Year: 2013
Research into Contagious Bird Flu Starts After Moratorium
Brain Damage Detected in NFL Players
A new imaging technique has allowed detection of tau protein abnormalities in the concussed brains of living retired football players that are identical to the autopsy findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in deceased athletes, researchers reported.
Quest Diagnostics expects reimbursement cuts to hurt in 2013
(Reuters) – Laboratory tests provider Quest Diagnostics Inc’s fourth-quarter profit missed analysts’ recently cut estimates, and the company forecast 2013 results below market expectations, citing pricing and reimbursement pressures. Quest, the No. 1 U.S. laboratory testing company, and its peer Laboratory Corp of America Holdings face falling test volumes as hospitals buy physician groups, which order tests to be conducted inhouse. Shares of Quest, which conducts tests under brands such as AmeriPath and Athena Diagnostics, were down 5 percent at $58. …
Study casts doubt on link between cannabis, teen IQ drop
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A landmark study suggesting a link between cannabis use and a drop in teenage IQ may not have gone far enough in its research, with any falls in IQ more likely due to lower socioeconomic status than marijuana, according to a Norwegian study. The latest work, which appears in the journal PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, also suggests that different policy steps might be needed in that case. …
Cycling-Armstrong fails to convince fans with confession-poll
Jan 23 (Reuters) – Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong failed to convince many people he was truly sorry for his actions during his televised confession to cheating his way to a record seven Tour de France titles by using drugs, according to a Reuters poll. Armstrong, 41, admitted in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week that he used performance-enhancing drugs and lied about it for over decade, finally owning up to being at the centre of one of the biggest drug scandals in world sport. But the two-part interview aired over 2. …
Japan Official: ‘Hurry Up and Die’
Beverage attorney: NYC drinks limit bad for public
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's limit on the size of sugary drinks is an "extraordinary infringement" on consumer choice, a lawyer for the American Beverage Association and other critics said in court on Wednesday.
Healthy exercise at Kaneland High School
Comments (…) Text Size: AaAaAaAaAa. (Sandy Bressner – [email protected]). Kaneland High School sophomore A.J. Ayala (right) samples a rope exercise Tuesday as classmate Josh Delao (left) looks on during a wellness fair at the school.
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Get your family moving this winter
Aaron Toffoli, a Public Health Educator and Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist for the Kent County Health Department, says adults should get 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per week. But it's sometimes hard to find the time to exercise …
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Communities that Care | Exercise, proper diet, light therapy can help decrease …
Although there are many theories that seek to explain why individuals engage in substance use, there is one common denominator: Poor mental health makes individuals more susceptible to substance use and abuse. Northern climates, like ours in …
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United Way board takes exercise in hunger budget
MANKATO — Chris Powers reaches into her cart of groceries and pulls out a jumbo pack of whole carrots. She hands them to the Hy-Vee cashier and says, “I think we're gonna put these back. If we have money left over, we might take them.” She and her …
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