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Measles outbreaks are no longer reserved to limited areas, but have become a nationwide problem. So what’s next? Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FAAP, professor of pediatrics and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, addressed this in a session …
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Sean Gallup / Getty Images Conspiracy theorists have railed for seven decades against fluoride, suggesting that water fluoridation was a government mind-control trick or communist plot. Now, an August study published by a well-regarded medical journal, JAMA Pediatrics, has reignited debate about …
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Sean Gallup / Getty Images Conspiracy theorists have railed for seven decades against fluoride, suggesting that water fluoridation was a government mind-control trick or communist plot. Now, an August study published by a well-regarded medical journal, JAMA Pediatrics, has reignited debate about …
Read MoreA new study suggests that mothers who drink fluoridated water during pregnancy (which shows up in their urine) may be giving birth to kids who have slightly lower IQs. The finding held true in boys, but not girls. The American Academy of Pediatrics still recommends that kids drink fluoridated tap …
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Agence France-PresseAug 21, 2019 07:41:36 IST A study published Monday linked consumption of fluoridated tap water during pregnancy to lower IQ scores in infants, a finding at odds with decades of public health messaging extolling the mineral’s benefits in reducing cavities. Several outside experts …
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ToplineHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he will tell the Centers for Disease and Prevention to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, the Associated Press reported—following through on a promise he made while campaigning with President Donald Trump. Key …
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A study just published in JAMA Pediatrics found an association between mothers drinking fluoridated… [+] water during pregnancy and the child’s subsequent IQ scores. (Photo: Getty Images) Getty Many communities have long put fluoride in drinking water to prevent tooth decay. But if you Google …
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Topline Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law to prohibit fluoride in public drinking water amid a recent surge of concern over the mineral additive—despite decades of backing by public health officials—fueled in part by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims of its potential …
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An influential medical journal published a study Monday that links fluoride consumption during pregnancy with lower childhood IQs—a finding that could undermine decades of public-health messaging, fire up conspiracy theorists, and alarm mothers-to-be.The research was expected to be so controversial …
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Dozens of cities in the United States and Canada, such as Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, do not add fluoride to city water. Elsewhere in the United States, fluoridation is the norm. As of 2014, per CDC data, two-thirds of people in the United States had fluoride in their drinking water. In 2015, to …
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