Month August 2015

Parents who joke and pretend with their children are teaching them important life skills, research by the University of Sheffield has revealed. The study showed that children as young as 16 months old naturally learn the difference between joking and…

Study population Forty-three patients with sarcoidosis were analyzed. In all cases, the diagnosis was made from a biopsy obtained either from the lungs or from lymph nodes and showing non-caseating epithelioid granulomas with no evidence of inorganic material known to…

i Olive oil gets filtered in an oil mill in a Portuguese oil farm near Evora. Rick Mattes says that if an olive oil’s concentration of fatty acid rises above 3.3 percent, it’s no longer considered edible. And it’ll be…

By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced pressure from conservative allies on Sunday to run for a fourth term in 2017 after an opinion poll showed they could win an absolute majority if an election were…

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed delivering its verdict in the retrial of three Al Jazeera TV journalists, a decision a defense lawyer said was to avoid bad publicity during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State…

LONDON (Reuters) – British mining company faces legal action in London’s High Court after a group of Zambian villagers said their water source and farmland was polluted by the firm’s copper mining operations. Vedanta owns a 79.4 percent stake in…

The more we learn about the problem of too much medicine and what’s driving it, the harder it seems to imagine effective solutions. Winding back unnecessary tests and treatments will require a raft of reforms across medical research, education and…

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed delivering its verdict in the retrial of three Al Jazeera TV journalists, a decision a defense lawyer said was to avoid bad publicity during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State…

(Reuters) – A manhunt was underway Sunday in Tennessee for the killer of a Memphis police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Saturday night, officials said. Sean Bolton, 33, died from multiple gunshot wounds after being…

by Mimi O’ Connor Decades of research have reported on the negative health consequences of living with high levels of hostility. In his book Anger Kills, Dr. Redford Williams clarifies that of the several components of the Type A behavior…

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed for the second time the verdict in the retrial of Al Jazeera television journalists who have been charged with aiding a terrorist organization, a reference to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, to…

By Mary Wisniewski and Steve Bittenbender AUSTIN, Ind. (Reuters) – Since Indiana opened its first state-run needle exchange last spring, Tara Burton, 25, has made weekly visits to turn over needles she used to shoot Opana, a prescription painkiller, up…

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership during the Greece crisis has given her conservatives a chance of winning an absolute majority if an election were held next week, an opinion poll on Sunday showed. The results of the…

shutterstock By 6 a.m., Sam Clarke is usually already on a call with an Asian tech company halfway around the world. By the afternoon, she switches to calls in the U.S. And until she goes to bed, she keeps an…

Fred Maahs, poses for a photograph in Philadelphia on Monday, July 13, 2015. The Comcast executive has become a prominent disability-rights activist since being paralyzed from the chest down in a diving accident 35 years ago. Sunday, July 26, 2015…

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed for the second time the verdict in the retrial of Al Jazeera television journalists who have been charged with aiding a terrorist organization, a reference to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, to…

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police are investigating if two distillers in the southwestern region of Guangxi added impotence treatment drug Viagra to their liquor in the latest food-safety scare in China. The Liuzhou Food and Drug Administration said that it…

Magnesium is an essential mineral that is critical to multiple vital functions of the body, yet it’s one that many of us overlook. In fact, some estimates suggest more than 80 percent of Americans aren’t getting enough. Magnesium helps to…

(mage courtesy: Men’s Health) A year ago, Jonathan Montgomery, a 37-year-old firefighter with the Hillsborough County Florida Fire Rescue, was overworked, overweight, and sluggish. “I was strong, but slow and fat,” he said. Fast-forward to today, and Montgomery is a…

Nine days after she gave birth, Erica Fleischer brought her newborn daughter to the pediatrician for her first well-visit with concerns about her weight gain. “She hadn’t lost more than 10 percent of her weight, but I had a sense…

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is involved in increasing number of serious infectious with high risk for morbidity and mortality and it is an important cause of healthcare-associated infections 1]. Although the active surveillance and the impact of MRSA colonization on…

There’s a new, sixth taste for humans: the taste for fat. But Rick Mattes of Purdue University tells NPR’s Rachel Martin to think less yummy ice cream, more rancid food.

DANVILLE, Ky. — A spokeswoman for Kentucky’s health department says a patient being treated for an undisclosed illness at a hospital is not believed to pose a risk to the public’s health. The emergency room at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical…

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. It affects any age group and sex, and its incidence has been increasing for the last 20 years 1], 2]. Treatment of DTC includes thyroidectomy, followed by nuclear medicine therapy with…

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will expand medical insurance to cover all critical illnesses for all urban and rural residents by the end of the year, the cabinet said on Sunday, the latest step in a plan to fix a healthcare…

NEW YORK — A New York City health official says it is likely doctors will diagnose more cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx in the coming days, amid an outbreak that has killed four and sickened dozens. Dr. Jay…

New research from Uppsala University shows promising progress in the use of anti-inflammatory cytokine for treatment of type 1 diabetes. The study, published in the open access journal Scientific Reports, reveals that administration …

By Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan officials said on Friday they were considering conservationists’ appeals to give two baby chimpanzees, rescued from possible traffickers in ebola-hit Liberia, sanctuary in a Kenyan reserve but public health fears were holding up…

Osteopathology in huemul both in Argentina and in Chile The descriptions of pathological lesions encountered in cranial bones of huemul from the RNLC region coincide with those observed in specimens from Argentina 2]. The degree of the lesions from RNLC…

A technician holds a culture dish with colonies of legionella in a laboratory. (Reuters) NEW YORK –  New York City health officials say a fourth person with Legionnaires’ disease has died in the Bronx amid an outbreak that has resulted in…

By Katie Reilly NEW YORK (Reuters) – A deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, a severe type of pneumonia, has now killed four people and sickened 65 in the Bronx section of New York City since July 10, New York City…

BSIP via Getty Images NEW YORK (AP) — New York City health officials say a fourth person with Legionnaires’ disease has died in the Bronx amid an outbreak that has resulted in dozens of cases. Health officials say in a…

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A political battle over the use of fetal tissue in medical research has been reinvigorated by the release of undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood officials. But the controversy comes just as interest in the…

More than a decade after losing her eyesight, Carmen Torres can finally see again, thanks to a bionic eye and a first-of-its-kind surgery. “I was happy and I was just laughing like crazy,” Torres told reporters at the Bascom Palmer Eye…

Canine distichiasis is considered to be a presumed inherited eye disease (PIED) in dogs, with the American and English Cocker spaniels being some of the most frequently diagnosed breeds 4], 6], 19]. The prevalence found in this study (49.31 %) is…

Bacterial strain and maintenance Halomonas boliviensis LC1T (= DSM 15516T ) was maintained at 4 °C on solid HM medium 15], containing (%, w/v): NaCl, 4.5; MgSO4 ?·?7H2 O, 0.025; CaCl2 ?·?2H2 O, 0.009; KCl, 0.05; NaBr, 0.006; peptone, 0.5; yeast…

This 2-month-old boy presented with a tense fontanelle, abnormal head growth, episodes of vomiting, and “sunset” gaze. Radiographic findings An MRI revealed pronounced supratentorial hydrocephalus and a partially contrast enhancing right-sided posterior fossa tumor with downward herniation through the foramen…

But are concerned about physical, mental challenges, survey finds. (HealthDay)—Most older Americans feel they are prepared for the process of aging, but many have concerns about maintaining their physical and mental health as they get older, a new survey finds.…

By Jordan Davidson, Prevention.com (Main Photo By: Getty Images) The little chime or buzz of an incoming text is almost impossible to ignore. Is it your friend with the killer one-liners? A kiss emoji from your partner? A colleague commending…

By Karen Cicero, Prevention.com (Main Photo By: Getty Images) You can have the best sex of your life in your 40s and beyond. After all, you have plenty of experience, you know what you like, and you’re probably not as…