Year: 2013
Venezuela’s Maduro to visit Chavez again in Cuba
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro will fly to Cuba on Friday to visit cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez, a month after the socialist leader underwent his fourth operation in 18 months. The 58-year-old president has neither been seen nor heard from since the surgery, and he has suffered multiple post-operative complications including a severe lung infection. He missed his own inauguration on Thursday, but the Supreme Court said he could be sworn in later – in theory meaning he could remain in office for weeks or months from a Havana hospital. …
Supreme Court to review free speech of HIV/AIDS groups
(Reuters) – The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government can require groups that receive federal funding for overseas HIV/AIDS programs to have explicit policies that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. The case is one of six that the court on Friday agreed to hear in its current term, with oral arguments most likely in April. Among the other cases is one examining the reach of the court's landmark 1966 Miranda v. Arizona decision on the right to remain silent when questioned by the police. …
Alternative dementia treatment
Some sufferers are unable to tolerate taking donepezil; they should be offered access to a suitable alternative medicine, and it should also surely be provided free of charge once a doctor has agreed to prescribe it. I hope that memantine will be also …
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Brushstrokes and Business Risks: Deena Fadel's Exercise in Creativity and …
A few years ago, Deena Fadel began to feel choked in her role as the artistic director of an advertising agency. Her creativity had been bottled up. When she quit her job, she returned to painting, exercising long-dormant limbs. She got down on the …
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Say What? Your Guide to Exercise Acronyms
| Curious to know how your fitness level stacks up against someone like Lance Armstrong? Or maybe just your neighbor in spin class? While you can't quantify overall fitness, VO2 max is the number that remains supreme among endurance athletes. Known as … See all stories on this topic » |
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A New Year, A New Way to Exercise With Your Dog
It's early in the New Year, and no doubt many have vowed to exercise and get into shape. But do you look at your dog and feel guilty that you're working out instead of playing with him? How about incorporating your dog into a cardio, calorie-burning …
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Patients rarely told about medication errors
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes with their medicines, according to a new study. Most medication mistakes did not harm patients, the researchers found, but those that did were more likely to happen in intensive care units (ICUs). And ICU patients and families were less likely to be told about errors than patients in other hospital units. “For the most part, our findings were in keeping with what the existing literature tells us about the where and how of medication errors in a hospital,” wrote Dr. …
FDA Says Ambien Dosage is to Be Lowered for Women
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement on Thursday revealing its decision to require that the makers of zolpidem, a common sleep aid drug, reduce the dosage that is given to patients, particularly women. The FDA issued the mandate due to the emergence of information that has shown that the drug can stay in a person’s system for several hours after they wake up.
France will ask EU to curb use of newer birth control pills
PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities will ask the European Union to restrict the use of newer types of contraceptive pills over concerns they might carry health risks. France’s health minister Marisol Touraine said on Friday the newer pills, which have caught on because they reduce side effects from earlier versions such as weight gain and acne, should only be prescribed by specialist doctors to women who cannot use other types of contraception. …
Massachusetts governor seeks to revamp retiree health care
(Reuters) – Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said on Friday that he will file legislation to overhaul benefits for public retirees, including a proposal to double the number of years an employee would have to serve to be eligible. The bill would require most current employees of the state and its cities, towns and school districts to work for 20 years instead of 10 years to become eligible for health benefits when they retire. Retirees would also have to pay a higher percentage of their health insurance premiums, leaving the employer responsible for a smaller share. …
Horses to the rescue of Korea’s Internet-addicted teens
INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – Four months ago, the parents of a teenage South Korean girl were at their wits' end over her addiction to surfing the Internet for pornography. But now, thanks to a horse riding therapy program, their daughter appears to be back in control of her life. In South Korea, the world's most wired country and where almost two-thirds of the population owns a smartphone, addiction to the Internet has become a major problem. Government data says 680,000 children aged between 10 and 19 are Internet addicts, or around 10 percent of the age group. …