Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC), and the Maison Joseph Battat Ltee have jointly recalled two batches (010810 or 063010) of the following keychain toy:
- BX1001Z (062243 228818 and 062243 228818)
Intended for children ages 6 months and up, the keychain toy poses a choking hazard since the plastic key ring can break.
31 incidents of key or key ring breakage have been reported in the States.
The toy should immediately be removed from children. Consumers can contact Maison Joseph Battat Ltd. to receive a pre-paid envelope to return the toy and receive a free replacement.
For more information, please contact Maison Joseph Battat Ltd. at 1-800-61-7899 between 9AM and 4:30PM ET Monday through Friday or visit the company's website.
From 2006 to April 2011, approximately 3,600 units of the recalled FunKeys toys were sold throughout Canada and 1,075,600 in the United States.
The next time you reach for the Tylenol, you might want to bend over and salute the sun instead.
According to a recent report in the Journal of Pain Research, York University researchers have found that practicing yoga reduces chronic pain symptoms in women with fibromyalgia.
Women with this condition commonly experience chronic pain and fatigue, muscle stiffness, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal discomfort, anxiety and depression. Previous research has indicated that fibromyalgia sufferers have lower-than-average cortisol levels, which in turn contributes to pain, fatigue, and stress.
Following a program of 75 minutes of hatha yoga twice weekly over the course of eight weeks, participants in the study showed elevated levels of cortisol -- the hormone that functions as a component of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in response to stress.
"Hatha yoga promotes physical relaxation by decreasing activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which lowers heart rate and increases breath volume. We believe this in turn has a positive effect on the HPA axis," says the study's lead author, Kathryn Curtis, a PhD student in York's Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health.
Participants completed 'before and after' questionnaires, assessing pain levels. In addition to diminished physiological symptoms, women also reported psychological benefits.
"We saw their levels of mindfulness increase -- they were better able to detach from their psychological experience of pain," claimed Curtis.
Mindfulness -- the state of paying total attention to the present moment regardless of what is going on around you -- is a skill which is extremely useful when it comes to pain management.
The results of Curtis' study seem to suggest pain management truly is a case of mind over matter.
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Although there have been no reported incidents, Health Canada has recalled the Olmitos Marine Playpen by CTTX Imports Inc. because the playpen fails to meet Playpens Regulations and presents multiple hazards, including entrapment, strangulation, suffocation and choking.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled playpens and return them for a refund, with proof of purchase, for disposal. For further information, contact Michael Rossy Ltd. or CTTX Imports Inc at 1-514-335-6255 (extension 263).
Approximately 875 of the recalled were sold at Rossy retail stores in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick from May 2009 to February 2011.
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