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EDUCATION, TOO MUCH
But don't let that make you drag your six-week-old into an early learning program: putting pressure on kids to start formal education too soon can result in failure, long-term underachieve-ment, disaffection, and truancy. |
EGGS
Of all the things people eat, eggs are second only to seafood as a cause of outbreaks of food poisoning, causing 660,000 illnesses and 330 deaths in the U.S. each year. And smokers who eat eggs increase their risk of lung cancer. |
EGYPT
That trip of a lifetime has to include the pyramids, right? Wrong. In that same study of tourists, one-third of those who traveled to Egypt got sick. |
EL NINO
People have blamed El Nino for just about everything ("Our relationship just isnt working, it's not you, it's El Nino"), but it turns out to involve real dangers. The global weather patterns associated with El Nino have been linked to Increases in illnesses such as malaria, cholera, dengue fever, and childhood diarrhea. |
EMBALMER, BEING AN
We doubt that embalming is top of your career choice list, but if it is, please reconsider: embalmers have a greater risk of leukemia and brain cancer than the general population. |
EMERGENCY ROOMS
More than 90 percent of emergency room directors report overcrowding due to nationwide closings of hospitals and ERs, as well as difficulty in moving patients out of ERs into overcrowded intensive care units. This means it can be hard to find an ER willing to accept an emergency case, and once the case is accepted, there can be long waits for treatment. (There was a dip in the admission figures when Doug Ross left, but they went right back up again once Dr. Kovac arrived.) |
EMOTIONAL RESTRAINT
It's true, some situations call for a good cry: women who suppress their emotions following treatment for breast cancer experience more distress and have a less favorable health outlook. Or a good scream: women who try to suppress anger are likely to end up even angrier. |
ENERGY BARS
Energy bars may contain ingredients that could be harmful or even fatal, especially herbal ingredients such as ephedra, a stimulant that if misused can cause dangerously high blood pressure and a fast heart rate. Nobody needs an energy boost that badly, no matter how little you've studied for your chemistry final. |
