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Friends quit smoking? You probably will too, new study suggests Reported May 21, 2008 LOS ANGELES - The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or … [Read more...]

Dog Owners Show Aggression Over Latest Health ScareReported December 21, 2007 Dallas, TX, December 21, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Candice Merchant’s day consists of getting her three kids ready for elementary school in the morning, managing a small insurance office for nine hours, attending to her homebound neighbor in the late afternoon and keeping her own home in order in the … [Read more...]

Canadian number-crunchers gather in Africa to build disease-fighting models Reported November 05, 2007 VANCOUVER - Mathematics could be the newest weapon in the fight against HIV-AIDs. Canadian and African mathematicians, scientists and health officials are travelling to Kampala, Uganda for a first-of-its-kind meeting next week to discuss the spread of diseases such as … [Read more...]

Unions: Nursing training course not enoughReported February 27, 2009 The province is going ahead with a pilot program to help foreign nurses get accreditation in Canada. But the union representing nurses says it doesn't go nearly far enough to address the shortage. There are currently around 13-hundred nursing vacancies in the province. The pilot project will train … [Read more...]

France: 47 students test positive for H1N1 Reported July 23, 2009 French authorities on Wednesday quarantined around 47 students, most of them believed to be Spanish, after they tested positive for swine flu, while attending a summer French language course at a school in France. Henri Welschinger, acting director of the La Salle Saint-Nicolas Catholic school, in … [Read more...]

Indian women live longer than menReported May 30, 2009 NEW DELHI: Women in India live longer than their male counterparts. But around 55 of 1,000 girls born every year don't live beyond their first birthday and 77 per 1,000 births don't live beyond the age of five. While a girl born in India today is expected to live for 65 years, the average life expectancy of a male child … [Read more...]

8 Body Types January 02, 2008 A dynamic discovery has occurred in Korea ― unknown to most of the public. It's no other than the discovery of the human DNA system. One hundred years ago, Yi Je-ma, an Oriental doctor in Korea, discovered the Sasang, or Four Body Types, and this became the foundation of present day Oriental medicine. … [Read more...]

Fast walking can prolong lifeReported November 27, 2007 Researchers who followed the health of nearly 500 older people for almost a decade found that those who walked more quickly were less likely to die over the course of the study. The findings, the researchers said, suggest that gait speed may be a good predictor of long-term survival, even in people who otherwise … [Read more...]

Hard Plastic Causes Water Bottle WorriesReported December 26, 2007 ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Catching his breath at a fitness club, Matt McHugh took a gulp of water from his trusty, hard-plastic Nalgene bottle and pondered the idea of switching to an alternative made of glass, stainless steel or another kind of plastic. Worries about a hormone-mimicking chemical used in the … [Read more...]

Eating more fish may improve seniors' memoryReported November 22, 2007 NEW YORK - Misplaced your keys? Can't place that face? Study findings suggest that you may be able to lessen the frequency of these "senior moments" simply by eating more fish. And the more fish you eat, the bigger the effect, according to research conducted in Norway. Investigators found that elderly … [Read more...]

Areas in the brain size up competition Reported November 01, 2007 ATLANTA: Humans spend a lot of time sizing each other up a fact long known to social scientists. But a new study has pinpointed the brain areas that appear to be involved in this process of social comparison. The study, led by Caroline Zink, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health, … [Read more...]

Guatemala reports 10 new A/H1N1 flu cases Reported June 09, 2009 MEXICO CITY, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu have increased to 60 in Guatemala, with 10 new cases reported, the nation's Health Minister Celso Cerezo said on Tuesday. According to news reaching here from Guatemala, Guatemala City has seen the most new cases with … [Read more...]

THE OLD WIVES' TALE IS TRUE...A DOSE OF COD LIVER OIL DOES WORKJune 13, 2007 A DAILY dose of cod liver oil could reduce feelings of depression, new research suggests. The supplement – hailed as a superfood for generations – has been found to reduce the risk of getting the blues by as much as 30 per cent. And the longer that subjects took cod … [Read more...]

Swine Flu vaccine on the anvilReported May 04, 2009 After the recent swine flu scare, researchers from all over the world have stepped up efforts to build a vaccine, and British scientists are the latest to join the race. A team from National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) in Hertfordshire have started their work for developing a vaccine against the … [Read more...]

Are Kids of Working Parents Less Healthy?   Reported October 06, 2009 Many working parents already feel plenty of stress and guilt as is. Now there’s a new British study which found that children of working mothers are less likely to eat as healthily or exercise as much as kids of stay-at-home moms. The UK Millennium Cohort Study looked at the dietary … [Read more...]

Acting CDC head adopts public role with swine fluReported May 03, 2009 ATLANTA (AP) — Dr. Richard Besser had a relatively low public profile at the nation's public health agency. Then swine flu hit. Without a health and human services secretary in place, it was Besser who became the government's lead health spokesman as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and … [Read more...]

Women Often Pay More For Health, Hygiene ItemsReported December 02, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Consumer Reports has found that when it comes to drug store items, women may be paying a premium, 10TV's Tracy Townsend reported Wednesday. Americans spend more than $35 billion annually in drugstores, not including prescriptions, Townsend reported. But women may be spending more on … [Read more...]

Third death related to the H1N1 flu virus confirmed in QuebecReported June 14, 2009 MONTREAL — Quebec's public health department has confirmed a third death in the province linked to the H1N1 flu virus. Health officials say the victim was a woman in her 50s with an underlying chronic illness. They also confirm 40 new cases of the swine flu in the province, which … [Read more...]

Justice sought for nurse who died of SARSReported February 26, 2009 Their lawyer calls it "SARS-gate." But to Kenneth and Grace Laroza, it's less about catchy names than loss of life. Their mother, Nelia, a nurse at North York General Hospital, died in June 2003 at age 51 from the second wave of SARS to hit Toronto. So it was hard for the Larozas to listen from the benches … [Read more...]

France warns of health risks from mobile phones January 03, 2008 A French health ministry on Wednesday issued a warning against excessive mobile-phone use, especially by children, though it recognized cellular technology had not been scientifically proved to be dangerous. The appearance on the market of mobile phones designed for young children has … [Read more...]

Grassroots Efforts In India Fight Spread of HIV Reported June 19, 2008 After a prolonged back-and-forth between diverse agencies over actual HIV/AIDS statistics in India, the figure that India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has settled on is an estimated 2.5 million people who are living with the virus in the country, accounting for … [Read more...]

Do life events trigger mental disorders? Reported November 12, 2007 A new epidemiological study performed in Italy addresses an old question in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Although life events have been consistently reported as precipitating factors for most psychiatric disorders, there is no comprehensive … [Read more...]

Depression can often be more serious for men   Reported June 11, 2009 She has trouble getting out of bed, perhaps confides in a few close friends, and is likely to seek professional help. He gets irritable and nasty, bottles up his feelings inside, and the last thing he wants to do is talk to a counsellor. … [Read more...]

Infections jump 45% among young Central OhioansReported November 21, 2007 Columbus--The number of Central Ohio teenagers and young adults infected with HIV has exploded 45 percent in just three years. Of all the Franklin County women living with HIV, nearly three-quarters are African American. As dozens of countries commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1, Central … [Read more...]

Healthcare Crisis Looms in LA, Nationally Reported June 11, 2008 LOS ANGELES -- Health care is one of the burning issues being discussed in the presidential primaries along with the economy, gas prices and Iraq. At the local level, it is also one of the main issues of the second supervisorial race. Along with the status of Martin Luther King Jr. hospital, it is … [Read more...]

How to care for your bones through the agesReported July 07, 2008 Bones are the body's first lines of defense. They protect the brain, heart and lungs and anchor the muscles. They keep us mobile. And all they ask in return is our support to keep them strong: good nutrition, weight-bearing exercise, calcium and Vitamin D. Bones' needs also vary with age. You accumulate an … [Read more...]

Canadians urged to keep clean for their health Reported September 09, 2008 TORONTO - Canadians know the importance of infection prevention, but few are transferring that knowledge into action, the Health & Hygiene Council, Canada said Wednesday as it called for greater awareness of how to protect against health threats. The council said an international survey on … [Read more...]

V for Vixen Reported December 12, 2007 No cure this sure yet, sadly World AIDS Day is Dec. 1, and while this sounds like a doom-and-gloom topic just waiting to stomp your visions of a hot post-sex afterglow, it's also a terribly important one. Time out for some statistics! In Canada, there are approximately 58,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, and about 27 per cent of … [Read more...]

France Best, U.S. Worst in Preventable Death Ranking Reported January 08, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday. If the U.S. health care system performed as … [Read more...]

Persistent cough could be a sign of COPD November 11, 2007 BANGALORE: Smokers beware! You may be aware that smoking leads to lung cancer and heart disease. But do you know it also leads to serious respiratory condition in which the airways get blocked? More than 13 million Indians are victims of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), … [Read more...]