World / Health & Beauty
Special Olympics founder still working after 40 years
16.07.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
Special Olympics founder Anne Burke thought the games would be a one-time event, but 40 years later, she keeps going.
USA
Health & Beauty
Is this the next baby boom?
16.07.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
A record number of babies were born in the USA in 2007, which some demographers say could signal an impending baby "boomlet."
USA
Health & Beauty
Premature babies grow up shy
16.07.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
Research suggests children born prematurely are more timid and less likely to get married and have children.
USA
Health & Beauty
Health proposal rankles Democrats
16.07.2008 22:20
usatoday.com
A new federal rule that would withhold funding from health care organizations that refuse to hire workers who won't perform abortions ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Senate agrees to triple anti-AIDS funding
16.07.2008 22:19
usatoday.com
The Senate voted to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Individual health policies leave many behind
16.07.2008 22:19
usatoday.com
Nearly 18 million people buy their own health insurance, good for some but difficult for many others.
USA
Health & Beauty
Study: Cigarette makers manipulated menthol to hook teens
16.07.2008 22:19
usatoday.com
Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes to "lock in lifelong adult smokers."
USA
Health & Beauty
Treating blood clots may get easier
16.07.2008 22:19
usatoday.com
A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk of lethal blood ...
USA
Health & Beauty
U.S. ban on visitors with HIV could end soon
16.07.2008 22:19
usatoday.com
A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Intravenous Gammaglobulin (IVIG) Plus Rituximab Improves Chances For Successful Kidney Transplantation In High Immunologic-risk Patients
16.07.2008 21:10
medicalnewstoday.com
A new therapy developed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center improves transplant rates and outcomes for patients awaiting living- and deceased-donor kidney transplantation, according to a study published in the July 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
World
Transplantation
Menthol In Cigarettes Promotes Smoking Among Adolescents And Young Adults
16.07.2008 20:14
medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers examined U.S. cigarette brands popular among youth to determine whether or not tobacco manufacturers manipulate menthol in an effort to target young, experimental smokers. Menthol in cigarettes masks harshness and irritation for new smokers. Menthol is used as an additive in approximately 90% of cigarettes manufactured in the United States, although only about one-third of these cigarettes are explicitly marketed as mentholated.
World
Smoking
U.S. Child Labor Violations Found In The Retail And Service Industry
16.07.2008 20:14
medicalnewstoday.com
Results from this study found that a substantial proportion of U.S. adolescents working in the retail and service industry were employed in violation of the child labor laws. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 limits the types of jobs youths ages 14 to 17 are allowed to perform, the number of hours they may devote to work, and the timing of these hours.
World
Children Diseases
Effects On Mental Health Assessed After Devastating Tsunami In Sumatra
16.07.2008 20:14
medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers examined the levels of post traumatic stress reactivity (PTSR) of over 20,000 adult tsunami survivors by analyzing survey data from coastal Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. The findings are from the first wave of a long-term prospective longitudinal follow-up study examining the nature and course of mental health consequences and moderating influences among a population in Indonesia affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
World
Mental Disorders
Neighborhood Psychosocial Hazards Connected To Cardiovascular Disease: Case Study In Baltimore
16.07.2008 20:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers analyzed the associations between cardiovascular disease and neighborhood psychosocial hazards, such as violent crimes, abandoned buildings, and signs of incivility, that lead to an increased sense of threat and vigilance in residents within 65 contiguous neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. A total of 1,140 residents participated in this study who were aged 50 to 70 years and residents of Baltimore for at least 5 years.
World
Cardiology
'Wide variations' in Ritalin use
16.07.2008 20:03
bbc.co.uk
Prescribing rates for the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug Ritalin vary widely across England, figures show.
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Health & Beauty
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