January 2013 - Page 83 of 92 - Lets Talk Health

Chavez still has "severe" respiratory problem: Venezuela government

01/03/2013 majac Your Health Matters

CARACAS (Reuters) – – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering from a lung infection that has hindered his breathing as he battles to recover from December 11 cancer surgery, the government said on Thursday. “Commander Chavez has faced complications as a result of a severe lung infection,” Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said, reading the latest official update on the president’s condition in a hospital in Cuba. …

Commander Chavez, Cuba, Venezuela

Obamacare will cover alternative medicine WDAMCOM TV 7 News …

01/03/2013 majac Heart Disease

A 2011 Consumer Reports survey found more than 38 million Americans make an excess of 300 million visits each year to CAM specialists, including acupuncture …
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CAM

Bonobos Share with Strangers First

01/03/2013 majac Your Health Matters

Bonobos will readily share food, but they’ll offer it up to a strange bonobo before they give it to a member of their known group. Sophie Bushwick reports

Sophie Bushwick

Russian navy plans huge exercise in Mediterranean, Black seas

01/03/2013 majac Exercise

Sailors on a rigid hull inflatable boat patrol the water surrounding the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham during the at-sea portion of Exercise Sea Breeze 2012 in this July 2012. Sea Breeze 2012, co-hosted by the Ukrainian and U.S. navies …
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Stars and Stripes

Exercise Sea Breeze, Sea Breeze

Mock school disaster exercise prepares first responders

01/03/2013 majac Exercise

CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) – It was as real as it could get. From sirens, to screaming, to sounds of gunshots, to even bodies lying on the ground – a mock school disaster exercise in Frankfort, Ind., helped first responders train for real-life …
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Email reminders encourage end-of-life talks

01/03/2013 majac Your Health Matters

(Reuters) – Email alerts may encourage cancer doctors to talk with terminally ill patients about their end-of-life wishes and to record those preferences in their medical records, according to a U.S. study. Oncologists who were reminded each time one of their patients started a new chemotherapy regimen were more than twice as likely to note patients’ wishes before they became very sick, said researchers in a report published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. …

New law points to Philippine church’s waning sway

01/03/2013 majac Your Health Matters

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno Aquino III picked a fight with the church over contraceptives and won a victory that bared the bishops' worst nightmare: They no longer sway the masses.

Roman Catholic

Civilian Spacefarers Face Medical Hurdles

01/03/2013 majac Your Health Matters

Opening the door to the paying public means that less healthy individuals will soon have access to space–if their doctors approve. John Matson reports

John Matson

BBB: Weight Loss, Diet & Health Club Programs

01/03/2013 majac Diets & Weight Loss

(KTVI) – Almost as soon as consumers push away from holiday dinner tables, advertising for weight loss products and health clubs begins to hit the airwaves, the Internet, newspapers and other media. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises … or “Lose …
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BBB, health

Fracking can be done safely in New York state: dept report

01/03/2013 majac Your Health Matters

(Reuters) – The natural gas drilling process known as fracking would not be a danger to public health in New York state so long as proper safeguards were put into place, according to a health department report that environmentalists fear could help lift a moratorium on the controversial technique. Governor Andrew Cuomo is weighing the economic benefits of hydraulic fracturing – commonly known as fracking – against the environmental risks from a technology that could unlock a vast domestic energy supply but also one that environmentalists say pollutes groundwater and the air. …

Governor Andrew Cuomo, health, New York

Fla. Father’s Miracle Baby Inspires Sonogram Parties

01/03/2013 majac Your Health Matters

Pregnant Women Reveal Gender and Baby's Face at Low-Cost Viewing Parties

Face

Best 'As See On TV' exercise products

01/03/2013 majac Exercise

and you're wondering if some infomercial exercise products can get you there, you're in luck! Consumer Reports rounded up staffers to try out three products. They also called on a fitness-industry expert to evaluate each one and had their nutrition …
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Consumer Reports

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