Month: August 2013
Exercise may cut endometrial cancer risk for heavy women
By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Overweight and obese women who get plenty of exercise may have a lower risk of endometrial cancer than if they were sedentary, according to new research. Strenuous and moderate physical activity were linked to lowered risk for heavy women, but there was no association between activity level and endometrial cancer risk for thinner women, Christina M …
Drug safely cuts prostate cancer risk, study finds
New tool peeks into brain to measure consciousness
WASHINGTON (AP) — When people have a brain injury so severe that they can’t squeeze a loved one’s hand or otherwise respond, there are few good ways to tell if they have any lingering awareness or are in a vegetative state. Now researchers have created a tool to peek inside the brain and measure varying levels of consciousness.
Tech pleads guilty in NH in hepatitis C outbreak
Kids may not offset extra exercise at school
By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who exercise at school don't make up for the extra effort by being less active at home, according to a new U.S. study that used accelerometers to track kids' activity levels. "What this argues for is we should be increasing activity in schools," said Michael Long, the lead author of the new study and a post-doctoral research fellow at the …
Obama: Progress made on disability claims backlog
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama assured disabled veterans Saturday that his administration is making progress on reducing a backlog of disability claims and said the number of requests for assistance has fallen by nearly one-fifth since peaking at more than 600,000 just a few months ago.
Obama to address convention of disabled veterans
Dogs help sniff out ovarian cancer in Pa. study
Experts find 1st hint MERS may be infecting camels
Zimmer ordered to pay Stryker $210 million over patents
(Reuters) – A federal judge ordered Zimmer Holdings Inc to pay Stryker Corp $210 million for infringing its surgical irrigation patents, tripling an award by a jury that found Zimmer’s conduct was willful. U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker in Grand Rapids, Michigan, also issued a permanent injunction banning Zimmer from selling infringing products, including from its Pulsavac Plus line. Zimmer said it plans to appeal Wednesday’s decision. …
