Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe (CAMAS, Wash.) -- The folks at Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) say that most people don't realize that the most powerful machine in their home is often their garage door opener. Hence, it can be the most dangerous. UL says it has received complaints about openers that have brought a door down and trapped a child between the door and the driveway. The company says that some garage doors can weigh as much as 600 pounds. The weight, coupled with the downward force of the closing mechanism, can easily crush a small child to death. Advertisement One UL official, on the company's Web site, notes that people should not take the built-in safety mechanisms of the openers for granted. The best advice, says UL, is to never leave an automatic garage door ajar. And, most importantly, never push the On/Off button on a garage door opener's remote unless you can fully see the door and who might be around it. (CHICAGO) -- A noted medical researcher says there is no such thing as the "Fountain of Youth" when it comes to finding a product to slow the aging process. Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, tells healthscoutnews.com that anti-aging products that promise to turn back the clock can even do damage. Advertisement Olshanksy says he and 50 of his colleagues have put together a working paper on the subject, warning consumers that few, if any, of the plethora of anti-aging products (such as growth hormones and antioxidant supplements) have ever been shown to be effective. Meanwhile, as would be expected, many in the over-the-counter supplement industry have been critical of the information, claiming that more research needs to be done. Ironically, Olshansky's group reports that some anti-oxidants -- designed to prolong life -- have shortened the lives of some test animals.
