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Sin City is also suicide city, a new study claims. Residents of Las Vegas are 60 percent likelier than those of any other US region to kill themselves - and visitors are twice as likely to do so there than back home, according to Harvard and Temple researchers who analyzed 30 years of data. Researcher Matt Wray cited some theories in the journal Social Science and Medicine: * "Gambler's despair." *...
November 13, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov 14, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Unhappy people watch significantly more television compared with happy people who are more socially active, vote more and read more, U.S. researchers say. John Robinson and Steven Martin of the University of Maryland conducted an analysis of U.S. national data of nearly 30,000 adults. They examined the activity patterns of happy and less happy people...
November 13, 2008
OMAHA - Parents and guardians have brought 16 children to Immanuel Medical Center here, intending to abandon them. "We've had parents come in tearful and shaking and very upset it had to get to that point, and they didn't know what to do," says nurse Linda Jensen, who manages the emergency department. The kids were 11-18 years old. Under a unique state law, parents may leave children 17 and under at...
November 13, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - A creative attempt to exploit a "teachable moment" and help families of hospitalized heart patients lower their own cholesterol has failed, researchers reported Wednesday. But that was because all of the study volunteers - those offered an intensive prevention program and those who were not - lowered their cholesterol, which made it impossible to prove that the treatment program worked....
November 13, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - A creative attempt to exploit a "teachable moment" and help families of hospitalized heart patients lower their own cholesterol has failed, researchers reported Wednesday. But that was because all of the study volunteers - those offered an intensive prevention program and those who were not - lowered their cholesterol, which made it impossible to prove that the treatment program worked....
November 13, 2008
MONTREAL, Nov 13, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - U.S. and Canadian researchers are questioning the American Heart Association's suggestion that all heart patients be screened for depression. A report published in the Nov. 12 Journal of the American Medical Association said there is not enough medical evidence to support such a massive undertaking. "It's a very appealing idea that non-mental health professionals...
November 13, 2008
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov 13, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - A Danish study suggests high non-fasting triglyceride levels can not only increase the risk of heart attack but also increase the risk of ischemic stroke. Scientists from Copenhagen University Hospitals, led by Dr. Jacob Freiberg, said the methodology used in previous studies might have missed an association between triglycerides and ischemic stroke....
November 13, 2008
Will having nutritional information on their menus prove a marketing advantage for restaurants? While new King County menu-labeling rules apply to some chains, we wonder if other restaurants will decide to follow suit. As the Seattle P-I's Rebekah Denn recounts, there was much complaining from restaurants about the King County Board of Health's decision to require nutritional information at most chains....
November 12, 2008
Q: I have been drinking cranberry juice to help ward off a urinary tract infection. It has been suggested to me that cranberries themselves may be more effective. Do you know how many cranberries would provide the equivalent acidic protection of 5 to 6 ounces of cranberry juice? Also, cranberry juice may be an acquired taste but it certainly is palatable and even enjoyable. Is the same true for the...
November 12, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) - Following in the footsteps of Nintendo's popular "Wii Fit," the video game publisher known for the "Madden" football games is jumping into fitness software targeted mostly at women. Electronic Arts Inc. was set to announce Thursday a new line, EA Sports Active, that runs on the Nintendo Wii console and aims to complement, not compete with, Nintendo's "Wii Fit" exercise title. Peter...
November 12, 2008
Pity is not for the students with Parkinson's who study dance at the Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn. Not when one student, well into his 70s, bent crookedly in his chair, lifts his arms gently skyward to the strains of Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. Not when the dancers glide gracefully across the floor behind their instructor, professional dancer David Leventhal. They're just plain classy-looking....
November 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - A creative attempt to exploit a "teachable moment" and help families of hospitalized heart patients lower their own cholesterol has failed, researchers reported Wednesday. But that was because all of the study volunteers - those offered an intensive prevention program and those who were not - lowered their cholesterol, which made it impossible to prove that the treatment program worked....
November 12, 2008
Parents are increasingly getting the backing of state laws to overrule principals' long-standing practice of separating twins in school. Since June, five states have passed laws requiring public schools to respect parents' requests on classroom placement, bringing the total number of states with such laws now to nine. Advocates of the laws say blanket policies requiring separation of twins are outdated....
November 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, Nov 12, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers say the cardiovascular benefits of music are similar to those found in their previous study of laughter. Principal investigator Dr. Michael Miller said the music selected by study participants because it made them feel good caused tissue in the inner lining of blood vessels to dilate, or expand, in order...
November 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - Exercise can do a lot of good for most people, but it apparently isn't much help to those with heart failure, the fastest-growing heart problem in the United States. The study - the largest ever of exercise in patients whose hearts don't pump enough blood - left many doctors disappointed. Results were reported Tuesday at an American Heart Association conference. Although there were some...
November 12, 2008
Nov. 12 - A volleyball setter's greatest test is one of balance, figuratively and physically. They must keep all their hitters involved while most of the time performing sets in midair with pinpoint accuracy. It should be no surprise then that Del Oro senior Jess Lehner is one of the best in the area - for the past six years she's been doing a daily balancing act just to stay alive. When she was 11,...
November 12, 2008
What if Google knew before anyone else that a flu outbreak was putting you at heightened risk of getting sick? And what if it could alert you, your doctor and your local public health officials before the muscle aches and chills kicked in? That, in essence, is the promise of Google Flu Trends, a Web tool that Google.org, the company's philanthropic unit, announced Tuesday, just as the flu season was...
November 12, 2008
What if Google knew before anyone else that a flu outbreak was putting you at heightened risk of getting sick? And what if it could alert you, your doctor and your local public health officials before the muscle aches and chills kicked in? That, in essence, is the promise of Google Flu Trends, a Web tool that Google.org, the company's philanthropic unit, announced Tuesday, just as the flu season was...
November 12, 2008
What if Google knew before anyone else that a flu outbreak was putting you at heightened risk of getting sick? And what if it could alert you, your doctor and your local public health officials before the muscle aches and chills kicked in? That, in essence, is the promise of Google Flu Trends, a Web tool that Google.org, the company's philanthropic unit, announced Tuesday, just as the flu season was...
November 12, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of heart disease, say doctors who used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside. "As the old saying goes, you're as old as your arteries are," said Dr. Geetha Raghuveer of Children's Hospital in Kansas City, who led one of the studies. "This is a wake-up call." The...
November 12, 2008
THE LATEST social networking is not on Facebook or Myspace, it's happening at DNA-testing parties across the city. Rather than getting trashed at bars, New Yorkers are swabbing their cheeks en masse at house parties and then sending saliva samples back to labs to help trace their ancestors. But for Latinos, an umbrella group consisting of various ethnicities, races and religions, tracing family trees...
November 11, 2008
Is there anything that people could pre-make to take and eat as they run out the door that would be tasty and healthy? There are some ideas on the list - peanut butter sandwich and juice, breakfast taco with cheese/salsa and egg, if desired, and juice, yogurt fruit parfait, granola bar and milk or juice, cheese and crackers and melted cheese on toast. If people have to eat from a bag or a box, what...
November 11, 2008
The USA received a "D" overall on the March of Dimes' first state-by-state "Premature Birth Report Card," released today. Each year, more than 530,000 babies are born before 37 full weeks of gestation, which is considered preterm. Preterm birth is the leading cause of newborn death and a major cause of lifelong disability, according to the March of Dimes. Based on the percentage of 2005 live births...
November 11, 2008
Starting Jan. 1, customers at most chain restaurants in King County will get a full plate of information along with their food. They'll be faced with the 1,000 calories (and 85 grams of fat) in their BLT Salads at The Old Spaghetti Factory and the 1,910 calories in the Jack Daniel's Ribs & Shrimp at T.G.I. Friday's. At Starbucks, they'll be able to judge not just whether they're in the mood for a tall...
November 11, 2008
Listening to your favorite music may be helpful to maintaining a healthy heart, according to a study published Tuesday. The research team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced they had shown for the first time the emotions aroused by music enjoyed by the listener to be beneficial to a healthy blood vessel function. The team, who in a 2005 study noted the cardiovascular benefits...
November 11, 2008
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