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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. scientists say urban workers in developing nations could suffer most from climate change as the rising cost of food drives them into poverty. The study by Purdue University researchers quantifying the effects of climate on the world's poor populations focused on 16 developing nations and found urban workers in Bangladesh, Mexico and Zambia...
August 24, 2009
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Cholesterol can affect the flow of the electrical currents that generate the heart beat, causing cardiac arrhythmias, researchers in Canada and France said. Scientists had long known cholesterol plays an important role in regulating the heart's electrical system, but they didn't know how. University of British Columbia researchers David Fedida...
August 24, 2009
OTTAWA, Aug 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Older people - those age 60 and older - and people with chronic disease are at higher risk in excessive heat, researchers in Canada said. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found people age 60 and older are the most vulnerable to heat waves, with 82 percent to 92 percent more deaths than average occurring in this age group. Dr....
August 24, 2009
Hamburg (dpa) - The global economic malaise could result in a generation of flabbier people who try to assuage their worries by over-eating, according to a team of German researchers. Credit-card debt is associated with an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity that is not explained by traditional definitions of socio-economic status, according to the team of scientists led by Dr Eva Muenster...
August 24, 2009
Hamburg (dpa) - The global economic malaise could result in a generation of flabbier people who try to assuage their worries by over-eating, according to a team of German researchers. Credit-card debt is associated with an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity that is not explained by traditional definitions of socio-economic status, according to the team of scientists led by Dr Eva Muenster...
August 24, 2009
Hamburg (dpa) - The global economic malaise could result in a generation of flabbier people who try to assuage their worries by over-eating, according to a team of German researchers. Credit-card debt is associated with an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity that is not explained by traditional definitions of socio-economic status, according to the team of scientists led by Dr Eva Muenster...
August 24, 2009
Munich (dpa) - The skies might be clear, but for some people, the alarm bells are already ringing. People suffering from meteorosensitivity are susceptible to changes in the weather, suffering from headaches, dizziness or grogginess. According to the German Weather Service, 30 to 50 per cent of all Germans suffer from the condition. "Weather sensitivity is not in the person's head, but something that...
August 23, 2009
Deb Lustman was late getting to work a few days every week, and often felt she wasn't thinking as clearly as she once did. The reason: Lustman, 50, was spending four hours a day, three days a week, undergoing kidney dialysis at a dialysis center, where a machine filtered toxins and fluids from her blood. Normally, that's the job of the kidneys, but for reasons doctors have never figured out, hers had...
August 23, 2009
Munich (dpa) - Pregnant women need to take all possible steps to avoid the new A(H1N1) flu, commonly known as swine flu, warns a group of gynaecologists in Germany. It's best to skip contact with anyone infected with the flu and to steer clear of large gatherings of people. Trips are also best avoided, advises Michael Wojcinski of the Working Group on Vaccinations with Germany's Professional Association...
August 23, 2009
NEW YORK, Aug 24, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - If no healthcare reform is enacted, health insurance premiums could increase 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020, a U.S. non-profit group says. A report by the Commonwealth Fund in New York says family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008. The report found that insurance premiums have been...
August 23, 2009
Here's the Bronx miracle girl - remarkable 8-year-old Destiny Antonio - continuing her extraordinary recovery from a seven-story plunge out a broken window at her Castle Hill apartment. Destiny was in good spirits yesterday, sitting up, smiling, talking and requesting some of her favorite toys while recovering from emergency surgery to fuse her shattered pelvis, her family said. "She called me and...
August 23, 2009
THE October 1976 national roll out of a swine flu vaccine is widely believed to have cost President Gerald Ford the super-close presidential election race the following month. This year, the political casualty of the swine flu may be ObamaCare, the centerpiece of President Obama's domestic agenda. And it is this prospect that political insiders say has the White House working harder than ever to beat...
August 23, 2009
BEIJING, Aug 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - H1N1 flu does not appear to have mutated in South America, but World Health Organization officials in China say the pandemic is expected to "explode." Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific region, said Friday in Beijing the H1N1 virus is entering an "acceleration period," and most countries may see a doubling of cases every three...
August 22, 2009
BEIJING, Aug 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - H1N1 flu does not appear to have mutated in South America, but World Health Organization officials in China say the pandemic is expected to "explode." Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific region, said Friday in Beijing the H1N1 virus is entering an "acceleration period," and most countries may see a doubling of cases every three...
August 22, 2009
BEIJING, Aug 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - H1N1 flu does not appear to have mutated in South America, but World Health Organization officials in China say the pandemic is expected to "explode." Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific region, said Friday in Beijing the H1N1 virus is entering an "acceleration period," and most countries may see a doubling of cases every three...
August 21, 2009
UPTON, England, Aug 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - A British doctor warns mothers-to-be not to use personal monitoring devices because they may lead to a false sense of security and delay medical action. Dr. Thomas Aust and colleagues at Arrowe Park Hospital in England told of a 27-year-old pregnant woman who presented to the hospital 32 weeks into her first pregnancy with reduced fetal movements. The...
August 21, 2009
The financial meltdown is taking its toll on the workplace, where the US Labor Department found a record 28 percent rise in suicide rates last year amid widespread layoffs and overall belt-tightening. Amid the economic fallout, 251 people committed suicide at the workplace in 2008, the highest figure since the agency's Bureau of Labor Statistics began reporting. The startling number came as the agency...
August 21, 2009
Aug. 10 - It seems so simple. Get rid of tires and open containers in yards, and you can significantly reduce human risk for La Crosse encephalitis and West Nile. "When we remove these habitats, the population of these disease-carrying mosquitoes goes down," said Dave Geske, mosquito control officer for the La Crosse County Health Department. "People may think it is easier to throw an old tire behind...
August 21, 2009
Aug. 10 - It seems so simple. Get rid of tires and open containers in yards, and you can significantly reduce human risk for La Crosse encephalitis and West Nile. "When we remove these habitats, the population of these disease-carrying mosquitoes goes down," said Dave Geske, mosquito control officer for the La Crosse County Health Department. "People may think it is easier to throw an old tire behind...
August 21, 2009
SEATTLE - After 30 years of punishing caseloads and never-ending stacks of paperwork, Harry Shriver was getting ready to hang up his doctor's coat and retire when he tried something new. Shriver's practice, part of a health care cooperative in Washington state, launched a program that allowed him to cut his appointments from 24 to 12 a day, leaving him more time for each patient. He also now handles...
August 20, 2009
EVANSTOWN, Ill., Aug 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. researchers say trained musicians are better able to discern speech in noisy environments. The study, published in Ear and Hearing, supports the potential therapeutic and rehabilitation uses of musical training for those with hearing and communication disorders. "The study points to a highly pragmatic side of music's magic," Nina Kraus, director...
August 20, 2009
Targeting vaccines to school-age children and their parents could help manage potential outbreaks of swine and seasonal flu and avert worrisome vaccine shortages, researchers suggested on Thursday. The study in the August 21 issue of the journal Science comes as the Northern Hemisphere braces for the start of its influenza season in the coming months, while deaths from swine flu mount in countries...
August 20, 2009
The federal government Wednesday announced new guidance for businesses to plan for and respond to the upcoming flu season, including the ongoing threat of H1N1. Released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the guidance is designed to help employers prepare for the effects that both seasonal and H1N1 influenza - commonly called swine flu - could have this fall and winter on their...
August 19, 2009
ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug 20, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Increasing costs are causing many Americans to think twice before seeking healthcare, a U.S. newsletter reports. However, the Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource advises those who want to save money on healthcare to think seriously about giving up expensive and unhealthy habits. "Smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable death and illness in...
August 19, 2009
Aug. 13 - Annette Kenealy has always had a passion for staying fit. But when Kenealy's oncologist told her that exercise was effective in fighting cancer, she began riding her bike from Worsham Mill Road in Ruffin to Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden for radiation treatments. At 50, she is in the best physical shape of her life. "I felt terrible when I first started riding. I had just finished chemotherapy...
August 19, 2009
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