He estimated that 10 percent of Maine's privately owned wells contain levels exceeding the federal limits of .05 milligrams per liter. The American Cancer Society says that smoking is also a major risk factor for bladder cancer. For men, Delaware leads the nation in deaths from the disease, with Rhode Island second and Maine third. New Hampshire ranks fifth with Vermont sixth. For women, Delaware again ranks in first place, then Maryland and Vermont.
Maine comes in sixth with New Hampshire seventh.
One of the earliest symptoms of bladder cancer is blood in the urine, accompanied by an increased need to urinate. Brain injuries suffered during soccer and football games can weaken thinking prowess off the field, new research suggests. In a study of 33 amateur soccer enthusiasts in the Netherlands, scientists found that players appeared to process information more slowly and had lower scores on tests of memory and planning ability when compared to athletes involved in swimming and running, sports that carried a low risk of getting hit in the head. Erik J.T. Matser of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, who led the research, says players who suffer a concussion should be kept off the field until they are symptom free to avoid this accumulation of mental defects. The research appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association.