Month: October 2012

Study sees rise in young stroke sufferers

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(Reuters) – Strokes are most common in old age, but U.S. research suggests that lifestyle is putting younger people increasingly at risk for suffering strokes too. In their study of two U.S. states, researchers whose report appeared in the journal Neurology found that the rate of strokes among adults younger than 55 nearly doubled between 1993 and 2005. Among whites aged 20 to 54, the rate rose from 26 strokes for every 100,000 people, to 48 per 100,000. Among African Americans, it climbed from 83 to 128 per 100,000. The researchers said they could only speculate on possible explanations. …

Eat chocolate, win the Nobel Prize?

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(Reuters) – Of all the chocolate research out there, the most unabashed tribute to the “dark gold” has to be a study just published in one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals. Drum roll, please. The higher a country’s chocolate consumption, the more Nobel laureates it spawns per capita, according to findings released in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Swiss, of course, lead the pack, closely followed by the Swedes and the Danes. The U.S. …

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Kodak to end healthcare benefits, solves $1.2 billion liability

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Signage for the theatre in the Hollywood & Highland shopping complex, site of the 84th annual Academy Awards, shows "Kodak Theatre" in Hollywood(Reuters) – Bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co said on Wednesday it was ending retiree healthcare and survivor benefits at the end of the year, allowing it to resolve a $1.2 billion liability, one of its biggest obligations. The benefits, which include medical, dental, life insurance and survivor income benefits, will end December 31. Kodak will give retirees a $635 million unsecured claim, a $7.5 million cash payment to support initial administration and benefit obligations, and a $15 million allowed administrative claim that would have priority in reorganization proceedings. …

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