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REFILE-Cycling-Armstrong faces tough climb to redemption: marketing experts

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

(Refiles to fix typos in paragraphs 6 and 7) LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong faces a tough battle to salvage his image as the usual strategy by fallen stars of confession, apology and making amends may not be enough to appease an angry public, according to crisis management experts. Banned for life and stripped of his race titles, Armstrong will break his silence over his alleged drug use in an interview aired on Thursday with the queen of confessions, U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey. …

Lance Armstrong, London, Oprah Winfrey, Reuters Disgraced

Obesity in young kids dropped in NYC, grew in LA

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

NEW YORK (AP) — In the battle against childhood obesity, New York City appears to be doing better than Los Angeles, at least for low-income preschoolers.

LA, New York City, NYC, Obesity

Measles deaths fall but vaccine gaps threaten progress: WHO

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

GENEVA (Reuters) – Fatal cases of measles have fallen by nearly 75 percent globally since 2000, but big outbreaks in Asian and African states with low vaccination rates jeopardize progress towards eradication, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The highly-contagious disease is a leading cause of death among young children around the world, especially the poor, malnourished and unvaccinated, it said. …

World Health Organization

Departing aide expects more assertive Obama in second term

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans should expect a more assertive President Barack Obama in his second term as he faces tough battles with Republicans, one of his top aides said on Thursday. Nancy-Ann Deparle, deputy White House chief of staff and one of the highest-ranking women in the White House, is leaving Friday after four years as an architect of Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul. …

Nancy Ann Deparle, President Barack Obama, White House

Wait to remove kids’ infected adenoids: study

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Removing the adenoids of kids who frequently get colds, sinus infections and laryngitis is more expensive and doesn’t lead to better health or fewer symptoms than a “watchful waiting” approach, according to new research. In other words, “waiting has no bad consequences,” Chantal Boonacker, who led the new research at University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, told Reuters Health by email. Adenoids are the tissue between the nose and back of the throat, similar to tonsils. They help fight infection in children but shrink and disappear by adulthood. …

Chantal Boonacker, health, Netherlands, Reuters Health

Incurable Gonorrhea Only One Sign We’ve Overdosed on Antibiotics

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

COMMENTARY | Well this is very unsettling news. According to the Centers for Disease Control, gonorrhea may soon become an incurable disease. A new strain of the most common STD appears to be resistant to the only antibiotic known to treat it. The findings were published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

American Medical Association, STD

Growing Hope for Children With Progeria

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

Drug made girl with rare rapid-aging disease grow 6 cm and add 2.2 lbs.

U.S. soldier accused of Afghan killings diagnosed with PTSD: lawyer

01/17/2013 majac Your Health Matters

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A decorated U.S. soldier accused of killing civilians in two forays from his military base in Afghanistan last year has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, his civilian lawyer said on Thursday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for U.S. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is accused of gunning down the villagers – mostly women and children – in their homes in two villages in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. …

Afghanistan, Afghanistan Kandahar, Iraq, PTSD

Institute of Medicine to assess Efficacy of Alternative Vaccine Schedule for …

01/17/2013 majac Heart Disease

Institute of Medicine to assess Efficacy of Alternative Vaccine Schedule for Children It has been announced by the Institute of Medicine, an independent organization responsible for providing recommendations to doctors and general public that it is …
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TopNews Arab Emirates

Exercise-Loving Mice Have Larger Midbrains

01/17/2013 majac Exercise

Jan. 17, 2013 — Is athleticism linked to brain size? To find out, researchers at the University of California, Riverside performed laboratory experiments on house mice and found that mice that have been bred for dozens of generations to be more …
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Agency brings real intel to aerial combat exercise

01/17/2013 majac Exercise

by Wayne Amann Air Force ISR Agency Public Affairs 1/17/2013 – JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — For the first time in 38 years, realistic intelligence will be an integral part of the Air Force's signature aerial combat training exercise.
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Air Force Link

Light Exercise After Meals Can Help Improve Your Heart Health, Study Shows

01/17/2013 majac Exercise

Light Exercise After Meals Can Help Improve Your Heart Health, Study Shows We know that eating well and staying active keep you healthy, but are still in the process of discovering the best times to eat and exercise. Through a study by the American …
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Study Shows

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