PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, October 1, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, October 1, 2007

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Excessive Multivitamin Use May Raise Risk for Prostate Cancer, from Harvard Men's Health Watch

About a third of American adults take some type of multivitamin on a regular basis. In nearly every case, the goal is better health, even though there is no firm evidence to support this hope. The absence of benefit is one thing, but the presence of harm is another: A 2007 report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute concluded that there was an increased prostate cancer risk among men using multivitamins, reports the October issue of Harvard Men's Health Watch.

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Infants and Toddlers at Risk of Drowning in Bathtubs, Spas and Buckets

When pool season ends, many parents believe the risk of drowning also ends, but data from the U-S Consumer Product Safety Commission indicates 311 reported non-pool drownings from 2002 through 2004 of children younger than five years of age. More than 80 percent of these deaths involved children younger than two years old. The pattern is much different than that observed in pool-related incidents where children younger than two accounted for 38 percent of deaths involving children younger than five).

Bathtubs were involved in most of the non-pool drowning deaths from 2002-2004. Many of these incidents involved caregivers leaving the room to answer the phone/door or to retrieve an item. In some incidents, an older sibling was left to watch a younger sibling.

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U.S. News & World Report Unveils First Ranking of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Spelman College, Howard University, and Hampton University, top the list of U.S News and World Report's first annual ranking of the nation's historically black colleges and universities.

The 2008 edition of "America's Best Black Colleges" marks the first time U.S. News and World Report has released a stand-alone ranking of historically black colleges and universities, as defined by the U.S. Department of Education. These schools have been -- and will continue to be -- ranked within their appropriate categories in U.S. News's annual "Best Colleges" issue, published annually in August.

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