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DiGennaro Communications office manager Theresa Piti took initiative Wednesday morning - e-mailing the 13-person firm with tips such as "always cover your mouth" when coughing to combat the spread of swine flu. She even let staff know where to buy "fruity" hand sanitizers. The message to about 1,200 U.S. employees at ICAP - the world's largest broker between banks - was more formally written, but it...
April 29, 2009
ATLANTA, Apr 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The number of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases rose to 91, with one death, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reported at midday Wednesday. New York City had more than half of the confirmed cases, 51, with Texas's 16 confirmed cases with one death and California's 14 confirmed cases a distant second and third, respectively. The first confirmed U.S. fatality...
April 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, Apr 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. President Obama Wednesday praised the Bush administration for creating the infrastructure that will allow the country to respond to the swine flu outbreak. At his third prime time news conference since assuming office 100 days ago, Obama said there's no point in closing the border with Mexico in a bid to stem the spread of the virus. "It would be akin...
April 29, 2009
CLEARWATER, Fla., Apr 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - There is no vaccine to prevent swine flu disease, but a U.S. doctor says there are simple ways to help reduce risk of all infections including influenza. "Most flus enter our body through our noses, and the organ in our nose that is critical to fighting infection is the nasal cilia," Dr. Murray Grossan, author of "Free Yourself from Sinus and Allergy...
April 29, 2009
CHICAGO, Apr 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Depression is linked to the accumulation of belly fat, the kind of fat packed between internal organs at the waistline, U.S. researchers said. Belly fat, also known as visceral fat, has long been known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Principal investigator Lynda Powell of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago said that the study...
April 29, 2009
New guidelines out today provide some reassurance for the approximately half a million U.S. women of childbearing age who have epilepsy. About three to five of every 1,000 births in the USA are to women with epilepsy. The guidelines, developed by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society and published in the journal Neurology, show that pregnancy is relatively safe for such...
April 29, 2009
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday stressed that border screenings "don't work" in detecting passengers who may be infected with swine flu, even as many countries intensified airport checks. "If a person has been exposed or infected... the person might not be symptomatic at the airport," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told journalists. "Border controls don't work. Screening doesn't work." Many Asian...
April 29, 2009
WASHINGTON - Over-the-counter pain relievers will carry new, bolder warnings about the risk of liver damage or stomach bleeding, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday. Products containing acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, will carry a prominent package warning about the liver-damage risks of taking too much. Separately, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers, such as aspirin and Advil,...
April 29, 2009
A 5-year-old boy is the earliest patient diagnosed with swine flu, suggesting his rural hillside town of La Gloria, Mexico - surrounded by pig farms - is the ground zero for the epidemic. Sweet-faced Edgar Hernandez came home from school in March with a fever and a headache so bad, his eyes hurt. His mother took him to a clinic, and after a few days of antibiotics, he recovered. "I feel good," the...
April 29, 2009
WATCHING too much TV may rot your brain, but the flip side is that it can make you feel popular - or at least less lonely. According to four new studies reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, researchers found that for some viewers, watching TV can ward off feelings of loneliness and rejection by making them feel as if their social needs are being met through repeatedly tuning into...
April 29, 2009
For two days, I waited for Jay Cutler to call for our arranged interview. I was hoping to speak to him before last week's media session at pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. in Indianapolis. What more could Lilly ask for from its spokesman - a column about the company's diabetes efforts in a national publication? Times were set up for him to call. And he never called. Not Wednesday. Not Thursday....
April 28, 2009
WASHINGTON - Federal officials moved Tuesday to bolster the $15 billion U.S. pork industry and reassure consumers that eating pork is safe amid the swine-flu outbreak. The effort comes after countries such as Russia, China and Ukraine began banning pork products that come from some U.S. states. The bans led to lower prices of pork, as well as for soybeans and corn, used as hog feed. "The livelihoods...
April 28, 2009
Internet users have ramped up their searching, chatting and blogging of up-to-the-minute news on the symptoms and spread of swine flu since its sudden appearance this month. It's a trend health experts say is effective in rapidly pushing out public health information, using technology not available during the deadly, worldwide flu outbreaks of decades past. It's also creating a double-edged sword,...
April 28, 2009
MILWAUKEE, Apr 28, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Those who have asthma or other respiratory conditions should be aware they are at higher risk from swine flu, U.S. asthma specialists advise. "As with other influenza viruses, this virus typically attacks the respiratory tract. So if you have a chronic respiratory condition like asthma, it can take a turn for the worse, exacerbating your asthma," Dr. Thomas...
April 28, 2009
CHICAGO - A physicians' group is recommending that men 40 and older be offered a controversial prostate-cancer test that had generally been suggested for men over 50. The American Urological Association's new guidelines, released yesterday, say the PSA blood test should be offered to men 40 or older who are expected to live at least 10 years. The screening has come under fire because many prostate...
April 28, 2009
OTTAWA, Apr 28, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning against eating Piller's "Taste Better than Bacon" brands of smoked ham or turkey bacon due to a health risk. The CFIA and Piller Sausages and Delicatessens Ltd. said the products might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The recalled products were distributed in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland....
April 27, 2009
SLOW and steady - and perfect for the lazy dieter - we know how you can battle the bulge without doing a whole lot. So if your "New Year, New You" dieting plan went belly up in mid-January, we've got your number. And it's 100. Cut 100 calories a day and, at the end of 12 months, you'll be 10.4 pounds lighter. Here's how it works - 1 pound is equal to 3,500 calories. Cut 100 calories out of your day...
April 27, 2009
City officials yesterday revealed 20 new confirmed cases of swine flu at a Queens high school - and warned that many more victims are in the pipeline. The new cases include 19 St. Francis Prep students and one teacher diagnosed with the potentially deadly virus. Eight students already had been confirmed as being infected, and 17 others are strongly suspected of having the strain. Another 160 students...
April 27, 2009
THE best way to keep fit through exercise is to make it fun. Everyone can find some type of enjoyable exercise, whether it's sports, dancing, walking, or swimming. One of the best ways to find and keep a fitness routine is to pick a partner or team to join you. When you exercise with other people, it's more fun. You and your friends can try out different types of activities or you can pick one that...
April 27, 2009
WASHINGTON, Apr 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. officials are trying to raise public awareness about the swine flu outbreak without raising undue alarm, a White House spokesman said Monday. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs also reiterated President Barack Obama's health was not jeopardized by his recent visit to Mexico, considered ground zero for the outbreak of swine flu Mexican officials...
April 27, 2009
A St. Francis Prep senior spent 10 minutes last Monday chatting with a pal who went to Cancun on spring break - and became violently ill the next day with what doctors have now confirmed is swine flu. "I would feel a sharp pain above my eyebrow, but it would just stay there for a while," Sophia Goumakos, 17, told The Post yesterday. The teen, from Bayside, Queens, said her male friend who had been...
April 27, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Apr 28, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Pomegranate juice may slow the progress of recurring prostate cancer, U.S. and Israeli researchers say. The two-stage clinical trial tracked 48 men over six years who had had rising prostate specific antigen scores after surgery or radiation. They were told to drink eight ounces of pomegranate juice daily. The decline in median PSA slope was greater among...
April 27, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Apr 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Children with allergies and asthma may benefit from an allergy evaluation, a U.S. allergist advises. Dr. Maya Jerath of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine says controlling allergy symptoms can prevent some of the common complications of untreated allergies like sinusitis and ear infections. Some sufferers seek relief...
April 27, 2009
PAMPLONA, Spain, Apr 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - Spanish medical researchers say they've identified a key enzyme that contributes to development of cardiac insufficiency in some heart disease patients. The scientists at the University of Navarra's Center for Applied Medical Research said the enzyme is involved in the accumulation of fibrous tissues in the hearts of patients with chronic cardiac diseases...
April 27, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, Apr 27, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. scientists say they've found mice lacking a receptor for one type of prostaglandins have lower blood pressure and less atherosclerosis than other mice. The discovery by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine came during a study of the role of prostaglandins - a family of fatty compounds key to the cardiovascular system -...
April 27, 2009
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