Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
| Certainly, there will have been fewer middle-aged men queuing up at the gym, squeezing themselves into cycling gear or hanging around the squash court, hoping to fit their week's exercise into an hour's match. Instead, many men — having watched BBC … See all stories on this topic » |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Losing weight through exercise and healthier eating may have long-term benefits for people with mild sleep apnea, a new study suggests. Researchers found obese study participants who went through a one-year lifestyle …
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By Toni Clarke (Reuters) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was sharply divided on Thursday over whether a drug made by Endo Health Solutions Inc can safely be prescribed for men with low testosterone. A panel of outside medical experts split 9-9, with some members saying the drug, Aveed, offers a valuable alternative to existing products, especially since it is already sold under the brand name Nebido outside the United States. Dr. …
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mothers-to-be who believe infants dirty their diapers to bother their parents or purposefully ignore their mothers may be more likely to abuse or neglect their young children, a new study suggests. U.S. researchers found that 8 percent of about 500 babies born in a small Southeastern city had at least one alleged or substantiated child abuse or neglect case on record. But that grew to 15 percent of infants born to women who scored the highest on a measure of “hostile attributions” during pregnancy. …
By Andrew M. Seaman New York (Reuters Health) – Large cigarette companies can keep their products affordable for young people and the poor by shifting the burden of rising excise taxes from cheaper brands to more expensive cigarettes, according to a new study from the UK. The analysis of cigarette makers' behavior over a decade in that country found the companies may also often hide price hikes on expensive brands by timing them to coincide with the tax increases. "They're playing a clever game with prices. …
In March, Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. , director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted the public to a family of 70 bacteria that have the propensity and ability to develop into “nightmare bacteria .” On Wednesday, the Infectious Diseases Society of America shared the results of research into the development of new antibiotics, drugs that will be needed to successfully treat the “nightmare bacteria” and other organisms that continue to develop resistance to available antibiotics.
By Steve Olafson OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Blood tests conducted on patients treated at an Oklahoma oral surgery practice that has been closed over health concerns show that 57 have hepatitis C, three have hepatitis B and as many as three have HIV, the virus than can lead to AIDS, officials said on Thursday. Health officials said it will take more investigation – including interviews with each patient and blood tests of the remaining patients – before they can determine whether the viruses were contracted at the dental offices, an extremely rare occurrence. …
By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of the best evidence for interventions to prevent declining brain power finds that only one – mental exercise – consistently makes a difference. The analysis of clinical trial results for assorted drugs, supplements and activities still can’t say, however, whether the brain training programs that do seem to sharpen mental function also improve people’s daily lives or lower their risk of developing dementia. “All we know is you will do better on certain (cognitive) tests. Whether that delays dementia…remains to be seen,” said Dr. …
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Losing weight through exercise and healthier eating may have long-term benefits for people with mild sleep apnea, a new study suggests. Researchers found obese study participants who went through a one-year lifestyle intervention were about half as likely to see their sleep apnea progress to more severe disease, compared to those who received little extra help. People who have sleep apnea stop breathing for short spurts when their airway collapses or gets blocked while they’re asleep. …
By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Congress for more money on Thursday to improve food safety, police imports and develop countermeasures against chemical and biological threats. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the agency is doing its best to tighten its belt by cutting back on travel and training. She said mandatory federal spending cuts known as sequestration will cut funds to the agency by $209 million. …
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish company at the center of a scandal in Europe over horsemeat in beef products, said on Thursday it is leaving the frozen burger market after selling the factory where burgers containing horse DNA were first discovered. The scandal, which has damaged confidence in parts of the industry and hit sales of processed ready-meals, erupted in January when inspectors found beef burgers produced by Irish company ABP Foods on the shelves of Tesco contained 29 percent horse meat. …