929250.200-why-is-the-rich-us-in-such-poor-health.html#.UfNBQGSG1A8

Next step for a #QuantifiedSelf: New sensor gives real time personal air quality assessments #NIH http://bit.ly/1beCjuQ via @NIHDirector
http://directorsblog.nih.gov/smart-clothes-a-wearable-air-quality-sensor/

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/skin-cancer-on-the-rise-in-young-women

Deciding how much sun you want… is like asking how much cyanide you want: @nytimes on skin cancer http://bit.ly/15slMNB via @BlossomJar

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Even a few sunburns can significantly raise your risk of skin cancer, Dr. Brewer said.
“Deciding how much sun you want to get is like asking how much cyanide you want in your breakfast cereal,” he said. “There is no amount of tan that is healthy.”
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MT @nytimesscience: Can Barometric Pressure Cause Headaches & Other Discomforts? http://bit.ly/17P3goD Feel it in joints & sinuses

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/science/can-barometric-pressure-cause-headaches-and-other-discomforts.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto

NYer on #Alzheimer’s Research: baptists v dissenting tauists http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/06/24/130624fa_fact_groopman

The baptists believe in that beta-amyloid is key

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/science/can-barometric-pressure-cause-headaches-and-other-discomforts.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout MT @herstoryhere The Scientific 7-Minute Workout http://bit.ly/11XePRj But how long to warmup and cooldown? #exercise