Children's Health: Not ordinary growing pains ♦ Olive, sunflower oil on baby skin weakens natural defenses ♦ Childhood family breakups harder on girls' health,

Olive, sunflower oil on baby skin weakens natural defenses Using olive or sunflower oil on newborn babies' skin damages the barrier which prevents water loss and blocks allergens and infections, new research has found.

Not ordinary growing pains A recent study shows that acupuncture may be a safe and effective adjunctive integrative medicine treatment for chronic pain in pediatric patients.

Childhood family breakups harder on girls' health, A childhood family breakup can have long-term negative consequences for the children. Recent research looks at overall health, depression, and smoking as a health-related behavior and finds that, for girls, all three are worse.

Children's ability to detect sugar varies widely Sensitivity to sweet taste varies widely across school-aged children and is in part genetically-determined. The findings may inform efforts to reduce sugar consumption and improve nutritional health of children.

Health News: Salmonella outbreak linked to fig & olive ♦ Exercise in a bottle could become a reality ♦ Psoriasis, risk of depression in the US population

CDC, Salmonella outbreak linked to fig & olive Multiple cities are investigating Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to eating at Fig & Olive restaurants, the U.S. CDC says. Illnesses have so far been reported Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, and the investigation is ongoing to determine whether there are illnesses in other states

Exercise in a bottle could become a reality Research finds around 1000 molecular reactions to exercise, opening the door for drug treatments to mirror the health benefits of exercise.

Experimental cancer drug shows therapeutic promise in mouse models of multiple sclerosis An experimental drug originally identified in a National Cancer Institute library of chemical compounds as a potential therapy for brain and basal cell cancers improves the symptoms of mice with a form of the debilitating neurological disorder multiple sclerosis.

Psoriasis, risk of depression in the US population The chronic inflammatory skin condition psoriasis was associated with the risk of major depression, although the risk was unrelated to the severity of the disorder, according to a new article

Training for patients with melanoma and their partners on skin examinations Training on skin self-examination to aid early detection could be extra beneficial for patients with melanoma and their partners who report having low relationship quality because it gives them activities to do together, according to a new article.

Reducing Carcinogens and E coli in Hamburgers

The Agricultural Research Service and Arizona State University partnered together to try to make a safer hamberger.  They tested 24 different  food extract powders to add to hamburger and then cooked the hamburger to 160 degrees. They found that olive powder reduced E coli 0157.H7 and two carcinogens that are formed when you cook hamburgers to 160 degrees.

These carcinogens are called heterocyclic amines. the two they studied are called  MeIQ and PhlP. The olive powder reduced the MelQ by 80% and the PhlP by 84%.

E. coli O157:H7 is a well-known cause of food poisoning in the United States and is blamed for about 60,000 cases of illness annually. E. coli O157:H7 lives in the intestinal tract of animals and can be spread by animals defecating in a farmers field. It can also get on an animals carcass during slaughtering.

Olive powder is made from pitted olives after the oil has been extracted. Who Knows, next time you go to to Mc Donalds  you may get an olive burger.