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Want to quit smoking ? Try acupuncture or hypnosis
Sun,6 May 2012 07:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Acupuncture and hypnosis have been promoted as drug-free ways to help smokers kick the habit, and there is some evidence that they work, according to a research review that looked at 14 international studies. Researchers, whose findings appeared in the American Journal of Medicine, said that there are still plenty of questions, including exactly how effective alternative therapies might be and how they measure up against conventional methods to quit smoking. ...
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Job disability a headache for recovery
Sun,6 May 2012 11:51 AM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monica Soltes was excited 10 years ago to leave Merrill Lynch and start her own business as an independent financial planner in San Diego. After she fell off a porch at her cousin's cottage and broke her elbow, her dreams unraveled. Following multiple surgeries that confined her to bed, Soltes was diagnosed with a hormonal disease that is weakening her bones. She also ran out of money, signed up for disability benefits and has been unable to work again. The 47-year-old from Michigan is among the 8.7 million American workers on the U.S. ...
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Scientists "switch off" brain cell death in mice
Sun,6 May 2012 10:01 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have figured out how to stop brain cell death in mice with brain disease and say their discovery deepens understanding of the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. British researchers writing in the journal Nature said they had found a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice with prion disease, the mouse equivalent of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD). They then worked out how to block it, and were able to prevent brain cells from dying, helping the mice live longer. ... Full Story | Top |
Keep off beaches, Peru warns after pelican deaths
Sat,5 May 2012 06:32 PM PDT
Reuters -  LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's government declared a health alert along its northern coastline on Saturday and urged residents and tourists to stay away from long stretches of beach, as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans. At least 1,200 birds, mostly pelicans, washed up dead along a stretch of Peru's northern Pacific coastline in recent weeks, health officials said, after an estimated 800 dolphins died in the same area in recent months. ...
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Keep off beaches, Peru warns after mass pelican deaths
Sat,5 May 2012 04:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's government declared a health alert along its northern coastline on Saturday and urged residents and tourists alike to stay away from long stretches of beach, as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans. At least 1,200 birds, mostly pelicans, washed up dead along a stretch of Peru's northern Pacific coastline in recent weeks, health officials said, after an estimated 800 dolphins died in the same area in recent months. ...
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Late NFL star Seau's family undecided on brain research
Sat,5 May 2012 04:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Former National Football League star Junior Seau's family is revisiting its plans for research on the brain of the retired linebacker, who killed himself in his California home on Wednesday, a pastor for the family said on Saturday.
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Salmonella linked to dog food, sickens at least 14 people
Sat,5 May 2012 08:35 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of a rare strain of salmonella poisoning linked to dog food has infected at least 14 people in nine states, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention said. Diamond Pet Foods produced the dry dog food at a South Carolina plant. The company voluntarily recalled three dry dog food products last month, the CDC said in a statement on Thursday. Infections were reported from October 8, 2011, to April 22, and five people were hospitalized. ... Full Story | Top |
Connecticut Senate passes medical marijuana bill
Sat,5 May 2012 08:16 AM PDT
Reuters - HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - The Connecticut Senate passed a bill on Saturday legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes with tight restrictions aimed at avoiding problems that have plagued some of the 16 other states where pot is now legal. After nearly 10 hours of debate, the Senate voted 21-13 in favor of the measure, which already cleared the House. Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy was expected to sign the bill. Once he does, Connecticut will join 16 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing use of marijuana to treat sick patients. ... Full Story | Top |
Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight
Sat,5 May 2012 12:19 AM PDT
Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill banning abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving money through the state, her office said in a statement. The Republican-backed Whole Woman's Health Funding Priority Act cuts off funding for family planning and health services delivered by Planned Parenthood clinics and other organizations offering abortions. "By signing this measure into law I stand with the majority of Americans who oppose the use of taxpayer funds for abortion," Brewer said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
Wisconsin Democratic debate focuses on attacking governor
Fri,4 May 2012 08:51 PM PDT
Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democratic candidates vying for a shot at ousting Governor Scott Walker from office in a June recall election aimed their attacks at the Republican incumbent rather than each other during a debate on Friday. "This state has been at war for the last 16 months," said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the frontrunner in the primary to select a Democratic candidate to oppose Walker. "I will end the civil war in the state of Wisconsin," said Barrett. "I will restore trust in the governor's office and heal the wounds that have deeply divided the state. ... Full Story | Top |
Idaho infant dies from whooping cough amid regional outbreak
Fri,4 May 2012 07:38 PM PDT
Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Whooping cough took the life of a 9-week-old girl from Idaho this week, the first death from an outbreak of the highly contagious respiratory disease that has hit Idaho, Washington state and Montana, health officials said on Friday. Few details were available about the infant, who was treated for whooping cough at a hospital in Pocatello, Idaho, before being flown on Wednesday to a medical center in Salt Lake City, where she later died, hospital and state health officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
Arizona surgeons carry out rare mom-to-child liver transplant
Fri,4 May 2012 06:23 PM PDT
Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Surgeons in Arizona have successfully carried out a rare mother-to-child liver transplant, after a search for an organ from a deceased donor for the desperately ill 1-year-old girl came up blank, the hospital said. In a procedure performed on March 20 by surgeons at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, Vanessa Negrete, 26, from Yuma, Arizona, donated a section of her liver to her daughter, Aliyah Negrete. Aliyah was released from the hospital this week. She and her mother were "doing great," the hospital said in a statement on its website. ... Full Story | Top |
Argentine "miracle baby" tiny but stable a month on
Fri,4 May 2012 04:52 PM PDT
Reuters - RESISTENCIA, Chaco (Reuters) - An Argentine baby who was mistakenly declared dead and whose parents found her breathing in the morgue 12 hours later has survived her first month of life, weighing in at just under 1 kilo (2.2 pounds). Luz Milagros - whose middle name means miracles in Spanish - is still hospitalized and her condition is serious but stable. She is getting breast milk and slowly getting stronger, hospital officials in the northern Chaco province said. "I'm thankful that we are still here, day by day, and it's been a month now," the infant's mother, Analia Bouter, said on ... Full Story | Top |
Planned Parenthood can be in Texas health program, court says
Fri,4 May 2012 04:45 PM PDT
Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood can offer services for now as part of a Texas program for low-income women despite a new state rule that bans money going to affiliates of abortion providers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The court order from a three-judge panel - which lifts an emergency stay put in place earlier this week - was the latest in a series of alternating legal victories for Planned Parenthood and the state of Texas. But the court battle over the Texas Women's Health Program is not finished. A hearing is scheduled for May 18 in U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Another ex-NFL player who had concussions to donate brain
Fri,4 May 2012 03:51 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A judge in Ohio on Friday sentenced former NFL quarterback Art Schlichter to more than 10 years in prison for a phony ticket scheme and granted his request to have his damaged brain donated to science after he dies. A court-ordered mental examination of Schlichter, 52, found damage to the frontal lobes of his brain, a likely result of some 15 concussions he suffered during a stellar career at Ohio State University and in high school, said his attorney, Steven Nolder. ... Full Story | Top |
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