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CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING WORKER, BEING A
Chemical manufacturing workers exposed to lead age five years more quickly, in terms of later declines in memory and learning abilities. We bet your medical plan contains some very, very small print. |
CHICAGO
Three of the country's twenty-five riskiest colleges, in terms of crime in campus neighborhoods, are in Chicago. Chicago ranks fourth in numbers of people dying due to pollution from power plants, and fourth in terms of the amount of daily road travel that takes place in congested conditions. Are you sure it's your kind of town? |
CHICKEN POX
Not that anyone wants to get chicken pox anyway, but here's another good reason not to: people who get chicken pox may later develop shingles, an outbreak of a rash or blisters that can lead to blindness or to pain that can persist for years after the rash has healed. |
CHILD CARE
We wouldn't want to make you working parents feel guilty or anything, but children who spend most of their time in child care (whether with relatives and nannies or in preschool and day care centers) are three times as likely to have behavioral problems such as aggression, defiance, and disobedience compared with children cared for by their mothers. Or is that why you put them there in the first place? |
CHILDBIRTH, NIGHTTIME
One study found that babies born at night were twice as likely as babies born during the day to die in the first week of life. So why has nature decided that most babies should arrive at three in the morning? |
CHILDBIRTH, CAESAREAN
A caesarean section may sound like an attractive alternative to twenty hours of labor, but if you have one, you're nearly twice as likely to end up back in the hospital within two months due to problems such as surgical wound infections, uterine infections, or gallbladder disease. |
CHILDBIRTH, COMPLICATIONS IN
Even being born can be bad for you. Complications in childbirth, particularly those associated with hypoxia, significantly increase the odds of early-onset schizophrenia. |
CHILDBIRTH, PREMATURE
Premature babies often have smaller brains, which are linked to lower IQs. Babies born even a few weeks prematurely are more likely to die in their first year from infections, breathing problems, birth defects, and sudden infant death syndrome. When they say, "Don't push yet," they're not kidding. |
CHILDHOOD GROWTH, FAST
If your next-door neighbour smirks because her toddler's twice the size of yours, show her this entry. Babies who become overweight in the first year of life may be more likely to suffer from diabetes later. Thinner babies whose growth accelerates rapidly after the age of one are more likely to have heart disease as adults. |
CHILDHOOD GROWTH, SLOW
But you'd better hope your kid overtakes hers in a few years. Children who grow relatively slowly between the ages of seven and fifteen are more likely to break their hips in their adult years. |
