Month: May 2013

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s upcoming public bike share program, Citibike, has already irked parking space seekers, food cart vendors and locals who resent seeing a Citibank sponsor logo on nearly every block. Now, heavier New Yorkers can be added to the list. According to the program’s user contract, riders “must not exceed the maximum weight limit” of 260 pounds (120 kg) if they wish to sign up for the short-term bike rentals that will soon be available on city streets. …

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be released in May. Yahoo is featuring first-person stories from Americans who are diagnosed with some of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. Here's one story.

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be released in May. Yahoo is featuring first-person stories from Americans who are diagnosed with some of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. Here's one story.

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) – The suicide rate among Americans aged 35 to 64 rose sharply between 1999 and 2010, a trend that could reflect the stresses of a sharp economic downturn as well as other traditionally overlooked challenges of middle age, according to a federal report released on Thursday. The annual rate of suicide rose 28 percent among Americans aged 35 to 64 during the study period, but changed little for older and younger people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The number of suicides among people in their 50s doubled in that time frame. …

Compared to kids who graduated high school the `70s, Millennial teens are more interested in material signs of success and less concerned with working to get them. Karen Hopkin reports.

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Programs that attempt to encourage or force hospital doctors to cut back on prescribing antibiotics achieve that goal and help reduce the number of dangerous drug-resistant bacteria, says a review of past research. According to the review’s lead author, the fear is that doctors are prescribing too many antibiotics, which helps to breed hard-to-treat drug-resistant bacteria. It also leaves patients vulnerable to secondary, opportunistic infections like clostridium difficile – or “C. diff. …

By Trevor Stokes NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Emergency helicopter transport is expensive, but could become cost effective if it’s used mainly for cases where it will make a measurable difference in trauma patients’ survival or long-term disabilities, according to a new analysis. “For the routine use of helicopter emergency medical services to be considered good value for our health care dollars, there needs to be a modest reduction in mortality or some reduction in disability among patients who are flown out with serious injuries,” said study author Dr. …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Lindsay Lohan entered a Southern California rehabilitation facility on Thursday as part of a court-ordered plea deal over a car crash last year, her lawyer said, but her last-minute switch of rehab centers left prosecutors fuming. Lohan, 26, initially agreed to complete a 90-day stay in a locked rehab facility in the New York area, but instead caught prosecutors off guard by checking into a facility in Newport Beach, about 40 miles south of Los Angeles. "Your honor, this is very inappropriate," Santa Monica City Deputy Attorney Terry White told the court. …

By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – The nation's largest health insurers are far from leaping at the chance to join new state health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, making it likely that some markets will have little or no competition next year. These new insurance marketplaces are due to open their doors on October 1 to enroll millions of Americans who have not been able to buy coverage on their own. …

CHICAGO (AP) — Autism scientists are seeking more brain samples for research.