Health and Fitness for Wednesday January 5, 2011

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CDC: U.S. seat belt use up to 85 percent ATLANTA (UPI) -- Eighty-five percent of U.S. adults report that they always wear a seat belt when driving or riding in a motor vehicle, federal health officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said seat belt use has become the national norm, although seat belt use varies among states, with a high of 94 percent in Oregon and a low of 59 percent in North Dakota. A U.S. adult is treated in an emergency department for crash-related injuries every 14 seconds. "A simple step that most drivers and passengers in the United States already take buckling their seat belts cuts in half the chance of being seriously injured or killed in a crash," Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the CDC, said in a statement. "Yet, about 1 in 7 adults do not wear a seat belt on every trip." States with primary seat belt enforcement laws -- police officers can issue tickets solely because drivers and passengers are unbelted -- have higher rates of seat belt use than states with secondary enforcement laws -- officers can only issue tickets to drivers who have been pulled over for violating another law. Nineteen states do not have primary enforcement seat belt laws, but as more states have been adopting primary enforcement crash-related injuries have declined, said Dr. Linda Degutis, director of CDC's Injury Center. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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Anti-bullying program reduces gossip SEATTLE (UPI) -- The widely used Steps to Respect bullying prevention program can curb children's malicious gossip that can lead to physical intimidation, U.S. researchers say. Karin Frey, a University of Washington associate professor of educational psychology in Seattle, says teachers tend to not view gossip as a significant form of bullying, but it can lead to physical bullying. Frey and colleagues used Palm Pilots to electronically record second-by-second observations of 610 students in grades 3-6 at six elementary schools in the Seattle area. They recorded each child's behavior on the playground for 5 minutes once a week for 10 weeks in the fall and 10 weeks in the spring. After observers heard gossip on the playground in the fall, the anti-bullying program -- which encouraged empathy, taught assertiveness and emphasized that bullying is not a social norm -- was conducted in half of the 36 classrooms. The study, published in the winter issue of School Psychology Review, said children in the Steps to Respect classrooms had 234 fewer instances of gossip per class of 25, or a 72 percent decrease in gossip among the students. Bullying victims who retaliate often end up bullied even more, therefore the Steps to Respect teaches students to not fight back and these children were more likely to avoid being a victim of gossip in the spring. However, if bystanders speak up and tell the bully to "Knock it off," the bullying stops, Frey said. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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TB may raise lung cancer risk TAICHUNG, Taiwan (UPI) -- Evidence indicates tuberculosis patients are at greater risk of getting lung cancer, researchers in Taiwan say. Researchers at China Medical University and Hospital in Taiwan found a 10.9 times greater likelihood of developing cancer in patients who had had tuberculosis than in patients without tuberculosis. The study, published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, also found the rate of lung cancer mortality was more than six times higher in patients with tuberculosis than in non-tuberculosis patients. "Tuberculosis is a very common chronic disease worldwide; people in the developing and undeveloped areas suffer with it mostly," Dr. Chih-Yi Chen, one of the researchers, said in a statement. "The risk of lung cancer may increase further to almost 16 times greater if patients with tuberculosis also suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This study suggests that it is also important to watch out for lung cancer prevention in the campaign against tuberculosis." Chen and colleagues randomly selected 1 million national health insurance patients age 20 and older and found 716,872 eligible for analysis. Of these, 4,480 had had tuberculosis between 1998 and 2000 -- the exposed cohort -- and the rest without tuberculosis became the non-exposed cohort. All the patients -- cancer-free at the start of the study -- were followed for eight or more years. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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Mediterranean diet slows cognitive decline CHICAGO (UPI) -- The Mediterranean diet, which reduces the risk of heart disease, some cancers and diabetes, may also reduce cognitive decline, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago say the Mediterranean diet -- lots of vegetables, fish, olive oil, legumes, non-refined cereals and moderate consumption of wine and other alcohol -- is associated with slower rates of cognitive decline in older adults. Lead author Christy Tangney says the study involved 3,759 older residents of the south side of Chicago who are part of the Chicago Healthy Aging Project. The study subjects -- age 65 and older -- had a cognitive assessment that tested memory and basic math skills and they also completed questionnaires on the frequency with which they consumed 139 food items ranging from cereals and olive oil to red meat and alcohol. Out of a maximum score of 55 -- indicating complete adherence to the Mediterranean diet -- the average study participant scored 28. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found those with higher scores for the Mediterranean diet had cognitive tests that showed a slower rate of decline, even after factoring for education. "The more we can incorporate vegetables, olive oil and fish into our diets and moderate wine consumption, the better for our aging brains and bodies," Tangney says in a statement. Copyright 2011 by United Press International
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