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couple of years ago, Virginia Utility Protection Service President and Chief Executive Officer Rick Pevarski looked in the mirror and decided he could stand to lose a few pounds. "You look at that [reflection], and you can see the trending going in the wrong direction because you are sedentary," Pevarski said. "I lost 30 pounds." The weight loss proved to be more than just a personal accomplishment....
May 19, 2008
A new analysis of the sexual practices of 2,271 15- to 19-year-olds challenges the widespread perception that today's teens are substituting oral sex for intercourse to preserve their virginity. And the study, by the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit that studies reproductive and sexual health, found that two-thirds of virgins who had oral sex had one partner. Guttmacher's Laura Lindberg, the study's...
May 19, 2008
A photo spread in Sports Illustrated makes no secret of what's under Danica Patrick's race car suit, but it doesn't begin to reveal what's happening beneath the helmet of the 26-year-old IRL IndyCar Series star. Sports psychologists, neurologists and other scientists who study the minds of top race car drivers say it takes a complex combination of intelligence, certain inherited brain chemicals and...
May 19, 2008
New ideas, young talent and injections of money are needed to invigorate the war against AIDS, top experts said here Monday at a review of medical progress since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was discovered 25 years ago. Men and women in the front line of the combat said there had been some remarkable successes in fighting AIDS. They hailed the swift identification of the pathogen that causes...
May 19, 2008
Cox News Service DAYTON, Ohio - How great an impact does diet have on mood? Scientists have long studied the effects of nutrition on health, and we are aware of the consequences that a poor eating habits and too many calories can have on the body, such as obesity, increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. But we don't often think about the association between what we eat and drink and the affect...
May 19, 2008
May 18 - ARLINGTON - Thornton Elementary fifth-graders got a lesson in life last week - mainly, how to prolong it. The east Arlington school was the kickoff point for a program produced by the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation and Medical Center of Arlington, aimed at steering children toward healthy lifestyle choices. Nutritionists, physical therapists and sports medicine experts from MCA spoke to...
May 19, 2008
What does mommy tell her toddler when she comes home from the plastic surgeon with a new nose? Not another lie, like the one about the stork bringing baby home, urges Dr. Michael Salzhauer, a Bal Harbour, Fla., plastic surgeon and author of "My Beautiful Mommy" (Big Tent, $19.95). The book is aimed at helping 4- to 7-year-olds understand plastic surgery and the recovery period, which can be marked...
May 18, 2008
May 19 - When Maria Sylvester's good friend Sarah suggested doing something special for 23-year-old Sylvester at this year's WVU College of Human Resources and Education graduation ceremony, Sylvester told her absolutely not. "Why would I even want to have anything to do with it?" she said of her friend's gesture. "I'm not the only one that's had to deal with this." A year ago Sylvester, was diagnosed...
May 18, 2008
May 19 - On a beautiful, late spring afternoon in the Wabash Valley, wind rustled the trees over a small gathering of cancer survivors. Two of the survivors, newlyweds Patsy and David Eisenman, were enjoying their first time at Camp Bluebird, a semi-annual weekend retreat for adults who have been diagnosed with cancer. Sunday was the final day of Camp Bluebird. The camp takes place in May and September....
May 18, 2008
This summer make sure you and your family are prepared for potential hazards found in and around swimming pools. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drowning is the seventh leading cause of unintentional injury deaths for all ages and the second leading cause of all injury deaths in children 14 and under. Additionally, for every child under 14 who dies from drowning,...
May 18, 2008
Overeating is often fueled by a wide range of turbulent emotions. It's not always a simple matter of being hungry. Boredom, loneliness, anxiety, anger, stress, sadness and even happiness can have more to do with what and when we eat. That's the experience of many of the dieters who have been profiled for the past two months in USA TODAY's fifth annual Weight-Loss Challenge, which draws to a close today....
May 18, 2008
When she looks back now, Laura Auclair, 38, of Dallas realizes that one reason her weight hit 330 pounds was that she overate when she was under stress. "In my 20s, I had a low-paying, stressful job at a non-profit organization, and I ate poorly," she says. "I did a lot of stress eating. I would open a bag of Cheetos and wouldn't stop eating them until the bag was gone." By 36, she felt twice her age....
May 18, 2008
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal officials say a Chicago-based company is recalling beef products distributed in 11 states because of possible E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday that no illnesses have reported from the meat, produced by JSM Meat Holdings Co. The agency was uncertain how much meat is being recalled. The meat being recalled is used in ground beef products....
May 17, 2008
May 18 - FAIRMONT - The battle against childhood obesity in West Virginia is no secret. So much so that the acting surgeon general of the United States - Dr. Steven Galson - made the state his first stop back in March to announce a national initiative to combat the growing problem of overweight children. The state is tied with Kentucky for the highest percentage of overweight children in the country....
May 17, 2008
A stranger and his family helped Preeti Unhale live at 25 by donating his heart. Today, she counsels the families of donors at the crucial moments when they have to make one of the most important decisions of their lives. She counsels recipients too, giving them hope to look forward to a normal life once again with a healthy heart. "The family of the donor changed my life and I thank them every day....
May 17, 2008
May 18 - May 19-25 is National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week. This year's goal is to highlight the importance of healthy swimming behaviors to prevent recreational water illnesses. According to the Monongalia County Health Department, state and local health departments across the country investigated more recreational water illnesses in 2007 than ever before. This upsurge is being driven...
May 17, 2008
Everyone seems to think it is very difficult to lose weight and keep it off, but I'm increasingly getting convinced that it's tougher to live with flab than without it. If you are not fit, everyone - your friends, spouse, family, neighbours you don't know, and even the strangers you don't want to know - gets uppity and assumes they can tell you how to lose weight and take control of your life. In this...
May 17, 2008
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday warned that mass epidemics in China's Sichuan province are a live threat in the aftermath of Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake. "Action is needed to prevent the risk of disease outbreaks in quake-affected areas, where absence of safe drinking water and proper waste disposal and cramped living conditions in temporary shelters can be conducive to outbreaks,"...
May 17, 2008
LONDON, May 17, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Some British experts say fat people are contributing to global warming more than those who are thin because they require more food and fuel. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine scientists said the transportation and food costs of obese people are contributing to increasing energy prices and food defects. "We are all becoming heavier and it is a global...
May 17, 2008
ST. LOUIS - For more than a year now, Wilfried and Ute Adelt of Bridgeton, Mo., have been dancing the Argentine tango in their kitchen several times a week. They don't perform any dramatic dips, kicks or swings. And, quite frankly, the kitchen island can be an impediment. But as Ute likes to say: "That's besides the point. We can dance!" Tripping the light fantastic has played a significant role in...
May 16, 2008
This comes as no surprise: The cost of long-term care in nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and in-home care has increased for the fifth consecutive year. Also not surprising is the news that we face a shortage of direct-care workers, which will further increase the cost of long-term care. In 2008, the average annual price of a private nursing facility reached $76,460 nationwide, according to...
May 16, 2008
With the AIDS-themed More Life Festival, the Fort Worth Opera and its partners have organized the largest citywide arts collaboration since the biennial decade-centric RetroFest events in the 1990s. The common idea for 50-plus events of More Life (co-presented by the opera, AIDS Outreach Center, Samaritan House and the Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network) is "to educate the community about the wide-reaching...
May 15, 2008
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the closing of two cream cheese and seafood companies for violating food safety laws. The FDA said the firms' top executives - Julie and Edward Smolyansky - signed a consent decree of permanent injunction, agreeing to close Lifeway Foods Inc. and its subsidiary, LFI Enterprises Inc. until they are found in compliance...
May 15, 2008
POINCIANA, Fla. Tony Handler will celebrate his 69th birthday later this month, and if you knew nothing else about him, you would wonder why he still competes in triathlons. Why does he swim eight miles, bike 400 miles and run 25 miles every month? The answer is simple: He has cancer. "Getting across the finish line, to me, is another victory in the battle against cancer," he says. "If I can get across...
May 15, 2008
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's health has become a frequent campaign issue given his age and life experiences, analysts say. The Arizona senator had surgery to remove skin cancer after losing the Republican presidential nomination to George W. Bush in 2000. The Stage 2A melanoma McCain had removed is an invasive form of skin cancer...
May 15, 2008
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