Dr Bob's Medical News Aug 20004 by Robert Roy MD

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Warning on Salmon - another toxin

Strept Vaccine - hope for the future

Mom's Influence on their Children As Adults

Breast Cancer - more is known

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Warning On Salmon from: Environment Science And Technology

Traces of a fire retardant have been found in both wild and farm raised salmon. The study went on to say that wild fish were less contaminated than farm raised.

The toxicity of the chemicals, called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) isn’t fully understood at this time. The presence of the chemicals raises concerns of health officials. It is known that PBDEs can harm the neurological development of young children and babies.

It's unclear exactly how the PBDEs leach out of products, but they've have been turning up in everything from household dust to women's breast milk. The study shows more evidence of this chemicals climbing up the food change.

Dr Bob’s Take: Once again we are seeing more environmental implication on our food supply. Mercury is better known. More study is needed but until then I would limit this fish in young children to maybe no more than once a week or once every other week. And we need to be more aware of our environment.

A Strept Vaccine

Yes, scientists are making progress in developing a vaccine against the infamous streptococcus Group A. This is the same bacteria that give us strept throat and the so called flesh eating disease of which there are about 9,000 cases a year with a high death rate.

The study of the vaccine on just 28 people showed that protection against the strept bacteria did occur. More studies will need to be done to prove not only the effectiveness but also that there are no serious complications.

Dr Bob’s Take: work on a vaccine has been going on for over 50 yrs and this study bodes well. It does because of the millions of strept throats which if not treated can give rise to kidney disease or rheumatic heart disease in a small percentage of children. Thankfully these complications are not common. A vaccine will be very helpful to all of us.

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