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KINGSTON, Ontario, Aug 28, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Canadian scientists say they've found shaping one enzyme might lead to using the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. "As scientists, we're excited about this discovery because it's a fundamentally new approach to regulating what enzymes do in cells," said Queens University Professor Donald Maurice, who led the...
August 28, 2008
Don't expect to find irradiated spinach and lettuce in your supermarket any time soon, even though federal regulators have given the food industry permission to sell it. Several hurdles will discourage immediate widespread adoption, including cost, lack of irradiation facilities, concerns about how well it will work and whether consumers will buy produce that's been irradiated to kill dangerous bugs...
August 27, 2008
New York City remains the "epicenter" of the nation's HIV epidemic, with as many as 4,800 residents contracting the AIDS-causing virus in 2006, according to a new Health Department study citing the most recent available data. Using a new formula that includes the exact number of HIV diagnoses and estimates of undiagnosed cases, Health Department statisticians concluded there were 72 new infections...
August 27, 2008
College students today celebrate 21st birthdays with an average of 12 drinks for men and nine for women, finds the most in-depth picture yet of the consequences of extreme partying. The University of Texas-Austin research found 78% of students cited ill effects, including hangovers (54%). Of 44% who had blackouts, 22% found out later they had sex, and 22% got in a fight or argument. And 39% didn't...
August 27, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Dark green chard plucked from a makeshift garden in front of City Hall; soft cheeses spread on freshly baked whole-grain bread and served in exhibition halls; farm-raised free-range chickens carved, seasoned and roasted. Mix together. Yield: one revolution. At least that is the hope of organizers of this weekend's inaugural "Slow Food Nation" convention, so named to represent the spectrum...
August 27, 2008
Diet soda addicts - they know who they are - have a special bond with their choice drinks. But the founders of Seattle-based Zevia, a year-old soda company, are encouraging Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi devotees to cheat on their beloveds. It takes about one can to get hooked, explained Ian Eisenberg, one of three founders. Zevia's Cola has 45 milligrams of caffeine - comparable to a can of Diet Coke. In...
August 27, 2008
Weymouth Just a few years ago, the kind of rescue that three Weymouth police officers pulled off Sunday night would have been impossible. It happened after a 59-year-old Weymouth middle school science teacher crashed his car into a garage on Essex Street. Officers used an automated external defibrillator, several of which were installed in police cruisers about three years ago, to jump-start the man's...
August 27, 2008
Q: Skin problems seem to run in my family. I have severe rosacea, my husband has a new scar on his face, and my daughter has acne and warts! What are some "Suzy Secrets" to help clear the skin? - D.V., Tulsa A: Suzy Secrets? That's funny. OK, then, just between you and me, this is what to do. Rosacea: Avoiding alcohol, direct sunlight, and spicy foods will help, but stress is the biggie. Because inflammatory...
August 27, 2008
Aug. 27 - CLEARFIELD - As the handsome star of his high school baseball team in the small town of Stewardson, Ill., Gruen Von Behrens always had a date come Friday night. But after four years of chewing up to half a can of Copenhagen per day, he would soon hear children ask their mothers why "that man looks like a monster." It took more than 40 surgeries to stop the squamous cell carcinoma that ravaged...
August 27, 2008
An outbreak of mumps in westernmost Canada has been traced to a religious group opposed to vaccinations because they believe such are an affront to God, health officials said Wednesday. There have been 116 confirmed cases of mumps and another 74 suspected cases in the Vancouver area since February, said the Fraser Health Authority. The outbreak has lead to meningitis, deafness and concerns about sterility...
August 27, 2008
Aug. 27 - "If you don't hate tobacco, you need to be in a different occupation." That directive was issued Tuesday to University of Oklahoma College of Public Health students by Dr. Robert S. Mannel, director of the OU Cancer Institute, during a lecture on "The Future for Cancer Care and Prevention in Oklahoma." Mannel urged students to do the most they can to thwart smoking and the deadly health effects...
August 27, 2008
Men who enjoy warming their bottom on a heated car seat should beware, for they may also be frying their chances of fatherhood, New Scientist reports in its latest issue. Sperm production is best when the temperature of the scrotum is one or two degrees Celsius (1.8-3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) below the core body temperature of 37 C (99 F). Testicle-testing German researchers fitted sensors to the scrotums...
August 27, 2008
Humans are selfish in earliest childhood but by the age of seven or eight are keen to share equally, a developmental change so sudden that it can only be explained, at least in part, by genes, according to a study released Wednesday. Behavioural scientists and sociologists have quarrelled for decades as to whether generosity and selfishness are inherited or result from social conditioning. But new...
August 26, 2008
Traditional herbal supplements used by thousands of Americans may contain dangerously high levels of lead and other toxins, a study shows. Nearly 21% of Ayurvedic medicines - plant-based products used in India for thousands of years to promote health - actually contain lead, mercury or arsenic, according to a study in today's Journal of the American Medical Association. Arsenic can cause cancer. Lead...
August 26, 2008
Spanish health authorities said Wednesday they were looking into the possibility that a woman who died last week at a hospital in Leon suffered from the human variant of mad cow disease. If laboratory tests confirm the 64-year-old had Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), the human variant of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, it will be the fourth death from the disease in Spain....
August 26, 2008
PITTSBURGH, Aug 26, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Pittsburgh researchers say they have a fix on why smokers find it tough to quit cold turkey. A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh published in the September issue of Psychological Science, concludes that smokers not currently in a state of craving a cigarette will necessarily underestimate the intensity...
August 26, 2008
Dusseldorf, Germany (dpa) - Who doesn't know the daily aggravations brought on by work, relationships and the pursuit of one's own needs, and who hasn't sometimes wished for more peace and quiet? Meditation is one possible means of achieving them. Lutz Hertel, a psychologist at a German wellness association in Dusseldorf, is convinced of one of its effects: "We see a lot more value in meditation than...
August 26, 2008
EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug 26, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Alberta researchers have found women who don't drink coffee can still get as much buzz and heart benefits from a cup as regular drinkers. University of Alberta in Edmonton researchers compared how 10 women who drank caffeine daily and 10 "caffeine-naive" women who drank less than two servings per week matched up in heart rate, blood pressure, alertness...
August 26, 2008
Aug. 26 - Millions of Americans experience the pain of chronic headaches or migraine. Whether at the office, at home playing with the children or at dinner with friends, the pain ranges from annoying to debilitating. While popping a pill may help for a while, the headache is often back in a couple of hours. What many sufferers long for is not something to mask the pain, but something to prevent it...
August 26, 2008
Aug. 26 - WASHINGTON - It's a story that would make your Jewish grandmother cry "oy vey," before cramming a few extra bagels in your duffel bag. David Ginsberg, 23, used to live in New Jersey, a stone's throw from the kosher capital of the world. "There's bagels, pizza," he said. "Chinese, Italian, a good steak house ... if you want it, you can get it in New York." And get it he did, often visiting...
August 26, 2008
Aug. 26 - WASHINGTON - It's a story that would make your Jewish grandmother cry "oy vey," before cramming a few extra bagels in your duffel bag. David Ginsberg, 23, used to live in New Jersey, a stone's throw from the kosher capital of the world. "There's bagels, pizza," he said. "Chinese, Italian, a good steak house ... if you want it, you can get it in New York." And get it he did, often visiting...
August 26, 2008
Aug. 26 - WASHINGTON - It's a story that would make your Jewish grandmother cry "oy vey," before cramming a few extra bagels in your duffel bag. David Ginsberg, 23, used to live in New Jersey, a stone's throw from the kosher capital of the world. "There's bagels, pizza," he said. "Chinese, Italian, a good steak house ... if you want it, you can get it in New York." And get it he did, often visiting...
August 26, 2008
It's a rough road to manhood for young guys, who more than ever are finding themselves confounded and conflicted about what "masculinity" means. Behavioral researchers say being a heterosexual male used to mean being macho, but guys today get mixed messages on all fronts as they navigate sex, drinking, friendships and the future. "The social messages ... about how to be a good person or a good guy...
August 26, 2008
Aug. 25 - Adina Nack knows what it's like to be told at age 20 that you have a sexually transmitted disease. She remembers the fear she felt when her doctor rather coldly gave her the diagnosis, and the stigma that she associated with it. That's why she wrote "Damaged Goods? Women Living with Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases," which was released July 31. "For me, this research has been a very...
August 25, 2008
Aug. 26 - Over the last 10 years, Cleveland County has seen 173 confirmed cases of rabies. Three hundred residents have been exposed, resulting in expensive post-exposure treatments. "If a person is exposed to the rabies virus, then we, by law, are mandated to treat these people," county Health Director Denese Stallings said. The cost to taxpayers since 1998? About $300,000, she said. Because of this,...
August 25, 2008
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