Month: May 2013
Primrose oil no better than placebo for eczema
By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Evening primrose oil doesn’t reduce the symptoms of the itchy skin problem eczema, according to a new review of studies. Herbal supplement makers market primrose oil as helpful in treating eczema, but “I don’t think you’ll get a specific benefit” from the pills, said Dr. Joel Bamford, the lead author of the review. Eczema is a common skin disorder, especially among children, marked by itchy, red skin. Commonly, patients are prescribed steroid medications to treat the problem. …
Woman Disfigured in Lye Attack Reveals New Face
FDA’s Plan B Policy May Shift Again
Groups say FDA’s Plan B decision falls short of court order
By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) – Reproductive-rights groups that sued the Food and Drug Administration over access to the "morning-after" pill will ask a judge to hold the agency in contempt if it fails to comply with a court order directing it to make emergency contraception available to women of all ages. The FDA said on Tuesday it will allow girls as young as 15 years old to buy without a prescription the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive, made by a unit of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. …
Watch: ‘Unclaimed’: Vietnam POW May Still Be Alive
"Exercise Compliance" will Check for Illegal Pig Meat
UK – The British pig industry will this week start checking that pork from illegal European Union farms is not entering the British food chain. National Pig Association's "Exercise Compliance" follows the outstanding success of its website Wall of Fame …
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Exercise for the Injured-Chair Aerobics
Gayle Anderson was live in Chatsworth to demonstrate her second Wednesday Wounded Warrior Exercises for people who have issues and injuries. As part of KTLA's “Lose 5 with 5? month long health and fitness initiative and in honor of National Physical …
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The Problem of Breast Pain in Women Who Exercise
| In the days before the London Marathon last year, scientists from the Research Group in Breast Health at the University of Portsmouth in England approached female racers at the event's registration center and asked them to complete an anonymous … See all stories on this topic » |
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‘Gloom and Sadness’: How Abraham Lincoln’s Depression Got Him Elected
Abraham Lincoln is routinely ranked by historians as our greatest president. There have been roughly 16,000 books written about him, including Joshua Wolf Shenk’s Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness. What’s perhaps most interesting about Lincoln’s struggle with depression is how publicly accepted his melancholy was, compared to the stigma associated with depressive states today.
No freedom of speech in Cuba despite easier foreign travel: activist
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The Castro government's easing of foreign travel restrictions on Cubans has not led to greater freedoms on the island, a leading dissident said on Wednesday. Elizardo Sanchez said 19 opposition activists had been allowed to leave since a new exit policy was introduced on January 14. Dozens more would go in the next few weeks, he said. But the Communist government, in power since 1959, was keeping strict control on dissident voices at home, he said. …
Insight: Miner’s union charts new course to save benefits in bankruptcy
By Nick Brown (Reuters) – As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit – and one that may be a test case for workers’ rights when companies spin off assets. With a difficult road ahead in bankruptcy court in St. Louis, the United Mine Workers of America has brought a parallel lawsuit 500 miles away, in West Virginia, the heart of coal country. …