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| Nuclear Safety Lessons Start With Manholes, Axes: Peter Coy Bloomberg By Peter Coy - Thu Mar 24 18:12:34 GMT 2011 Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima. First the accident, then the predictable allegations in the postmortem: The design was flawed. Inspections were inadequate. Lines of defense crumbled, and reliable ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gay Bar Mourns Elizabeth Taylor New York Times By BROOKS BARNES WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Last Halloween, David Cooley, the founder of the Abbey, a sprawling gay bar here, got a phone call. Elizabeth Taylor was on the line, and she wanted to know if it was a good night to swing by. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Are the Religious Prone to Obesity? BusinessWeek By Randy Dotinga WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that people who frequently attend religious services are significantly more likely to become obese by the time they reach middle age. The study doesn't prove that attending ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Americans' Exposure to Mercury From Fish Won't Harm Hearts: Study BusinessWeek By Maureen Salamon WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Though repeatedly linked to neurological deficits in children and unborn babies, Americans' level of exposure to mercury from sources such as fish is not associated with a higher risk of heart ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As Health Care Reform Turns 1, Backers and Detractors Dig In BusinessWeek By Steven Reinberg WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- The Affordable Care Act turns 1 year old on Wednesday, and the health-care reform package -- the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's first term in office -- remains as controversial as the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mouse Sperm Successfully Grown in Lab, Researchers Say BusinessWeek By Randy Dotinga WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that they've grown mouse sperm from testicular tissue in the laboratory, a development that could advance the field of infertility in human males. Although the findings only ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Actos Cut Risk of Prediabetes Becoming Diabetes in Study BusinessWeek By Serena Gordon WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that taking the diabetes drug Actos helped people who had prediabetes avoid getting type 2 diabetes. "Pioglitazone [Actos] was extremely effective in preventing diabetes," said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| FDA OKs shingle vaccine for those aged 50 to 59 Reuters By Ransdell Pierson (Adds details on vaccine, expanded marketing approval) NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc's (MRK.N) vaccine to prevent shingles, already approved for older patients, has been cleared by US regulators for patients 50 to 59 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Episodic Activity Could Increase Risk of Myocardial Infarction Nurse.com An analysis of previous studies found an association between episodic physical and sexual activity and a short-term increased risk of myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. Still, the absolute risk was small — and lessened among people with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sleep Less, Eat More: Study BusinessWeek WEDNESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- People of normal weight eat more when they sleep less, a small new study finds. Columbia University researchers discovered that sleep-deprived adults ate almost 300 calories more a day on average than those who ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Drug-resistant germ appears in LA county hospitals San Jose Mercury News AP LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County health officials say a drug-resistant germ has appeared in local hospitals. A study by the LA County Department of Public Health documented 350 cases of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, or CRKP, between June ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Vt. House passes single-payer health care bill Boston Globe By Dave Gram AP / March 24, 2011 MONTPELIER, Vt.—Every Vermonter could sign up for state-financed health insurance under a bill passed by the House on Thursday that would put the state on a path to a single-payer health care system by the middle of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Regrets? We've had a few, study says Chicago Tribune By Georgia Garvey, Tribune reporter If asked to name something we regret in our lives, most of us would mention a "love" regret, especially the women among us, a Northwestern University study shows. When asked, about 44 percent of women and 19 percent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Millions of Americans Can't Always Afford Food ABC News By KIM CAROLLO, ABC News Medical Unit While many people may not think much about grabbing a bite to eat, for millions of Americans, it's been a lot harder. A new report shows about 50 million people aren't always sure how they're going to afford their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| OC students struggle on fitness test OCRegister By FERMIN LEAL Most Orange County public school students are either obese, inflexible, weak, or have too little stamina to pass every section of the state's fitness test, figures released Thursday revealed. Results of the state's annual Physical ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Prognosis: Study Finds Troubles With Gastric Band Surgery New York Times By RONI CARYN RABIN Although the study included just 82 of 151 patients who had laparoscopic gastric band surgery at the hospital from 1994 to 1997, it is believed to be the first to track the outcomes over a long period. The report was published last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Health Highlights: March 23, 2011 BusinessWeek Following six weeks of hospitalization for congestive heart failure, Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 79. The Oscar-winning actress recently suffered a number of complications but her condition had stabilized and it was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Activates Immune System WebMD By Kathleen Doheny March 24, 2011 -- A novel approach to pancreatic cancer treatment that activates the immune system works in some patients, according to a new study. The treatment works by destroying the ''scaffolding'' around cancer cells, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ex-Detroit mayor talks about affair in deposition Chicago Tribune AP Ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says if he could do it all over, he's not sure he'd have told the truth about an affair with former chief of staff Christine Beatty. The statement comes in a deposition filed Thursday in federal court in Mississippi ... See all stories on this topic » |
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