Tag: New York

Indoor tanning still common in Germany

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Four in ten Germans ages 14 to 45 say they have tried indoor tanning and one in seven are current users, according to a survey out today. Germany enacted legislation banning minors from tanning salons in 2009. Yet five percent of 14- to 17-year-olds in the survey, which was done in 2011 and 2012, said they had used indoor tanning in the past year. “It’s unfortunately not surprising, because it is still a very common practice,” said Dr. Sophie J. Balk, an attending pediatrician at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York, who was not involved in the work. …

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Met Opera’s James Levine to return in May after spinal injury

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James Levine talks about the power of symphonies after being announced as the next conductor and mus..NEW YORK (Reuters) – Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine will return to the conducting podium in May 2013 – initially in a wheelchair – after a fall more than a year ago that left him partially paralyzed, the New York opera house said on Friday. Levine, 69, who has been the Met's music director since 1976, will conduct the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in May 2013, before leading three operas during the Met's 2013-14 season, the Met said in a statement. …

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Tobacco smoke tied to flu complications in kids

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Cigarette butts in an ashtray in Los Angeles, CaliforniaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kids hospitalized with the flu are more likely to need intensive care and a longer stay if they've been exposed to second-hand smoke at home, a small new study finds. Analyzing the records of more than 100 kids hospitalized with flu in New York state, researchers found those exposed to second-hand smoke were five times more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit and required a 70 percent longer stay in the hospital, compared to the kids not exposed to smoke. …

Tattoo infections linked to manufacturers’ ink

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A tattooed leg of a participant is pictured during the international AIDS conference at the week-long sex workers' freedom festival in KolkataNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contaminated tattoo ink caused at least 22 skin and soft tissue infections last fall in four U.S. states, according to an analysis released on Wednesday. The infections prompted an investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that uncovered 22 confirmed cases, 4 probable cases, and 27 possible cases of contamination-related infections in New York, Washington, Iowa and Colorado. Products from four companies were implicated during the probe. …

Many egg-donor recruiters ignore ethical standards

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A sizable share of the organizations recruiting egg donors online don’t adhere to ethical guidelines laid out by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), according to a new study. “I would argue that there needs to be more attention from ASRM about these agencies, because you don’t want these women exploited,” said Dr. Robert Klitzman, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University in New York and the study’s senior author. Women are recruited to donate eggs to fulfill a growing demand by couples seeking in vitro fertilization (IVF). …

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