- WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) — Certain genetic variations
previously identified as putting people at higher risk for asthma
apparently only increase the risk of so-called early-onset asthma, which
is disease that appears at 4 years of age or younger.
The risk is further increased by exposure to secondhand smoke, again
early in life, according to a study [...]
The ship “Women on Waves” of the same-called Dutch organization leaves the harbour of Den Helder in the Netherlands for Portugal in 2004. A Spanish pro-life group said it plans to protest the arrival on Thursday of a Dutch boat that is offering to provide abortions that circumvent Spain's strict laws.(AFP/File/David van Dam)
MADRID (AFP) -
A [...]
Hilary Downing, left, of Readington, N.J., holds a sign as she stands in a large crowd in front of the statehouse Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, in Trenton, N.J., during a rally for vaccination choice. As flu season approaches, many New Jersey parents are furious over a first-in-the-nation requirement that small children must get a flu [...]
WASHINGTON - Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy — unless you’re overweight. It sounds counterintuitive. But scientists who watched young women savor milkshakes inside a brain scanner concluded that when the brain doesn’t sense enough gratification from food, people may overeat to compensate.
The small but first-of-a-kind [...]
In this 1977 file photo originally released by Paramount Pictures, John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney are shown in a scene from, ‘Saturday Night Fever.’ Doctors have revived the old disco song ‘Stayin’ Alive’ and found that it might actually live up to its name. At 103 beats per minute, the Bee Gees’ [...]
- THURSDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) — Babies as young as five months
old can distinguish between upbeat and gloomy music, providing more
evidence that the brain's ability to detect emotion develops early,
researchers report.
“They can tell emotions apart,” said study author Ross Flom, an
associate professor of psychology at Brigham Young University, in Provo,
Utah. “They don't understand [...]
- THURSDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) — Regular exercise can reverse
age-related brain decline, according to a U.S. cognitive neuroscientist.
Prof. Art Kramer, of the Beckman Institute at the University of
Illinois, says there's substantial evidence showing the benefits of
aerobic exercise and physical activity on such executive-control brain
functions as task coordination, planning, goal maintenance, working memory
and [...]
- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Social Security Benefits To Rise 5.8 Percent
in 2009
A 5.8 percent increase in Social Security benefits next year means the
average retiree will receive an additional $63 per month, the U.S.
government announced Thursday.
The increase, based on rises in the Consumer Price [...]
- THURSDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) — Chicken soup, which has
been dubbed Grandma's penicillin for its purported cold-fighting
abilities, may also help to lower high blood pressure, a new study
suggests.
Japanese researchers have found that collagen proteins found in chicken
may actually lower blood pressure. These collagens appear to act like the
blood pressure medications called ACE inhibitors.
One [...]
- THURSDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) — Horses may have long given way to
cars as people movers, but travel was as hazardous 500 years ago as it is
today, U.K. researchers suggest.
The surprising findings, published in the Journal of Epidemiology
& Community Health, analyzed 413 adult deaths from unintentional
injuries that occurred in the county of [...]