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Microwaves pose burn injury risk to children

Microwave ovens pose a serious safety hazard to young children, a new study of scald burn injuries published in the Pediatrics indicates. Hot foods or liquids from microwave ovens were the fourth leading cause of scald injuries in children under 5 years old, a review of records from the University of Chicago Burn Center shows. It can be difficult to keep young children away from kitchen hazards, especially if an adult is alone at home and trying to cook dinner. Parents should keep a child well away from the stove if the child must be in the kitchen while food preparation is under way. For example, by seating younger children on a high chair or setting up a safe play area.

20 TO 50

Eating dark chocolate may keep heart healthy

Eating dark chocolate regularly may help lower levels of inflammation, which is strongly associated with heart and blood vessel disease, states Italian researchers in the Journal of Nutrition. The presence of inflammation was determined by measuring levels C-reactive protein (CRP), a biomarker for coronary artery disease. The range of CRP levels seen in the dark chocolate consuming group corresponds to a “mild” risk of cardiovascular disease, while CRP levels in the non-consumers would be associated with “moderate” risk. The benefits were seen when people ate up to one 20-gram serving of dark chocolate every 3 days, but eating more chocolate wasn’t more beneficial; in fact, effects on CRP levels “tended to disappear” at higher consumption levels.

50 AND ABOVE

Obesity tied to early heart attack

Heart attacks occur earlier in people who are overweight or obese, compared to normal-weight people, states a new research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The average age at first heart attack was 74.6 years in the leanest patients and 58.7 years in the most obese. Women were predominant in both the groups, the investigators found. The researchers determined that compared to study subjects with a normal body mass index — BMI between 18.6 and 25.0 — subjects who were overweight — BMI between 25.1 and 30.0 — had a first heart attack some 3.5 years earlier. Obese individuals — BMI between 30.1 and 35.0 — had a first heart attack 6.8 years earlier than normal-weight subjects and for severely obese individuals — BMI greater than 40 — it was 12.0 years.

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