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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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Hospital's wait times better than the averageReported February 25, 2009 Wait times at Stevenson Memorial Hospital’s emergency room are better than the provincial average and the hospital is striving to make services even better, according to president and CEO Gary Ryan. According to a provincial study released last week patients at the Alliston hospital spend 3.8 hours in … [Read more...]

Blade-free Lasik comes to IndiaJuly 4, 2007 For some people who are seeking an alternative to the traditional LASIK incision (with blades) or who may be afraid to have a blade cut their cornea, there is good news. In the first of its kind in South Asia, state of the art LASIK machine, Intralase, is now available for the laser vision correction … [Read more...]

Woman, 89, dies after dozens of hospitals in Japan refuse to admit her December 28, 2007 TOKYO - An 89-year-old woman died after an ambulance crew spent two hours trying 30 hospitals before finding one that would accept her for treatment, Japanese officials said Friday. The woman's family called an ambulance … [Read more...]

Emergency medical center planned for Diley-Route 33Reported December 26, 2007 Mount Carmel Health Systems and Fairfield Medical Center have unveiled plans to build a state-of-the-art emergency care facility at U.S. Route 33 and Diley Road in Violet Township. The project is expected to start construction in spring 2008 and be completed by fall 2009 on the west side of … [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...]