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Sep. 8 - Move over, Madonna. Several Tucsonans say you're behind the times if you haven't figured out 50 can be fabulous. And with about 75 million U.S. baby boomers (according to The Boomer Initiative, a nonprofit organization) ready to retire within the next 10 years, more and more people are refusing to park it on a porch. Instead, they're redefining the golden years as the active years. We asked...
September 7, 2008
The shinbone's connected to the ankle bone. The stomach's connected to the small intestine. The gluteus maximus is connected to the gluteus medius. Readers of "Dr. Frankenstein's Human Body Book," by Richard Walker, will learn those facts and more as they are enlisted as assistants to the fabled scientist in his attempt to create "a living breathing human being." Subtitled "The Monstrous Truth About...
September 7, 2008
Sep. 7 - Spices give your recipes a flavor boost. Do they give your body a nutrition boost as well? Here's a quiz to find out how much you know about spices. Answer each of the following statements true or false. 1. One recent study shows that consuming 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon after meals reduces blood sugar levels by as much as 29 percent in some people. 2. In some studies, regularly adding cinnamon...
September 7, 2008
All it takes to be full of energy, healthy and slim is to exercise every day and eat a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet. That means no meat, chicken or fish, but you can have eggs and dairy. Judi and Shari Zucker, 47-year-old twins, claim they have walked this walk for 36 years. Both live in Santa Barbara, Calif. Both are married with families and both have careers in real estate and interior design. But...
September 6, 2008
There are not many pregnant teenagers in the Cohasset schools, but that "does not mean our students are not having sex," Middle School Vice Principal Dr. Michael Gill said. Teen pregnancies can be expected to be low in towns like Cohasset, where high school students "have high hopes and high expectations for the future. They are more highly motivated to take precautions," Gill said. Schools in Massachusetts...
September 5, 2008
London (dpa) - A British study investigating the link between musical tastes and personality has found that classical music listeners and heavy metal fans share vital character traits such as creativity and shyness. The research, published Friday by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, asked 36,000 music lovers worldwide to list their favourite music and give brief descriptions of their personalities...
September 5, 2008
Sep. 5 - The market for men's skin-care products continues to grow - and at an accelerated rate. For example, Clinique's Skin Supplies for Men line has been the top-selling men's prestige brand in North America for more than 10 years. That's according to the NPD Group, which tracks consumer spending. Men are learning how to protect their skin after shaving (no more Aqua Velva!), about sun protection...
September 5, 2008
All it takes to be full of energy, healthy and slim is to exercise every day and eat a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet. That means no meat, chicken or fish, but you can have eggs and dairy. Judi and Shari Zucker, 47-year-old twins, claim they have walked this walk for 36 years. Both live in Santa Barbara, Calif. Both are married with families and both have careers in real estate and interior design. But...
September 5, 2008
Teenagers and young adults are using fewer street drugs - cocaine, heroin and marijuana - than they did in 2002, says a government report out Thursday. Children ages 12 to 17 are using fewer prescription drugs for non-medical purposes. The survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows young adults 18 to 25 are using more prescription drugs illicitly. Use of...
September 4, 2008
GRANADA, Spain, Aug 26, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Spanish researchers say they have found a direct relation between sports and cutting adolescent tobacco usage. Samplings of 3,000 adolescents ages 13 to 18 found 80 percent of those who played a sport did not smoke. This compared to 71.4 percent of physically inactive adolescents, reported researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National...
September 4, 2008
For the past three years, 13-year-old Majed Al-Blowi had been confined to his house. Debilitating epileptic seizures - up to 12 a day - kept the Saudi Arabian teenager from going to school, hanging out with friends and playing soccer. When doctors in Saudi Arabia couldn't control the seizures, the boy's father, Amin, searched the world for a solution. He and his son traveled to France, Brazil and Austria,...
September 4, 2008
A new study carried out in the United States found no evidence of a link between autism and the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Researchers hope the findings will help boost the rate of immunization against these illnesses amid some parental concerns about a potential link. The research published Wednesday in the online version of the journal Public Library of Science sought to test results...
September 4, 2008
Sep. 4 - LONG BEACH - A middle-aged woman is the first Long Beach resident to be a confirmed victim of the West Nile virus - the first in the city since 2005. Two other potential cases are under investigation, but have not been confirmed, health officials said Wednesday. The woman, who was not identified, lives in North Long Beach, and health officials said she was hospitalized in early August with...
September 4, 2008
A new study carried out in the United States found no evidence of a link between autism and the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Researchers hope the findings will help boost the rate of immunization against these illnesses amid some parental concerns about a potential link. The research published Wednesday in the online version of the journal Public Library of Science sought to test results...
September 4, 2008
BILLINGS, Mont. Montana has lost its federal disease-free status for brucellosis, triggering mandatory testing of cattle being shipped out of state. Brucellosis, which can cause female cattle to abort their young, has been found twice in Montana in the last two years near Yellowstone National Park. Eradicated elsewhere in the country, the disease persists in Yellowstone's bison, elk and other wildlife...
September 4, 2008
Sep. 4 - CHAPEL HILL - There are still days when Klara asks when the scars on her mother's breasts are going to go away. "This is what Mommy looks like," Alicia Altmueller must gently tell her 6-year-old. "This is who I am now." Not that it's easy for her to say - or even believe. Altmueller found out two years ago that she was a carrier of the BRCA1 gene, of which certain mutations can lead to an...
September 4, 2008
Sep. 4 - The voices of strong, motivated and energetic women echoed off the brick in a small room filled with cancer survivors and their supporters during the Breast Cancer Boot Camp 2008 summer session graduation last week at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, 3482 E. River road. Troop leader Anita Kellman congratulated the graduates for making it through the summer. "These women came to boot camp this...
September 3, 2008
Sep. 4 - BRANFORD - Connecticut Hospice is inviting the public to join local and Hospice officials and others on the facility's front lawn at noon Friday to demonstrate their solidarity in the desire to find a cure for cancer. The local event is part of a national "Stand Up To Cancer" event that will feature all three major broadcast TV networks donating one hour of simultaneous, commercial-free primetime...
September 3, 2008
NEW YORK, Sep 4, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Fuel prices are forcing ailing Americans who need regular medical treatments to cancel or delay seeing the doctor, a medical survey indicates. Sick people with travel problems often seek help from friends and family members, who may have the same issues with high fuel prices, and support groups, move closer to their caregiver or apply for grants to help pay...
September 3, 2008
Couples were doing it like rabbits during the Year of the Pig. The number of infants born in the city increased last year - with Asian couples fueling the baby boom because they timed their pregnancies to occur in the Year of the Pig, officials said yesterday. The city Health Department said the number of births increased by 3,455 last year - to 128,961 from 125,506 in 2006. Asians accounted for half...
September 3, 2008
Parents of about 15% of kids spoke to school staff or health care providers about their children's emotional and behavior problems in the past year, according to a survey released Wednesday, the first of its kind. Nearly one out of five boys had parents who discussed such problems, and about one out of 10 girls, says the report from more than 17,000 parents with children ages 4 to 17. The survey, released...
September 3, 2008
The August heat might have taken a break, but Harborview Medical Center officials say the "window-fall season" is still under way. "It's a May to October phenomenon," said Brian Johnston, chief of pediatrics at Harborview. That's when the hospital tends to see the most cases of children falling out of windows. Harborview deals with more than 40 children who have fallen from windows in a given year,...
September 3, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sep 2, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - An allergy educational group has named Greensboro, N.C., as the most challenging place to live for people with seasonal allergies. Greenville, S.C., Little Rock, Ark., Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Jackson, Miss., rounded out the top five on the list compiled by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. The group said fall brings new allergy triggers that...
September 3, 2008
Sep. 3 - An outbreak of illness due to a rare and virulent strain of E. coli bacteria appears to be the largest of its kind ever reported in the United States, state health officials said Tuesday. "The complexity of this outbreak and the necessity to be extremely thorough in our investigation means we still have more questions than answers," said state epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley. Meanwhile,...
September 2, 2008
HONG KONG, Sep 2, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Children burn more than four times as many calories a minute playing an active video game than playing a seated game, University of Hong Kong researchers say. Robin R. Mellecker and Alison M. McManus measured heart rate and calorie expenditure in 18 children age 6 to 12 during a 25-minute gaming protocol. Participants rested for five minutes, then played a...
September 2, 2008
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