NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
People with severe obstructive
sleep apnea taking commercial airline flights may be at greater
risk of adverse events from stress on the heart than healthy
people, researchers warned at the American Thoracic Society's
2008 meeting in Toronto.
Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, occurs when soft tissues
in the airways collapse during sleep and temporarily block
breathing. This can [...]

In this Sept. 15, 2005 file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens intently to chief justice nominee John Roberts during his Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy had begun work on a major cancer bill, an overhaul of the 1971 National Cancer Act, when his malignant brain tumor was diagnosed. Now [...]

WASHINGTON - Health and environmental organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that the Bush administration failed to protect public health and the environment when it issued new smog requirements.
The lawsuit maintains that the Environmental Protection Agency ignored the recommendation of a key advisory panel of scientists who had recommended more stringent smog standards.
The suit was [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Exposure to lead in early childhood
or in the womb can cause permanent brain damage that may even
cause criminal behavior, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Two studies showed that people with high levels of lead in
childhood grew up with blocks of missing brain cells — and
they also were far more likely to be arrested for crimes,
especially [...]

BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below an swollen lake formed by this month’s devastating earthquake amid fears it could burst and trigger massive flooding, state media said on Wednesday.

The Tangjiashan lake was created when landslides caused by the May 12 earthquake blocked the Jianjiang river above the town [...]

Surgeons in a file photo. People given cholesterol-fighting statin drugs before heart surgery are far less likely to die or suffer complications afterwards, German researchers said on Wednesday. (File/Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) -
People given cholesterol-fighting statin
drugs before heart surgery are far less likely to die or suffer
complications afterwards, German researchers said on Wednesday.
The analysis of more than [...]

LONDON (Reuters) - People given cholesterol-fighting statin drugs before heart surgery are far less likely to die or suffer complications afterwards, German researchers said on Wednesday.

The analysis of more than 31,000 patients provides some of the strongest evidence yet of the benefits of statins before heart surgery but it also found that too few doctors [...]

Nicht nur die Zutaten und die Zubereitung tragen zum gesunden Grillspaß bei. Auch der Umgang mit dem Grill selbst ist entscheidend. Jedes Jahr verletzen sich rund 4 000 Menschen in Deutschland beim Grillen, 500 davon schwer, meist verbunden mit bleibenden Schäden. Kinder müssen daher immer ausreichend Abstand zum Grill halten und dürfen niemals ohne Aufsicht [...]

Die Zuzahlung für Medikamente müssen Empfänger des Arbeitslosengeldes II ebenso zahlen wie alle anderen. So urteilte nun das Bundessozialgericht (BSG), da die Unterstützung durch Harz IV in Höhe von 347 Euro über dem verfassungsrechtlich geschützten Existenzminimum läge. Mit einer jährlichen Zuzahlung von 41,40 Euro würde das Existenzminimum von Harz IV-Empfängern nicht unterschritten. Daher müssen auch [...]

Arthrose im Knie kommt bei männlichen Rauchern schneller vor als bei Nichtrauchern. Das haben Mediziner vom Markus-Krankenhaus in Frankfurt herausgefunden. Sie beobachteten über 30 Monate lang 159 Männer mit Knorpelverlust im Knie. 19 der Patienten waren Raucher.
Diese waren im Vergleich zu den Nichtrauchern jünger und schlanker. Dennoch kam es bei ihnen nach einem Bericht der [...]