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Nine in 10 U.S. adults eat too much salt

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Ill., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Almost all Americans eat too much salt, but U.S. researchers said 44 percent of dietary sodium consumed each day come from 10 types of foods. "Too much sodium raises blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for...

Closing schools during pandemic effective

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

HAMILTON, Ontario, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Closing schools is effective in slowing the spread of infectious disease and should be considered during pandemic outbreaks, researchers in Canada suggest. Lead author David Earn, a professor in the department of...

Human morality begins early in infants

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. professor of psychology says research shows human morality begins in infancy. Karen Wynn, a professor of psychology at Yale University, said at a Yale lecture "The Search for the Origins of Human Good and...

Catholics favor healthcare contraception

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Fifty-eight percent of U.S. Roman Catholics say employers should be required to provide employees with healthcare including contraception, a survey indicates. However, the poll by the Public Religion Research Institute indicated...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Tuesday, February 7, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 19th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 13th degree Leo Mercury..............

Magnetic therapy for depression promising

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MAYWOOD, Ill., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Psychotherapy and antidepressants treat only about one-third of patients who suffer depression, but a magnetic therapy is promising, a U.S. researcher said. Dr. Murali Rao of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood,...

U.S. to reduce heart attacks by 1 million

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years, officials said. Dr. Susan B. Shurin, acting director of the National Heart, Lung...

Expert: Healthcare mandate constitutional

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- When people cannot afford healthcare, billions of uncompensated healthcare costs are shifted to private insurers who pass on the costs, a U.S. researcher said. Jennifer Prah Ruger, an associate professor Yale University...

Mortality rate after age 80 underestimated

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

CHICAGO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Due to an error in computation, the odds of living to a ripe old age in the United States are lower than previously thought, researchers said. Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova, of NORC at the University of Chicago,...

Some 4,500 children hospitalized for abuse

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- More than 4,500 U.S. children were hospitalized in 2006 due to child abuse, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found. Study leader Dr. John M. Leventhal, a professor of pediatrics and medical director of the...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Monday, February 6, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 18th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 30th degree Cancer Mercury..............

How not to be sidelined after the big game

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

CHICAGO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Many people tend to overeat and drink on Super Bowl Sunday, but U.S. osteopathic physicians suggest ways to avoid being sidelined come Monday. Rob Danoff, a board-certified osteopathic family physician at Aria Health System...

Worldwide malaria deaths on downward trend

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SEATTLE, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Deaths from malaria have been on a downward trend for the past several years, U.S. researchers say. The researchers' study, published in The Lancet, found global malaria deaths increased from 995,000 in 1980 to a peak of 1.82...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Sunday, February 5, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 17th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 16th degree Cancer Mercury..............

Recall: Hard-cooked eggs sold in 34 states

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Michael Foods says it's recalling buckets of hard-cooked eggs in brine sold for institutional use from its Wakefield, Neb., facility due to potential Listeria. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported 150,000 pounds of eggs...

STDs in baby boomers increasing

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LONDON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S., Canadian and British baby boomers are not practicing safe sex and as a result are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, researchers say. In an editorial in the Student British Medical Journal, Rachel von Simson, final...

Virus outbreak reported on 2 cruise ships

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Outbreaks of a gastrointestinal virus have been reported on two Princess Cruises ships operating out of Port Everglades, Fla., officials said. A total of 240 people became ill with Norovirus on the Crown Princess...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Saturday, February 4, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 16th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 4th degree Cancer Mercury..............

New way for MDs to respond to vaccine fear

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Two Saint Louis University pediatricians said they are leading an effort to change the way doctors respond to parents' fears of vaccines. Dr. Ken Haller, an associate professor of pediatrics, and Dr. Anthony Scalzo, a professor...

Anemia triples risk of death after stroke

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Being anemic could triple the risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, said researchers at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. Lead researcher Dr. Jason Sico, an assistant professor of neurology...

Map pinpoints areas of Lyme disease

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A tick survey shows a risk of Lyme disease in the Northeast from Maine to Virginia, but most of the South free of Lyme disease-carrying ticks, researchers say. Lead author Dr. Maria A. Diuk-Wasser of the Yale School...

More home dialysis in developing countries

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LONDON, Ontario, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Use of home-based dialysis is increasing in developing and developed nations, but more so in developing countries, Canadian researchers said. Dr. Arsh Jain of the University of Western Ontario in London and colleagues...

Multiple anesthesias linked to ADHD

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, U.S. researchers found. Dr. David Warner, a Mayo Clinic pediatric anesthesiologist, and colleagues...

U.S. flu levels low, except in Midwest

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. flu activity increased slightly last week and the Midwest showed higher evidence of influenza but flu activity is low nationwide, health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said doctors' visits...

Environment affects mental illness genes

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Genes linked to schizophrenia and autism are members of a select club of genes regulated during environmentally sensitive times, U.S. researchers said. Researchers at the National Institute of Health said a regulatory mechanism...

Norovirus causes most hospital outbreaks

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, is the leading cause of infectious outbreaks in U.S. hospitals, researchers said. A team of researchers from Chartis Insurance, Main Line Health...

Pathogen detected in raw milk from Pa.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BALTIMORE, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Maryland health officials have confirmed the presence of Campylobacter jejuni in two unopened raw milk samples purchased from a Pennsylvanian farm. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene advised consumers who...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Friday, February 3, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 15th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 21st degree Gemini Mercury..............

Facebook doesn't help low self-esteem

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- People with low self-esteem tend to bombard friends on Facebook with negative news of their lives -- making themselves less likable, Canadian researchers say. Amanda Forest, a graduate student at the University of...

Diabetes helped by any exercise

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LONDON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Intermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations can improve insulin sensitivity in those with type 2 diabetes, British researchers found. However, the study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology...

Most Web sites selling statins chaotic

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Internet sites selling drugs to consumers for use in lowering cholesterol levels are widespread -- and most provide poor information, British researchers say. Professor David Brown of the University of Portsmouth...

New screening method for prostate cancer

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Novel prostate specific antigen velocity risk count testing may be more effective for physicians to screen men for prostate cancer, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Dr. Stacy Loeb, a urologist at the Joel E. Smilow Comprehensive...

Small turtles inappropriate pets for kids

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Turtles are not appropriate pets in households with young children or other high risk individuals, U.S. health officials said Thursday. A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality...

U.S. adult vaccination levels low

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Approximately 45,000 adults die annually from vaccine-preventable diseases, while adult vaccination coverage remains low, U.S. researchers said. A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity...

World measles down 60 percent from 2000-10

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Annually reported measles cases decreased 60 percent worldwide from 2000 to 2010 -- from 853,480 to 339,845 -- U.S. health officials said. A report by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said measles...

Eight-year-old survives rabies

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials said Thursday an 8-year-old girl was hospitalized, ultimately diagnosed with rabies and survived, even though rabies is usually fatal. A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's...

Resveratrol affects cell energy regulation

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Resveratrol, found in red wine and other plant products, does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging, U.S. researchers said. However, lead author Dr. Jay H. Chung -- chief of the Laboratory of...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Thursday, February 2, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 14th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 9th degree Gemini Mercury..............

U.S. child abuse, neglect cost -- $124B

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. child abuse -- including physical, sexual, psychological and neglect -- costs $124 billion a year, federal health officials estimated. A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at confirmed...

Teen heath habits may shorten their lives

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A study of 5,500 U.S. teens found their poor health habits might cost them years from their lives, researchers suggest. Donald Lloyd-Jones of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago examined risk factors...

School-based health centers help 2 million

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- More than 1,900 U.S. school-based health centers provide access to primary medical care, mental health and other services to 2 million students, officials say. "Despite economic challenges, 2011 was a great year for...

Walnuts top list for antioxidant value

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Walnuts ranked best for having more antioxidants -- polyphenols -- and a higher antioxidant potency in an analysis of nuts, U.S. researchers found. Joe Vinson, professor of chemistry at the University of Scranton, evaluated...

Watchdog: Juice labels can mislead

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Labels trumpeting health benefits of popular fruit juices are often misleading, a U.S. non-profit food safety watchdog group says. Jeff Cronin of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington singled out Minute...

Valentine's Day may be worst day to kiss

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MAYWOOD, Ill., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Valentine's Day falls smack dab in the middle of flu and cold season, so kissing may not be such a good idea, a U.S. infectious disease expert suggests. Dr. Jorge Parada, medical director, infectious disease at Loyola...

Study: Hospital safety could be improved

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Good communication among U.S. hospital staff is essential when transferring patients, but most staff say handoffs could improve, researchers say. The sixth annual edition of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture:...

Blood test detects depressed patients

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BOSTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A blood test analyzing levels of nine biomarkers accurately distinguished patients diagnosed with depression from others, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Dr. George Papakostas of the Massachusetts General Hospital said previous...

Purple potatoes may lower blood pressure

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Two small helpings of purple potatoes a day decreases blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain, U.S. researchers said. Joe Vinson of the University of Scranton and colleagues said purple-skinned potatoes,...

Pfizer recalls oral contraceptives

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Pfizer Inc. voluntarily recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol due to a packaging error, U.S. officials said. A statement by Pfizer said: "An investigation by Pfizer found...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Wednesday, February 1, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 13th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 27th degree Taurus Mercury..............

Aneurysm outcomes stagnant for last decade

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Despite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of unruptured brain aneurysms, outcomes have remained stagnant over the last 10 years, U.S. researchers said. Study co-author Dr. Robert A. Solomon, neurosurgeon-in-chief at...

British adults with autism 'invisible'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LEICESTER, England, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- British adults with a severe learning disability have elevated risk of autism and often live in private homes "invisible" in autism estimates, researchers say. Study author Dr. Terry Brugha of the University...

Booster seat often skipped without parent

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Parents usually use booster seats for their children but about 30 percent do not when they have other people's children in their cars, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Michelle Macy of the University of Michigan Medical School,...

Diet soda linked to stroke, heart attack

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MIAMI, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Drinking diet soft drinks on a daily basis might increase the risk stroke, heart attack and vascular death, U.S. researchers said. Hannah Gardener and colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia...

Dry winter skin need not be a fact of life

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

DALLAS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Hands and lips are likely to become dry and chapped in winter weather, but a U.S. expert suggests there are ways to avoid uncomfortable, dry skin. Dr. Kent Aftergut, a dermatologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical...

Toxin plays role urinary tract infections

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- University of Utah researchers identified a process by which the most common types of urinary tract infection-causing bacteria trigger bladder cell shedding. The study, published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe,...

Many Utah teen moms wrong about sterility

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Nearly a quarter of Utah's teen moms ages 15-17 say they thought they or their partner was sterile, three times the national rate, officials say. The data come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Pregnant...

Vegas Luxor guest dies of Legionnaires

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A guest who stayed at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in December and contracted Legionnaires' disease has died, Nevada health officials said. Brian Labus, a senior epidemiologist at the Southern Nevada Health District,...

Men and woman lie about height, weight

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- When asked in surveys to self-report height and weight, U.S. men and women lie -- they underestimate weight and overestimate height, researchers found. Lead author Ming Wen, an associate professor at the University...

Exercise fights chronic disease sadness

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Feelings of sadness that often accompany chronic illness can improve after exercise, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham said. Lead author Matthew Herring, a research associate in the UAB's School...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Tuesday, January 31, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 12th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 15th degree Taurus Mercury..............

Music training may help deter hearing loss

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The brain can be trained to overcome, in part, some age-related hearing loss in those with musical training, U.S. researchers suggest. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., said age-related...

Doctor: Don't forget coat in winter

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

DALLAS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- An emergency room physician warns never to leave the house in winter without proper clothing even if you spend only a few minutes outdoors. Dr. Paul Pepe, chairman of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern...

Pinsky, Brockovich probe Leroy sickness

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LEROY, N.Y., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Dr. Drew Pinsky, who hosts a show on cable's HLN, said he has joined Erin Brockovich to help find the cause of a condition affecting 17 LeRoy, N.Y., teens. Pinsky, an internist and addiction specialist, met with the environmental...

Black tea may help lower blood pressure

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

PERTH, Australia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Three cups of black tea a day might help reduce blood pressure, researchers in Australia suggest. Lead author Professor Jonathan Hodgson of The University of Western Australia School of Medicine and Pharmacology said...

No glaucoma symptoms, so tests are needed

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

DALLAS, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Glaucoma has no warning signs so many people do not realize they have it, increasing the need for early detection, a U.S. ophthalmologist said. Dr. Jess Whitson of the University of Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas recommended...

Hard-to-pronounce wine scores big in study

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- If given identical goblets of wine under the same conditions, people tend to say the harder-to-pronounce wine tasted better, Canadian researchers said. Antonia Mantonakis, an associate professor at Brock University...

Breast cancer vaccine called promising

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A vaccination made using a patient's own cells triggers tumor eradication in nearly 20 percent of those with one type of breast cancer, U.S. researchers said. Study leader Dr. Brian Czerniecki -- surgical director of the...

Nurturing moms = More adaptive children

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The part of the brain that is key to learning and memory is larger among children whose mothers who spend a lot of time nurturing them, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Joan L. Luby, professor of child psychiatry at Washington...

About 7 percent of U.S. has oral HPV

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- About 7 percent of U.S. men and women ages 14-69 have oral human papillomavirus, but the prevalence is higher among men, researchers said. Dr. Maura L. Gillison of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center...

Mass. man who had rabies from bat dies

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MARSTONS MILLS, Mass., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The Massachusetts man who fought rabies for the last month has died and for the first time his identity has been disclosed, officials said. Sixty-three-year-old Kevin A. Galvin, president of the Marstons Mills...

Pigeon fever found in Arkansas horses

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Some horses in Arkansas have been diagnosed with pigeon fever, a usually non-fatal disease but one uncommon in the state, health officials say. The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture said in a release...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Monday, January 30, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 10th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 3rd degree Taurus Mercury..............

Advice: Stay home when whooping cough hits

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Two public school districts in New York's Saratoga County each have two students with confirmed cases of whooping cough, school officials say. At Broadalbin-Perth, the school district's Web site reported there...

Early elective U.S. births drop

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Many U.S. hospitals reduced the number of early elective deliveries -- birth before 39 weeks -- in 2011 from 2010, a hospital quality watchdog group says. The Leapfrog Group, an employer-driven hospital quality watchdog...

Hip replacements: Not all told of recall

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- British orthopedics officials have written surgeons, fearing not all patients who got "metal-on-metal" hip replacements know they were recalled. The British Orthopaedic Association has notified surgeons because they...

15% would miss child birth for Super Bowl

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Fifteen percent of U.S. adults -- presumably men -- say they'd miss the birth of their child for the Super Bowl, a survey indicates. The survey of 2,625 U.S. adults, sponsored by CouponCabin.com, said 21 percent said...

DHEA aids sex function in menopause

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Low doses of the hormone DHEA -- dehydroepiandrosterone -- may help sexual function and menopausal symptoms in women, researchers in Italy suggest. DHEA is a natural steroid hormone produced primarily by the adrenal...

Britain grapples with elder care

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Britain is grappling with how to administer elder care, family pay caps and how to avoid having the elderly "fall through the gaps," an official says. Dr. Dan Poulter, a Conservative minister of Parliament who sits...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Sunday, January 29, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 9th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 21st degree Aries Mercury..............

Walnuts shrink prostate tumors in mice

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Prostate tumors in mice fed the human equivalent of 3 ounces per day of walnuts grew smaller and slower than tumors in control mice, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Paul A. Davis of the University of California, Davis, and...

U.S. testing imported orange juice

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Federal regulators say they have seized a large portion of the orange juice imported into the United States this month because of trace amounts of a fungicide. The Food and Drug Administration says the orange juice is safe...

10-hour shift may be best for police

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Two U.S. studies found 10-hour shifts may result in fewer police officers suffering from sleep disorders than those working 8-hour shifts, researchers said. The U.S. Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs said...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Saturday, January 28, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 8th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 9th degree Aries Mercury..............

Babies show 'intuitive physics' evidence

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Intuitive physics occurs in infants as young as 2 months -- the earliest age at which testing can occur, U.S. researchers suggested. Lead author Susan J. Hespos, associate professor of psychology at Northwestern University's...

Cost puts dental care out of reach

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Dental expenses were among the highest out-of-pocket health expenditures for U.S. consumers in 2008, researchers say. Study author Paul Glassman, a dentist and director of the Pacific Center for Special Care at University...

Bedwetting may be due to constipation

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Bedwetting isn't always due to a bladder issue -- constipation is often the culprit -- U.S. researchers found. Lead author Dr. Steve J. Hodges, assistant professor of urology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center...

U.S. seasonal flu activity picks up

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Seasonal flu activity appears to be picking up in the United States but it is still relatively low nationwide, federal health officials said. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the percentage of...

Cosmetic procedure reduces signs of aging

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

DALLAS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Ultherapy uses high-frequency ultrasound waves to tighten the deep collagen fibers of the skin making the face appear younger, a U.S. plastic surgeon said. Dr. Jeffrey Kenkel, a plastic surgeon and an international expert on...

Seasonal flu shot no help with swine flu

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The seasonal flu vaccine provides little protection against the novel (swine) H3N2 strain of flu, Canadian researchers say. The swine H3N2 virus, which includes the M gene of the 2009 H1N1 virus, has recently...

Middle-agers dabbling in drugs die sooner

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Those in middle-age who still use hard drugs are five times more likely to die earlier than those who don't take drugs, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Dr. Stefan Kertesz, an associate professor in the University...

New test detects vitamin D more accurately

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- It's estimated most U.S. adults may be deficient in vitamin D but blood sample testing may yield inaccurate measurements of vitamin D levels, researchers say. Karen Phinney of the National Institute of Standards and...

Hot liquid scalds main cause of kid burns

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MAYWOOD, Ill., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Hot liquid scalds -- being burned from beverages, soup or food on the stove -- are the No. 1 cause of burns to children, a U.S. burn expert said. "Kids are underfoot in the kitchen, or curious about cooking, or sometimes,...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Friday, January 27, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 7th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 27th degree Pisces Mercury..............

Cancer vaccine uses body's own immunity

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., began a phase I clinical trial of a dendritic cell vaccine that uses the body's immunity to fight cancer. The NY-ESO-1 dendritic cell vaccine, developed at Roswell Park,...

Brockovich, Gibbs question hysteria claim

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LEROY, N.Y., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Activists Erin Brockovich and Lois Gibbs say New York officials might have prematurely ruled out environmental reasons for teens having neurological symptoms. Brockovich, whose California water-contamination case became...

Racial, ethnic disparities in cancer tests

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. adults getting cancer screening tests is not meeting targets, especially among Asian and Hispanic Americans, federal health officials found. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...

Newly recognized neurologic condition

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Nodding syndrome is a newly recognized condition with seizure manifestations that affects many young children in some developing nations, U.S. officials said. During the last three years, U.S. health officials responded to...

HIV Challenge to get more with HIV care

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. healthcare agency in Washington announced an initiative Thursday intended to expand healthcare for people with HIV. The Kaiser Permanente HIV Challenge, announced at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation...

CDC: No underlying cause for Morgellons

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- There is no underlying cause for a condition in which people said feels like tiny bugs crawling over the body and includes oozing sores, U.S. researchers said. In response to complaints made by patients in January 2008, researchers...

People who are obese have more pain

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

STONY BROOK, N.Y., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. study of 1 million adults found a clear association between obesity and pain, with the heaviest people having the most pain, researchers found. Arthur A. Stone and Joan E. Broderick at Stony Brook University...

Most gang homicides not drug related

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Gang homicides frequently involve teens as victims and are often retaliatory to gang conflict and are less likely to involve drugs, U.S. officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses data from...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Thursday, January 26, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 6th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 15th degree Pisces Mercury..............

Narcissism health cost higher among men

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Narcissism, which is more prevalent among men than women, might have an especially negative effect on the health of men, U.S. researchers said. Sara Konrath, a University of Michigan psychologist; David Reinhard of...

Caregivers improve care, lower costs

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BALTIMORE, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Family members who routinely accompany older adults to physicians' offices help improve care, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Jennifer L. Wolff, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,...

Dengue threatens 2.5 billion people

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, threatens about 2.5 billion people -- more than 40 percent of the world's population -- a U.N. report said. The U.N.'s World Health Organization said in its latest report...

High fructose linked to teen heart risk

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

AUGESTA, Ga., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- High fructose consumption may put adolescents at diabetes and cardiovascular risk, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Vanessa Bundy, a pediatric resident at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University...

Positive thinking, affirmation help health

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- People can use positive thinking and self-affirmation to help make and sustain behavior change, U.S. researchers said. Study leader Dr. Mary Charlson, executive director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Weill Cornell...

Study: U.S. marriage offers few benefits

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ITHACA, N.Y., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. married couples experience fewer advantages in psychological well-being and social ties than those who cohabit over time, researchers found. Study co-authors Kelly Musick of Cornell University's College of Human Ecology...

First lady pushes healthier school lunches

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- First lady Michelle Obama and Tom Vilsack, agriculture secretary, said Wednesday 32 million U.S. children will have healthier choices for their school lunch. "As parents, we try to prepare decent meals, limit how much...

Common chemical may affect child vaccines

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BOSTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A chemical used in non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing and fast-food packaging might interfere with child vaccinations, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health at...

Some fried food not a heart breaker

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MADRID, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Food fried in olive or sunflower oil was not linked to heart disease or premature death, researchers in Spain found. Professor Pillar Gullah-Castillo of Autonomous University of Madrid surveyed the cooking methods of 40,757...

Study: Scientists can't find 'G-spot'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The "G-spot," the erogenous zone inside the vagina many claim provide intense pleasure during sexual intercourse, may not exist, a U.S. researcher said. Dr. Amichai Kilchevsky, a urologist from the Yale-New...

Lifetime of puzzles stave Alzheimer's

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A lifetime of crossword puzzles, Sudoku and other cognitively stimulating activities may help stave off Alzheimer's in old age, U.S. researchers suggested. Lead author Susan Landau of the University of California,...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Wednesday, January 25, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 5th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 2nd degree Pisces Mercury..............

Older U.S. woman satisfied with sex life

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Seventy-eight percent of older women who were sexually active said they were satisfied with their overall sex life, U.S. researchers found. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine...

Parents could get vaccines at pediatrician

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Parents should be able to get vaccinations from pediatricians because babies cannot be vaccinated against infectious diseases, U.S. health researchers suggest. Dr. Herschel R. Lessin and Dr. Kathryn M. Edwards of...

Magic mushrooms may help treat depression

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LONDON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Psilocybin mushrooms, better known as magic mushrooms or shrooms may help treat people with depression, researchers in Britain say. Senior author David Nutt of Imperial College London said psychedelics are thought of as "mind-expanding"...

Pets a big help to women with HIV/AIDS

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

CLEVELAND, N.Y., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Middle-age women with HIV/AIDS find support and pleasure from their pets, U.S. researchers say. Allison R. Webel and Patricia Higgins of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University...

U.S. diabetes amputations down

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Lower-limb amputations among U.S. adults age 40 and older with diagnosed diabetes dropped 65 percent from 1996 to 2008, federal health officials say. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta found...

Government toolkit helps patient safety

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials have devised a free toolkit designed to guide hospitals to improve quality and patient safety. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released Tuesday the toolkit designed to guide hospitals...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Tuesday, January 24, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 4th degree Aquarius Moon.............. 19th degree Aquarius Mercury..............

Menopause onset may be genetic

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BOSTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine report they have found 13 genetic locations linked to the onset of menopause. Menopause affects most women in their early 50s and most studies of the...

Lifestyle blamed for 40 percent of cancers

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LONDON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Forty percent of cancers in women and 45 percent in men could be prevented by a healthier lifestyle, British researchers say. A Cancer Research UK report found more than 100,000 cancers each year in Britain are caused by four...

Autistics have more psychiatric issues

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BOSTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The presence of co-occurring psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions may result in a change in autism spectrum disorder, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Andrew Zimmerman of Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and colleagues...

U.S.: 1-in-5 had mental illness last year

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Almost 46 million U.S. adults age 18 or older, about 20 percent of that age group, experienced mental illness during the past year, health officials say. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's...

Legally blind improve from stem cells

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

YORKSHIRE, England, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A controversial transplant of stem cells derived from a human embryo may result in some vision improvement for three blind test subjects, U.S. researchers said. The first two patients, who are Americans, each received...

Women feel pain more intensely than men

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

STANFORD, Calif., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- In almost every disease category, women report more-intense pain than men, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in California say. Using a database from electronic medical records, Stanford scientists...

Many diagnosed with cancer keep smoking

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BOSTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Quitting smoking is always a good idea, and those diagnosed with colorectal cancer have more reason to quit -- but many keep smoking, U.S. researchers found. Lead researcher Dr. Elyse R. Park of the Harvard Medical School --...

Expert: Frequent mammograms not justified

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A Danish researcher says frequent breast cancer screenings via mammograms for women ages 50-70 may do more harm than good. Peter Gotzsche, director of the independent Nordic Cochrane Collaboration in Copenhagen,...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Monday, January 23, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 3rd degree Aquarius Moon.............. 6th degree Aquarius Mercury..............

U.S. has highest teen pregnancy rate

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. teen birth rate is the highest in the developed world with about 400,000 infants being born to mothers ages 15-19 every year, federal officials say. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in...

Dual smokers have different profile

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Dual smokers -- people who smoke cigarettes and cigars -- fit a different profile than cigarette-only smokers, a U.S. public health organization says. Legacy, a public health organization dedicated to helping people quit...

Old method to ease back pain now popular

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

MIAMI, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A little known European holistic technique that relieves back pain, dating back to the 1890s, is gaining popularity in the United States, fitness experts say. Ever since Dr. Paul Donohue of Florida mentioned the technique in...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Sunday, January 22, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 2nd degree Aquarius Moon.............. 22nd degree Capricorn Mercury..............

Couples happier with couples as friends

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Married couples who form and keep friendships with other couples often have happier marriages, a U.S. researcher says. Geoffrey Greif and Kathleen Holtz Deal, both of the University of Maryland School of Social Work, co-authors...

Record reproductive restrictions in 2011

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Reproductive issues at the state level received unprecedented attention in 2011, a U.S. non-profit group that works to advance reproductive health said. A report by the Guttmacher Institute in New York said in the 50 states,...

Congress questions 1-800-GET-THIN ads

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers are calling for an investigation into ad campaigns that promote weight-loss surgery. Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Beverly Hills, and two other House members called for the congressional hearings to examine whether...

Seven babies infected in maternity ward

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The largest maternity ward in Northern Ireland is undergoing a deep cleaning after three infants died of an infection in the ward. The recent breakout of Pseudomonas at Royal Maternity Hospital, in Belfast,...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Saturday, January 21, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 1st degree Aquarius Moon.............. 8th degree Capricorn Mercury..............

New guidance for heart patients having sex

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

HOUSTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Heart patients who can climb two flights of stairs or walk briskly without symptoms should be able to have sex, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Glenn Levine of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and colleagues, who worked on the...

Fall asleep after sex may block commitment

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A tendency to fall asleep before one's partner after sex may be a non-conscious way to block any commitment conversation, U.S. researchers suggest. Lead author Daniel Kruger of the University of Michigan and Susan...

Moms-to-be on antidepressants: Slight risk

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Women who take antidepressants during pregnancy slightly increase the risk of delivering babies with high blood pressure in the lungs, Swedish researchers say. Researchers at the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology at...

CDC: Imported skin cream contains mercury

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials say mercury exposure was reported among users of skin-lightening creams produced Mexico. Health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said mercury exposure can result in...

California's smallest baby goes home

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The smallest baby ever born in California -- who weighed almost 9 ounces when born -- went home from the hospital Friday, hospital officials said. Melinda Guido, the second-smallest baby born in the United States and one...

Worldwide decline in abortions has stalled

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The number of reported abortions worldwide, which had declined between 1995 and 2003, but the global abortion rate stalled in 2008, U.S. researchers said. A report by the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization...

Most health plans to cover birth control

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. government officials say a final rule requires most health insurance plans to cover contraceptive services for women without additional charges. "Beginning Aug. 1, 2012, most new and renewed health plans will be...

CDC traces 2009 measles outbreak to Pa.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

ATLANTA, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials say they traced the path of a 2009 measles outbreak to a Pennsylvania hospital. "The outbreak started when a child from India with fever and rash went to a hospital emergency department on March 10,...

Cord blood stem cells may restore hearing

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

HOUSTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are undergoing a phase I safety study using a child's umbilical cord blood stem cells to try to restore hearing loss. Dr. James Baumgartner, sponsor of the study and guest research collaborator at The University...

Sebelius: Many unclear on health reform

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. secretary of health and human services says the predictions of doom after healthcare reform was passed were unfounded. "Instead of the economy crashing, we've had steady job growth, with healthcare leading...

Your Daily Horoscope

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0200

Today is Friday, January 20, 2012 TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (7 a.m. EST): Sun............... 30th degree Capricorn Moon.............. 24th degree Sagittarius Mercury..............