Australia seeks world backing on tobacco legal fight
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 06 11
Australia is confident the world’s toughest anti-tobacco laws will soon pass parliament, but the government warned on Thursday that the anti-smoking fight was not…
Texting while driving more dangerous than thought: study
• Trauma & Injuries • Oct 06 11
Texting or emailing while driving is more dangerous than previously thought, according to a new study of the behavior.
“Essentially texting while driving doubles…
Hospital asthma grades not linked to healthier kids
• Children's Health • • Asthma • Oct 05 11
Hospitals that meet performance standards for treating kids with asthma aren’t any better at keeping those kids from showing up in the emergency room…
Higher testosterone tied to lower heart risks
• Aging and Gerontology • • Heart • • Stroke • Oct 05 11
Elderly men with naturally higher levels of testosterone may be less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those with lower levels…
Medicare prescription drug abuse a problem: GAO
• Drug Abuse • Oct 05 11
Prescription drug abuse by elderly and disabled beneficiaries of Medicare cost the U.S. program nearly $150 million in 2008, highlighting an area where the…
Health consumers make deficit fight personal
• Public Health • Oct 05 11
The numbers are devastating: almost 2,000 poor kids in Texas with cancer, another 18,000 with diabetes and more than 350,000 suffering from chronic lung…
Green tea helps mice keep off extra pounds
• Dieting • • Weight Loss • Oct 04 11
Green tea may slow down weight gain and serve as another tool in the fight against obesity, according to Penn State food scientists.
Obese…
Stroke rate 25 percent higher for Metis
• Stroke • Oct 04 11
The stroke rate among Manitoba Metis is nearly 25 percent higher than for other Manitobans, according to a study by the University of Manitoba…
Blood vessel condition tied to MS, with caveats
• Neurology • Oct 04 11
A new analysis of past studies concludes that there seems to be some link between multiple sclerosis and narrowed head and neck veins -…
Smoking causes stroke to occur
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Oct 03 11
Not only are smokers twice as likely to have strokes, they are almost a decade younger than non-smokers when they have them, according to…
We discount the pain of people we don’t like
• Pain • Oct 03 11
If a patient is not likeable, will he or she be taken less seriously when exhibiting or complaining about pain? Reporting in the October…
When Too Much Coffee Can Negatively Affect Your Health?
• Food & Nutrition • Oct 02 11
It goes without saying that coffee is a popular beverage. It is at the heart of a multi-billion dollar industry and at the lips…
More U.S. Tax Dollars Spent on Junk Food than Fruit
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Oct 02 11
The Iowa Public Interest Research Group has just taken a look at how U.S. government food subsidies are being allocated. They made a pretty…
Daily aspirin tied to risk of vision loss
• Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 01 11
Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never…
Listeria outbreak from cantaloupes kills 15, infects 84: CDC
• Food & Nutrition • • Public Health • Oct 01 11
A listeria outbreak caused by tainted cantaloupes has killed 15 people in the United States and infected 84, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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Governor scraps medical marijuana plan for Rhode Island
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 01 11
State-run medical marijuana dispensaries will not be coming to Rhode Island after Governor Lincoln Chafee scrapped the plan for fear it was illegal under…