Health Headlines - Friday

HIGH BPA LEVELS FOUND IN INFERTILE WOMEN:

CALIFORNIA RESEARCHERS SAY A CHEMICAL USED TO HARDEN PLASTIC MAY EXPLAIN WHY MILLIONS OF WOMEN FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GET PREGNANT.

DOCTORS SAY THEY FOUND HIGH LEVELS OF BISPHENOL-A IN WOMEN WHO ARE INFERTILE.

AT LEAST 93-PERCENT OF THE WOMEN EXAMINED HAD MEASURABLE LEVELS OF B-P-A IN THEIR BODIES.

DOCTORS AREN'T SURE "HOW" B-P-A COULD EFFECT FERTILITY...BUT SAY MORE TESTING SHOULD BE DONE TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S A CONNECTION.

B-P-A IS USED IN EVERYTHING FROM BABY BOTTLES TO PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS.



MORE WOMEN DYING FROM C.O.P.D.

DOCTORS SAY MORE WOMEN ARE DYING FROM A LUNG DISEASE CALLED
C-O-P-D.

RESEARCHERS AT THE CENTERS OF DISEASE CONTROL SAY BETWEEN 2002 AND 2005...THE NUMBER OF WOMEN DYING FROM THE DISEASE...GREW BY 11-PERCENT.

C-O-P-D IS A CONDITION THAT DESCRIBES A COLLECTION OF LUNG DISEASES THAT INCLUDE EMPHYSEMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS.

DOCTORS SAY MOST PATIENTS WITH C-O-P-D ARE CURRENT OR FORMER CIGARETTE SMOKERS.

THE DISEASE HAS ALSO BEEN CONNECTED TO LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION AND CHEMICAL FUMES.



Health Headlines - Friday