Month: January 2013
Childhood Vaccine Schedule Safe
A big question in gun-control debate: What will Harry Reid do?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – What will Harry Reid do? As President Barack Obama's gun-control package heads to the U.S. Congress, one of the big questions hanging over Capitol Hill is how Reid – a fellow Democrat and the Senate majority leader – will manage the most ambitious proposal for gun restrictions since the 1960s. In the political drama likely to play out over guns, Reid is hardly the gun-control advocate from central casting. Like many Republicans and several fellow Democrats from conservative states, Reid, 73, has often opposed limits on gun owners. …
Docs should know about kids and alternative medicine
But enough children are now using alternative therapies that physicians should be inquiring about it, and parents need to volunteer information about any complementary medicine approaches their children are using to avoid any potential harmful …
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Does exercise amplify the flu shot's effect?
| To test how much exercise really is required, Dr. Kohut and Justus Hallam, a graduate student in her lab, subsequently repeated the study with lab mice. Some of the mice exercised for 90 minutes on a running wheel, while others ran for either half as … See all stories on this topic » |
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Amiigo fitness bracelet knows what exercise you're doing
Sensors and machine-learning algorithms identify the exercise you're performing, and store the data in the device before uploading it to your mobile device. The tech can discriminate between running on the treadmill, for instance, and exercising on an …
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Talk to us, Venezuela’s Capriles urges Chavez
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, called on Wednesday for a proof of life from ailing President Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen publicly since cancer surgery in Cuba five weeks ago. Chavez's signature appeared in the government's official gazette on Wednesday in a decree naming his new foreign minister – though the document wrongly placed him in Caracas. "If the president of the republic can sign decrees, I call on him to show himself, to talk to Venezuela," Capriles said at his inauguration for a new term as Miranda state governor. …
Skin-Cancer Spotting Apps Miss Their Marks
New smart phone apps that purport to assess patients’ skin lesions as cancer or not are unreliable, according to a new study. Katherine Harmon reports
Obama makes biggest gun-control push in decades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama launched the biggest U.S. gun-control push in generations on Wednesday, urging Congress to approve an assault weapons ban and background checks for all gun buyers to prevent mass shootings like the Newtown school massacre. Rolling out a wide-ranging plan for executive and legislative action to curb gun violence, Obama set up a fierce clash with the powerful U.S. gun lobby and its supporters in Congress, who will resist what they see as an encroachment on constitutionally protected gun rights. …
Large study confirms flu vaccine safe in pregnancy
ER visits tied to energy drinks double since 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The young man stumbled into the emergency room late one night after a house party, saying his heart wouldn't stop pounding and he could barely breathe after downing liquor mixed with energy drinks.
Hours of exercise to burn off high-calorie restaurant meals
That's not to say people need to think about how they're going to exercise off every calorie they put in their mouth. That's not possible or appropriate. But it's smart to know about how many calories your body needs to maintain your weight or to lose …
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