Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Health News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nigeria Sun.com http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/cat/a1e025da3c02ca7c/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 17:47:49 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:47:49 -0400 30 A new study has found that maintaining a heart healthy lifestyle may also help protect chronic kidney disease patients from developing kidney failure and early death. The findings suggest that patients with kidney disease should be encouraged to improve their heart health. Paul Muntner, PhD (University of Alabama at Birmingham) and his colleagues used the American Heart Association's recently ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736639/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736639/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have shown recently that another, more promising, approach is to focus on improving drugs that boost the body's natural flu killer system. Emergence of new influenza strains, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735972/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735972/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Doctors have been able to successfully treat a 2.5-year-old boy who had suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, putting him in a vegetative state, using his own cord blood containing stem cells. The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move. "Our findings, along with those from a Korean study, dispel the long-held ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735622/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:06 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735622/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Using your tablet or smartphone before bed can suppress quality sleep, thus putting you at risk for health problems, a new study suggests. If you want to improve your sleep, researchers advise shutting off your tablet well before bedtime. Nighttime exposure to LED rays illuminating from tablets, computers, TVs, and smartphones can disrupt your body's natural rhythms, and raise your risk for not ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735621/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735621/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c University of East Anglia scientists have made a breakthrough in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function. Their research revealed that an enzyme called MMP-8 (matrix metalloproteinase-8) could be acting as a locator to the immune system, which then becomes activated to attack tumours. It was originally thought that the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735199/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735199/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have proved that the H7N9 influenza virus is efficiently transmitted when animals are in close contact-defined in the study as touching, coughing and the exchange of bodily fluids. David Kelvin, PhD, a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute and Professor at the University of Toronto, noted that the study was designed to give them clues about the transmission of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214734821/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214734821/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists at the National Institutes of Health report have discovered that a small molecule released in the spinal cord of a mouse triggers a process that is later experienced in the brain as the sensation of itch. The small molecule, called natriuretic polypeptide b (Nppb), streams ahead and selectively plugs into a specific nerve cell in the spinal cord, which sends the signal onward through ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733119/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733119/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have come up with a non-invasive and more effective way to detect oral cancer, says a study. The imaging technique, which is detailed in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, has been developed by Kristen Maitland, assistant professor at the department of biomedical engineering of Texas Aamp;M University. The non-invasive system combines two separate technologies -- confocal microscopy ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:30:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Television's top shows have come under fire by health experts for the unhealthy lifestyles of their best loved characters. According to a new research, the serials set a bad example as they exemplify unhealthy diets and high levels of boozing. Scientists analysed more than 830 scenes from four popular soaps - Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks- for over two weeks and found ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732104/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732104/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A new research from Western University has shed light on why some cancer cells don't respond to chemotherapy, and identified a mechanism to rectify that. Breast cancer characterized as "triple negative" carries a poor prognosis, with limited treatment options. In some cases, chemotherapy doesn't kill the cancer cells the way it's supposed to. Dr. Shawn Li, PhD, and his team at Western's ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732087/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732087/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have warned that treatment with high potency statins (especially atorvastatin and simvastatin) may increase the risk of developing diabetes. But some statins can reduce the risk of diabetes. Statins are among the most widely prescribed medications for the prevention of cardiovascular events. Although tolerated well, an association with new-onset diabetes has recently been suggested. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731386/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:50:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731386/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Life truly began for me a few weeks ago when a box containing my UP by Jawbone – a wristband that tracks how you sleep, move and eat – arrived. Of course, meeting my husband, giving birth to my sons and watching my older son recently become a bar mitzvah trumped the joy any material possession has given me thus far in my life. Still, this tracker has made me very happy. It's like ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746577/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746577/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c English: Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Every now and again, a political pundit is required to stand up and admit to the world that he or she got it wrong. For me, this would be one of those moments. For quite some time, I have been predicting that Obamacare would likely mean higher insurance rates in the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746389/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 16:36:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746389/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c California officials say the rates offered by insurers for their state-operated health insurance market are lower than they expected. But many people will still be paying higher premiums next year as Covered California kicks in than they are now, the Los Angeles Times reported. The benefits insurers will be required to supply are also going up. "These rates are way below the worst-case ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746463/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:31 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746463/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A Pennsylvania facility treating troubled and autistic children in several states filed for Chapter 11 reorganization due to a $240 million debt, officials say. William Isemann, chief executive officer of KidsPeace, blamed the move on the non-profit's $101 million in pension obligations, The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pa., reported. At its peak in 2006, KidsPeace was a $170 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746578/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 16:10:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746578/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mitchell, a technology, connectivity and information provider to the property/casualty claims and collision repair industries, announced the commercial release of Decision Point 7.4, an automated medical bill review for first and third-party liability adjusters. Developed and delivered using Agile Development principles, the latest release boasts significant improvements to fraud and utilization ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 16:09:25 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Illinois Medical District is planning an expansion that could create 2,500 to 4,500 jobs and more than $300 million in new revenue in the next 10 years, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Plans include the development of 55 vacant acres and building a high-speed fiber optic line linking researchers to the University of Illinois supercomputer and a retail, hotel, restaurant, office and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746515/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:37:50 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214746515/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON -- Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.The injections ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745184/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:31 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745184/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Jackson Health System says 1,407 patient records went missing. Jackson Health System alerted 1,407 patients that their personal information may be in jeopardy after several boxes of medical records went missing from its information data management department. The public health system in Miami-Dade County said there was no breach of the most sensitive information, such as social security numbers ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745137/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:12:33 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745137/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c For many headache and migraine sufferers, certain foods can act as triggers. We received this question from a viewer: Dear Dr. Manny, I've noticed that whenever I eat red grapes I get a headache. Could there be something in them that is causing this to happen? Thanks, Jay Alvarez said grapes are low in calories and rich in vitamin C and fiber, so they are a nutritional snack. But they ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745281/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:24 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745281/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON - Orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose more than expected in April, a hopeful sign that a sharp slowdown in factory output could soon run its ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745282/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745282/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has received seven reports of negative reactions by patients who took steroid injections compounded by a pharmacy in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745283/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745283/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Kidney stones can be incredibly painful for sufferers, and now a new study shows cutting sugary drinks out of your diet may reduce risk for the condition. "Our prospective study confirms that some beverages are associated with a lower risk of kidney stone formation, whereas others are associated with a higher risk," study co-author Dr. Pietro Manual Ferraro, a kidney specialist at the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745107/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745107/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mayo Medical Laboratories . LipoScience announced that its testing platform will be accessible to Mayo Clinic physicians and patients. The company says via statement that the partnership will help "drive adoption and decentralization" of the Vantera Clinical Analyzer. The analyzer can currently identify and quantify concentrations of lipoproteins, providing doctors with an assessment ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745284/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:40 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745284/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A myriad of different measures exist in the Affordable Care Act that could significantly affect prices individuals and families will pay for health insurance. While the effects of many are understood individually, the aggregate effect is still largely ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745139/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745139/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The University of South Florida College Of Nursing has received $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a clinical trial involving cancer symptom management. The project involves testing a brief intervention known as COPE, which aims to teach cancer patients management skills for improving symptoms they identify as the highest priority, according to a written ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214745280/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms to help test the effects of drugs. NeuroChip is a microfluidic electrophysiological device, which can trap the microscopic worm Caenorhadbitis elegans and record the activity of discrete neural circuits in its 'brain' - a worm equivalent of the EEG. C. elegans have been ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743986/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 14:17:34 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743986/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Missing Visits Even More Detrimental For Children with Chronic Health Conditions Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care. The study included more than 20,000 children enrolled at Group ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743987/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 14:17:33 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743987/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BOSTON (AP) -- State public health officials are proposing a fee structure for the state’s new medical marijuana program. Under draft regulations filed Friday, patients certified to receive medical marijuana would pay a $50 annual registration fee to the state. Those who qualify for a hardship license to cultivate marijuana at home would pay an additional $100 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743988/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743988/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c NEW YORK (AP) -- A pediatric nurse says she was in the right place at the right time to revive a 14-year-old girl who collapsed while dancing in the upper deck during ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743989/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743989/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fast-food items may have way more calories than some of us -- especially teens -- think, according to new research. "We found that people, especially teens, are consuming more calories than they think they're getting when they eat fast food," lead researcher Dr. Jason Block, of the Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, said in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743783/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 14:02:57 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743783/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c TORONTO -- When triathlete Colleen Dyck decided to make an energy bar, she found ingredients close to home on her Manitoba farm. "What I saw on the market was a lot of corn syrup and a lot of cheap fortified bars, so I decided to make my own," said the Niverville entrepreneur, grain and oilseed farmer and mother of four. Dyck showcased Gorp, short for good old raisins and peanuts, at ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743784/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743784/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c 11 Fixes For A Weak Bladder .) "2. The other main reason is bladder overactivity, where the muscles of the wall of the bladder squeeze when they should be relaxed (during bladder filling). This gives people a sense of urgency, and may cause them to leak urine. "If you're experiencing urine leakage with running or other physical exercise, I encourage you to seek help from a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743991/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743991/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Levels of a stress hormone released by the placenta could predict a woman's risk of developing postpartum depression, new research suggests. The new findings suggest that measuring levels of the hormone, called placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH), could one day help identify women who are prone to postpartum depression before they give birth. "Women who show high levels ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743993/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743993/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c On Wednesday, the city of Portland, Ore., overwhelmingly voted down a proposal to add fluoride to the city's drinking water - making it the largest city in the United States without fluoride in its water supply or any plans to add it. In what turned into a highly contentious matter, both supporters and opponents of water fluoridation raised a combined $1 million to rally support for their ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743992/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743992/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri May 24, 2013 1:13pm EDT May 24 (Reuters) - Ascension Health Alliance is expected to sell $1.03 billion of taxable and tax-exempt revenue bonds during the week of June 10, a market source said on Friday. The sale includes $500 million of variable-rate and $100 million of fixed-rate tax-exempt revenue bonds issued through Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority. In addition, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743990/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214743990/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, right, and Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., talk on Capitol Hill during the committee's hearing on immigration ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742451/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:12:09 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742451/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c , based on research that found the additional financial impacts associated with obesity care costing about $1316 a person each year.Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local chairman Dr Kevin Arlett said the growing rate of people being treated for chronic disease related to being obese or overweight was the worst he had seen."We're seeing more and more patients with diabetes and heart disease ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742452/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:11:33 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742452/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Insecurity creates serious concerns for delivering humanitarian aid in Syria DUBAI, 24 May 2013 (IRIN) - Getting humanitarian supplies into conflict zones like Syria is no mean feat, often requiring negotiations with warring parties, braving insecurity and facing repeated delays and logistical challenges. But aid workers can make it happen. In one of the latest examples, 54 tons of much-needed ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742453/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742453/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A man, wearing a surgical mask as a precautionary measure against the novel coronavirus, walks near a hospital in Khobar city in Dammam May 21, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742457/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 12:42:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742457/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The findings are in line with a recent review of nine earlier studies that also found a link between C-sections and childhood obesity (see Reuters Health story of December 12, 2012 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742456/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 12:42:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742456/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c BOSTON -- State public health officials are proposing a fee structure for the state's new medical marijuana program.Under draft regulations filed Friday, patients certified to receive medical marijuana would pay a $50 annual registration fee to the state. Those who qualify for a hardship license to cultivate marijuana at home would pay an additional $100 fee.The proposed rules call for ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742458/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 12:41:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742458/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Idaho State University is paying a $400,000 to the federal government to settle allegations it improperly exposed confidential medical records. In August 2011, ISU told the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of a breach of its unsecured electronic protected health information. An investigation by the federal agency determined the Pocatello school hadn’t adequately assessed ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742305/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 12:32:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742305/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Chefs prepare food at the co-op restaurant Colors in New York City, started by former employees of the Windows of The World restaurant at the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Across the US workers are starting employee-owned businesses, from health-care co-ops to general ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742181/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742181/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Tuan Ha-Ngoc, president and CEO, Aveo Oncology Aveo Oncology (Nasdaq:AVEO) remained quiet Friday after the news that its partner to commercialize its potential drug for kidney cancer is giving up plans to seek approval for the drug in Europe, and wont pay for further trials. Shares in Aveo opened Friday down 17 percent, but by noon, had risen to $2.58 a share, about 4 percent below Thursdays ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742454/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 12:28:25 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742454/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c fantasy and desire when the child begins to fondle their private parts. It is important to discourage this habit because it can result to masturbation in adulthood. Some people argue that masturbation is healthy because it provides the same benefits as sex does and boosts self-esteem and confidence. Some say it keeps you away from ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740420/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:49 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740420/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Called transforming growth factor beta, or TGF-?, the protein interacts with p53, a well-known tumor suppressor gene disabled in many cancers. In cells which have just begun to transform into cancer, the TGF-? protein inhibits apoptosis, or programmed cell death, which the p53 protein helps regulate. Free of the control of p53, the precancerous cells continue down the road to becoming ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739970/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739970/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Minister for Health James Reilly has expressed concern about issues raised in a planned RTÉ Prime Time programme on creches. He said Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald was also concerned. Mr Reilly said he would be watching the issue closely and awaited the report from the Health Service ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740421/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740421/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Pharmacist Samuel Wahba faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Pharmacist Samuel Wahba has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, lying to a federal agency, making false claims to a federal health care program and concealing his exclusion from all federal health care programs. In 2001, he was convicted of violating the state racketeering law, Medicaid fraud and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214742455/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Damascus, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Syrian Health Minister Saad al-Nayef denounced the poor health situation of citizens settled in the Golan area annexed by Israel, due to the inhumane practices of their occupiers. He also criticized the forced subjection of Syrians detained in the area to pharmaceutical experiments and various forms of torture by Israeli authorities. Al-Nayef explained these ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740422/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:51:31 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740422/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In a key test of the federal health law's ability to draw competitive bids from health insurance companies, California has unveiled plans and prices that will be available next year to millions of residents shopping for individual coverage on its new insurance ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740180/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740180/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Health Inspectorate Services between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on telephone number 21337333, or by calling personally at its offices at Continental Business Centre, Cutrico Buildings, Old Railway Track, Santa Venera or by ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740423/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:43 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740423/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Girls and obese youth 70-80% more likely to use information than boys and youth with a healthy BMI. A new study published online today in the Journal of Public Health has found that of young people who visited fast food or chain restaurants in the U.S. in 2010, girls and youth who were obese were more likely to use calorie information given in the restaurants to inform their food choices. It ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740164/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:43 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740164/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights A study by Kathie P. Huang, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues examined the prevalence of comorbid (co-existing) conditions among patients ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740425/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:42 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740425/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights A study by Mark A. Ilgen, Ph.D, of the Veterans Affairs Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan and colleagues examined the associations between clinical diagnosis of noncancer pain conditions and suicide. (Online First) Data for this retrospective analysis were extracted from the National Death Index and treatment ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740424/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:42 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740424/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Advice and help from doctors can more than double odds smoker will quit successfully Because a doctor's advice and assistance more than doubles the odds that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with five national physician groups on the new "Talk With Your Doctor" campaign to encourage smokers to ask a doctor for help. The ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740318/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740318/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Drivers may think they have the green light to drive when their blood alcohol levels fall below the legal limit or the buzz wears off, but that's not the case, says a Purdue University expert. "It's more than just a number, and my advice is to not drink and drive at all because there really is no safe level," says Julia Chester, an associate professor of psychological ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740426/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740426/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Novel treatments for psychiatric disorders explored at national conference Dozens of leading psychology researchers are about to descend upon Concordia University for the annual Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies conference (CACBT 2013). Among the conferencepresentations will be a new research project that looks at using cognitive behavioural therapy for ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740427/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:40 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740427/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c World Lung Foundation (WLF) today warned that the sequestration of the United States Federal Budget will have the unintended consequence of slowing efforts to control and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740045/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:40 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740045/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c schizophrenia causes classic symptoms of the disorder that are reversed when gene expression returns to normal, scientists report. They genetically engineered mice so they could turn up levels of neuregulin-1 to mimic high levels found in some patients then return levels to normal, said Dr. Lin Mei, Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics at the Medical College of Georgia ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740428/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:48:39 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740428/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c In the plans is the construction of new buildings of the republic's maternity centre, the central clinic, the tuberculosis treatment clinic in Bendery and a new tuberculosis treatment centre in Rybnita. Agreements were also signed to build schools in Tiraspol. Bendery, Rybnita and the village of Tashlyk and new kindergartens in Rybnita and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740050/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:51 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740050/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Looking ahead, if you follow our 30-day plan, then in a month your body should be beach-ready. Your stomach will be flatter than ever; the arms will feel toned and you will feel healthy for the first time in years. A big high-five to you!What you don't want to do is ruin all that hard work by going AWOL on holidays and coming back bloated and lethargic. Firstly, it's important to ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740429/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:35 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740429/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists have discovered a key substance in the central nervous system responsible for transmitting the sensation of an itch from the skin to the brain - a finding that raises the prospect of new treatments for serious itching ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740175/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:45:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740175/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Global mHealth Initiative , a multi-disciplinary consortium registering over 82 faculty projects and 150 students engaged in mHealth innovation and research across the Johns Hopkins ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740430/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:44:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740430/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c TODAY diet and nutrition editor Madelyn Fernstrom says that you can make wiser choices when eating at fast food restaurants by ordering a kids size meal, avoiding "crispy" dishes, and sticking to low- or no-calorie beverages like water and diet ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740431/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:36:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740431/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c When a pregnant teacher in Texas collapsed, her coworkers rushed to help. The woman technically died, gave birth and then was brought back to life. Erica Nigrelli, an English teacher at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, collapsed in a co-worker's classroom when she was 36 weeks pregnant. "Apparently I told her, 'I feel very faint,' and I put my head down and I ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740433/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:53 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740433/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fjord teamed up with health care experts from Harvard and Boston Children's Hospital to translate an old paper chart to a modern electronic ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740434/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:25:32 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740434/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, leaves the podium after delivering a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740069/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:34 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740069/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Feeling itchy? Scientists may have discovered the mechanism of how our body initiates an itch. A study using mice conducted at the National Institutes of Health showed that a molecule called natriuretic polypeptide b (Nppb) may be the culprit behind that pesky itch. This specific molecule sets off a chain reaction, leading to what our brain perceives as an itch, or what is medically known as ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740435/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:34 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740435/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Dr. Lisa Young, a nutritionist and professor at New York University, and Stuart Elliot, an advertising columnist for The New York Times, talk to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the nutrition of flavored water and how they're being ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740345/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:33 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740345/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Every 10 seconds, one person dies due to diabetes-related complications. Diabetes is now the biggest single cause of amputation, stroke, blindness and end-stage kidney failure. More than half of all deaths from diabetes result from cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke. This year alone, diabetes will cause over four million deaths worldwide. In 2010, there were 285 million ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740436/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:32 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740436/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Hospital chain MedStar Health is expanding its network of walk-in clinics, announcing plans for two more urgent care clinics not previously disclosed. MedStar officials have informed District regulators they will seek permission to open a combined urgent care clinic and doctors' office in the Anacostia neighborhood of southeast D.C. A similar operation is also planned to open this summer in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 10:52:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri May 24, 2013 10:51am EDT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, May 24 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings on The Doctor's Company, an Inter-Insurance Exchange (Doctors) and its wholly owned insurance subsidiaries (see list below), collectively referred to as The Doctors Company Group (TDC). The ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740432/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 10:51:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214740432/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c By David J. Olson In Tanzania, giant pouched rats are trained to sniff out tuberculosis in human sputum samples. DubbedHeroRATS, the animals can evaluate 40 samples in just seven minutes, equal to what a skilled lab technician can do in a full day. In northern Kenya, health services–including family planning services–are being brought to 36 remote, underserved communities by ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739307/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739307/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c With Memorial Day weekend approaching, blood centers across the country will likely experience a dip in donations, as they do every year during summer months and around holidays. As part of an effort to increase blood donations both in the United States and in countries where blood shortages are much more severe and often deadly, a group of researchers is encouraging the World Health ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739309/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739309/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Marijuana tied to better blood sugar control People who had used marijuana in the past month had smaller waists and lower levels of insulin resistance - a diabetes precursor - than those who never tried the drug, in a new study. The findings, based on surveys and blood tests of about 4,700 U.S. adults, aren't enough to prove marijuana keeps users thin or wards off disease. And among current ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739254/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 10:27:37 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739254/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WAM Sharjah, May 24th, 2013 (WAM) -- Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), the cancer specific charitable society, continues to consolidate its national, regional, and global impact with the conclusion of its highly successful participation in the tenth CSR Summit, which took place between the 20th and the 23rd of May. FoCP took part as the Summit's official charity - making this the first ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739310/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 10:18:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739310/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A SEVEN-minute exercise regimen devised by scientists has been shown to provide as many health benefits as doing a long run and a session of weight training. The workout requires no more than a wall, a chair and seven minutes of your time. However, the experts say that you must be in pain when performing it in order to benefit. The article, High-Intensity Circuit Training Using Body Weight: ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739308/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739308/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c 5 real ways to find the Fountain of Youth (photo: TripAdvisor) As an adult in the year 2013, there's a very good chance you'll live to be 100. That's according to the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Census Bureau, which has announced that those over the age of 80 now make up the world's fastest growing age group. In 2012 the number of Americans living to and past ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738434/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 09:56:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738434/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The number of Lyme disease cases have tripled in the past 20 years. Dr. Holly Phillips discusses why the number of cases has skyrocketed, how the disease is transmitted via ticks, and what myths and realities persist about the insects and the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738435/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 09:35:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738435/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c As health care leaders continue to look for ways to cut costs, the Medicare Advantage model might be a decent place to pull from. A recent study showed that utilization rates in some major categories, including emergency departments and ambulatory surgery or procedures, generally were 20 to 30 percent lower for patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage HMOs than for those with Medicare ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738436/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:39 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738436/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c >Editor's note: Gayle Sulik is a medical sociologist, founder of the Breast Cancer Consortium and author of "Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health. " Follow her on Twitter: @pinkribbonblues(CNN) -- Angelina Jolie, when writing about her preventive double mastectomy, did not discuss how much her surgeries cost, but she did mention that many women would not be ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739064/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 09:33:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214739064/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Abuja - Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now under assault by government troops. The decision comes after five gunmen hijacked an aid vehicle on Saturday. A couple of weeks ago, Doctors without Borders moved into Baga, a town where thousands of homes were burnt to the ground and hundreds of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738437/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214738437/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A 19-year-old teenager was raped while being examined. The teenager reported it to her school teacher and a rape docket was opened at the Nquthu police ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737622/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:49:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737622/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Californians got their first glimpse Thursday of what insurers plan to charge for coverage to be offered next year to about 5 million state residents who don't receive health insurance from employers. Above, Cedars-Sinai Medical ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737624/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:42 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737624/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the agency running the state's new health insurance exchange, announces the plans and prices that will be offered by private ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737541/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737541/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month. Sunland Inc. Vice President Katalin Coburn says the company last week got the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Administration to restart peanut butter operations ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737626/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737626/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c It's likely that the new H7N9 bird flu virus can spread through the air on a limited basis, according to a new study that looked at how the virus spreads in animals. The study also provides more evidence that the virus can spread between people in close contact. However, it's unlikely the virus could cause a pandemic, unless it undergoes genetic changes that allow it to spread more ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737625/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737625/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A simple visual test is surprisingly accurate at predicting IQ, according to new research. The study, published May 23 in the journal Current Biology, found that people's ability to efficiently filter out visual information in the background and focus on the foreground is strongly linked to IQ. The findings could help scientists identify the brain processes responsible ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737627/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737627/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Johnson & Johnson said it plans to seek approvals for 11 new drugs by 2017, including a treatment for patients with depression who have failed to benefit from standard medications. The intranasal drug, called esketamine, is closely related to a pediatric anesthetic called ketamine that has been shown in academic studies to ease symptoms rapidly in such patients, including a reduction in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737628/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737628/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The World Health Assembly meets annually to consider major health policy matters of the World Health Organization and its Member States. The 2013 meeting convenes from 20 to 28 May 2013 in Geneva. (Photo: P. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that teen birth rates in America fell sharply from 2007 to 2011, by as much as 34 percent on average for Hispanic ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737732/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737732/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c and picking out the dress , to start. What's often forgotten until the last minute, however, are any desires to get in shape before the wedding. "I think sometimes, when people are preparing for a wedding, they are so consumed by the details -- the dresses, the flowers, the caterers -- that they don't realize they want to lose weight until three weeks out," Samantha Heller, a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737629/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:41:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737629/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c For many people Memorial Day weekend means finally getting to kick off summer by striking up the barbecue, taking a dip in the ocean or simply basking in the sunshine during a long weekend. But celebrating the unofficial start of summer also means encountering a few hazards of the season. From sunburns to bug bites or even an ill-cooked hotdog, the summer months have a few perils to contend ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737631/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737631/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c FYI, you won't find it at the mall. "Purchasing things like televisions, clothes and coffee machines won't make you happier overall--but buying experiences maximizes happiness," says Michael Norton, PhD, associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and co-author of Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending. Research shows that people who ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737630/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:39:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737630/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Zanzibar - AS the controversy over the efficacy of an Indian-made diabetes drug, Wosulin, hots up at Zanzibar's Mnazi Mmoja main hospital, patients are being put in danger. Some 6,000 diabetics have refused to use Wosulin drug made by the India-based company, Wockhardt Limited, resolving to find other optional medicines to survive. "We have vowed not to use the medicine until our ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737632/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:37:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737632/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Maria Sharapova, shown after winning the 2012 French Open, is seeded second in this year's event behind world No. 1 Serena Williams. UPI/David ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737793/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:34:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737793/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Who are the principles in your partnership and what is the name of your company? I am Leanne Shear. I have two partners, Katie Currie and Helena Wolin. We started a women-only boutique fitness studio ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736689/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:07:52 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736689/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Saying that the plaintiffs have a right to challenge the executive actions of the Governor, a Franklin Circuit Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of of Kentuckys new health care exchange can proceeed. According to The Courier-Journal, Judge Phillip Shepherd issued a four-page order Thursday denying a motion from the Beshear administration to dismiss the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737500/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737500/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health, the second-largest hospital system in Indiana and the states sixth-largest employer, will lay off an unspecified number of employees across its 22-hospital network by June 30. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that the cuts are a cost-saving move that the hospital blames on Obamacare, cuts to Medicare reimbursement and lower-than-expected volumes of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737621/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:31 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737621/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Pikeville Medical Center, a 261-bed hospital that is undergoing a $150 million renovation, will join the Mayo Clinic Care Network. According to The Lexington Herald-Leader, the network connects doctors with Mayo Clinic specialists for diagnosis, therapy and care management through an online information system. The Pikeville center will be the second Kentucky medical center to join the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737620/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737620/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c /enpproperty--> Health food is not a drug or medicine, a watchdog said after a major investigation found companies were adding drugs to their products. The China Food and Drug Administration issued the warning on Friday during a news conference following investigations in 15 provinces that uncovered a widespread presence of drugs in food. Most of the health food brands claim their products ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736722/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 08:04:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736722/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Health Minister Ted Flemming released a letter he sent to the New Brunswick Medical Society on May 15 requesting the two sides return to ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736935/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:57:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736935/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c LONDON | Fri May 24, 2013 7:57am EDT LONDON May 24 (Reuters) - Lombard Medical Technologies PLC : * Tech - proposed placing and subscription of shares * Proposes to raise 21.0 million (before expenses) through a placing and subscription * Issue price of 175 pence per ordinary share * Source text for ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737623/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:57:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214737623/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The KwaZulu-Natal health department's refusal to pay a maintenance contract for two state of the art radiotherapy machines has left hundreds of cancer patients at a Durban hospital without treatment for the past four months. Picture: ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736814/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:54:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736814/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c India find themselves at a disadvantage compared with men.This is the conclusion of a study, Impact of Gender on Care of Type 2 Diabetes in Varkala, Kerala, which analysed gender roles, norms and values in a household and found women patients to be more vulnerable.This vulnerability influences all phases of diabetic care, according to the paper by Dr Mini P Mani at the Achutha Menon Centre for ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736815/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:49:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736815/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Change of scene ... Steven Soderbergh attends the premiere to his latest and last feature film, Behind the Candelabra, in Cannes. Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736816/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:49:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736816/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Carl Icahn Hot and wet Thursday. High of 89. See more weather at Action News Jax. In tax overhaul debate, large vs. small companies (NYT) Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid (Reuters) Google copies Amazons playbook (WSJ) iPhone urinalysis draws first FDA inquiry of medical apps ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736710/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:26:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736710/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe Addai, a consultant and breast surgeon, has dispelled the wrong perception that breast cancer was caused by witch- craft, explaining that though the causal agent of the disease has not yet been known, it has no traces of curse or witchcraft. She has therefore advised women to go for early and prompt clinical screening on breast cancer for detection ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736126/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:11:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736126/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Hamilton Health Sciences, a family of six hospitals and a cancer centre serving more than 2.3 million residents of Hamilton and central west Ontario in Canada, is using Citrix technology to increase bedside interactions between patients and doctors and accelerate decision making. Speaking as part of a customer panel at Citrix Synergy 2013 in Los Angeles, Mark Farrow, CIO at Hamilton Heath ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736127/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:05:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736127/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c FORTUNE -- Health insurance companies are hectic places these days – they're preparing for key pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to go into effect next year. Given the frenzy, certain parts of the act could have unintended consequences. Specifically, a new report suggests, Americans without bank accounts could get left behind, unable to pay their insurance premiums. Here's ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736128/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 07:05:04 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736128/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c HONG KONG (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu virus may be capable of spreading from human to human and can be transmitted not only through direct contact but also through airborne exposure, researchers at the University of Hong Kong have ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736129/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:55:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736129/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Phillip Griffin graduated high school with honors in 2009, but despite his good grades and interest in math and science, finding a job proved difficult . That's because Griffin, 22, has autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disorder characterized as difficulties with social interaction and communication - making job interviews a nightmare. "I got a little frustrated," he ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736130/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:51:44 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736130/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The Liberian Government has got more problems now perhaps than during the years of violence. The problems are multiple and hugely insurmountable in many respects, and it is glaring that the government does not have answers to all of them. The Unity Party-led government came to power in 2006, three years after the war ended in 2003. Most Liberians had thought that with the election of Madam Ellen ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736131/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:39 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736131/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri May 24, 2013 6:20am EDT * Sees U.S. launch of liraglutide end 2014 or early 2015 * Analysts divided on likely commercial success * Bulls see peak sales of $4 bln, but reimbursement key * Novo shares up 0.7 percent, outperforming sector COPENHAGEN, May 24 (Reuters) - Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk said it could launch obesity treatment liraglutide in the United States by the end of next year ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736267/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:20:35 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214736267/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c British Columbians can take pride in being the Swedes of Canada, boasting the best lifestyle habits and health status in the country.That's one of the findings of a Conference Board of Canada report titled Paving the Road to Higher Performance: Benchmarking Provincial Health Systems.The report, released Thursday, accords B.C. an A grade, "on the strength of having the healthiest ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735368/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:11:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735368/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Lifetime achievement Charla Parker CEO of Western Clinicians Network The Business Journal salutes individuals who have had a huge impact on health care in our community. They range from doctors and nurses to administrators and educators. Some are entrepreneurs while others are volunteers. Click here for a slideshow listing the heroes honored Many are ordinary people who have ended up doing ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735367/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:57 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735367/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Share your story We are interested in hearing how diabetes has impacted your life. Submit your comments to be considered for publication on this site or in the print edition of the Corpus Christi ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735369/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735369/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMESFriends and family of Mike Reyes, who died in March after years of complications from diabetes, wait for his funeral services at the Holy Family ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735370/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735370/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Michael Zamora/Caller-TimesSamantha Reyes, 14 (from left), sits with mother Danita Reyes and twins Simon and Sophie Reyes, 10, next to a vase of flowers meant for Mike Reyes’ gravesite. After years of complications from diabetes, Mike Reyes, a father and husband, died after having a heart ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735371/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:50:43 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214735371/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c For two days this week, May 21-22, workers at various University of California Medical Centers went on strike. Several hundred respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, nursing aids, surgical technicians, and other patient care workers, all represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) marched in front of their respective centers demanding better ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733450/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:39 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733450/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A stage manager working on Michael Jackson's ill-fated This Is It concert warned an AEG executive days before the star's death he was in a physical and mental decline and needed help, according to an email shown to jurors."I have watched him deteriorate in front of my eyes over the last eight weeks," said John Hougdahl in an email to Randy Phillips dated June 19, 2009.Jackson ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733451/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:48 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733451/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The FDA on Thursday granted marketing clearance for the first HbA1c test for diagnosing diabetes - COBAS INTEGRA 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay, manufactured by Roche, of Basel, Switzerland.The HbA1c test, also known as A1c test, shows a patient's average glucose level over a three-month period. The A1c tests currently on the market are FDA-cleared for monitoring a patient's blood glucose ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733452/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:14:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733452/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Cathleen Bennett, director of state health policy and strategic planning, and state Sen. Joseph F. Vitale, chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733455/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733455/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c But melanoma and other skin cancers are largely preventable. Health officials want to make sure people know that skin cancer is the most common cancer and that people can guard against it by wearing sunscreen and protective clothing and avoiding long-term exposure to the strong midday sun. That's especially important information on Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer at the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733456/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733456/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c obesity , said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potos?. "The students who inherited genetic risk factors from both parents were already 15 pounds heavier and 2 inches bigger around the waist than those who hadn't. They also had slightly higher fasting glucose levels," said Margarita Teran-Garcia, a U of I professor ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733457/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733457/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness. But repeated infections ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733461/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:17 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733461/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report. The treatment, developed at Duke and tested in an ongoing phase 1 study, capitalizes on the discovery ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733460/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733460/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c autism showed significant improvement after six months of simple sensory exercises at home using everyday items such as scents, spoons and sponges, according to UC Irvine neurobiologists. They found that a treatment known as environmental enrichment led to notable gains in male subjects between the ages of 3 and 12. Results appear online in Behavioral Neuroscience. Study co-authors Cynthia ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733459/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:15 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733459/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say "yes" when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. Philosophers and psychologists have long argued about whether there is one "right" answer to such moral questions, be it utilitarian ethics, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733462/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733462/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the bodies of most Americans. Once perceived as harmless, phthalates have come under increasing scrutiny. A growing collection of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733357/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733357/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the brain that are implicated in determining the value of actions, in planning actions and in motivation. Dr. Alain Dagher, from McGill University, suggests abnormal interactions between these decision-making brain regions could ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733464/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733464/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c addiction expert Francesco Leri, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Guelph, suggest food addiction could explain, at least partly, the current ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733215/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733215/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Researchers at Johns Hopkins have unraveled the molecular foundations of cocaine's effects on the brain, and identified a compound that blocks cravings for the drug in cocaine-addicted mice. The compound, already proven safe for humans, is undergoing further animal testing in preparation for possible clinical trials in cocaine addicts, the researchers say. "It was remarkably ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733465/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with visceral (abdominal) fat accumulation only in men, perhaps explaining gender differences in the impact of OSA on cardiovascular disease and mortality. "Visceral fat accumulation, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is also associated with OSA, and gender differences in mortality related to sleep apnea have been ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733466/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c More than 40 percent of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic "gold standard" for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. "While there have been many studies of the under-diagnosis of COPD, there has not been a U.S.-based study that has quantified the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733467/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733467/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published in the /i>Journal of the American Chemical Society. After more than a decade of work, UC Irvine chemists have created a way to clearly identify clinically usable markers for prostate cancer in urine, meaning that the disease could be detected far sooner, with ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733468/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733468/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system achieves good efficacy and safety with low rates of late lumen loss and major coronary adverse events at six months, show first results from the pivotal DESolve Nx trial reported at EuroPCR 2013. DESolve (Elixir Medical Corporation) is the first bioresorbable PLLA-based polymer scaffold that releases novolimus, a major metabolite of sirolimus. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733469/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733469/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved PCV13 for use beginning in 2010 after a series of trials. These trials found that PCV13, which protects against a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:09 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733471/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Results from a large observational study reported at EuroPCR 2013 question whether bivalirudin is superior to heparin in the absence of GPIIb/IIIa blockade, showing similar 30-day mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). European and US NSTE-ACS guidelines currently recommend bivalirudin alone ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:09 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733470/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c US scientists have found a molecule that triggers the sensation of itching in mice. They say the finding solves a mystery about itching: it is not a low level of pain but a separately wired circuit with a direct line into the brain. If studies show the same is true of humans, the discovery could lead to new drugs to relieve symptoms in chronic itching conditions like eczema. Santosh Mishra and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:08 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733473/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c What people take from nature - water, food, timber, inspiration, relaxation - are so abundant, it seems self-evident. Until you try to quantitatively understand how and to what extent they contribute to humans. In today's world, where competition for and degradation of natural resources increases globally, it becomes ever more crucial to quantify the value of ecosystem services - the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733472/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:08 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733472/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to determine if any socioeconomic factors were associated with less successful outcomes of knee replacement surgery. Their study, which appears in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733475/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733475/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Widely available in pharmacies and health stores, phosphatidylserine is a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy. Proven to improve cognition and slow memory loss, it's a popular treatment for older people experiencing memory impairment. Now a team headed by Prof. Gil Ast and Dr. Ron Bochner of Tel Aviv University's Department of Human Molecular Genetics has ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733474/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733474/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Most elite athletes consider doping substances "are effective" in improving performance, while recognising that they constitute cheating, can endanger health and entail the obvious risk of sanction. At the same time, the reasons why athletes start to take doping substances are to achieve athletic success, improve performance, for financial gain, to improve recovery and to prevent ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733477/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:06 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733477/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c glaucoma , but their use is not without risks. PGAs have long been associated with blurred vision, dryness, changes in eye color and other side effects. Now a new study has found that these drugs also cause upper and lower eyelid drooping and other issues that can interfere with vision. The findings are described in PLOS ONE. Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear performed ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733478/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733478/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A study published in Gaceta Sanitaria (Spanish health scientific journal) affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between genders in the Autonomous Community in which the patient resides. In 1999, a researcher at the University of Harvard, Ishiro Kawachi, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733481/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:04 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733481/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds. The findings have implications for planning the public health response to this pandemic threat. The study used a new, high throughput method that allows blood samples to be analysed for ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733479/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:04 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733479/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733480/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733480/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c cysts are a common type of brain lesion that is usually harmless, but with a risk of rupture or bleeding. A new study identifies risk factors for rupture or bleeding in children with "incidentally" detected arachnoid cysts, reports the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733482/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733482/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design. The study was published in the online journal Nature Communications. TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. tuberculosis. In 2011, TB sickened some 8.7 million people and took some 1.4 million lives, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733483/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733483/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c One-year results from SOURCE XT - one of the largest, post-approval transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) registries to-date - reported today at EuroPCR 2013 show good clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice, with high rates of device success for all access approaches, valve sizes and delivery systems. The SOURCE XT Post-Approval Study followed up 2688 consecutively enrolled ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733486/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733486/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Using the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR), University of Cincinnati researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could help with earlier diagnosis and intervention in those who have not yet shown symptoms. This finding, the first of its kind and led by UC's Bruce Yacyshyn, MD, was presented via podium presentation by staff ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733492/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733492/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease. Researchers looked at a fairly common variant of the gene for mucin-5B, a protein that is a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733493/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733493/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The American Heart Association recommends that people eat at least two servings of fish every week. The omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil are thought to have very good properties that can help prevent cardiovascular ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733490/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733490/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Environment is not the only factor in shaping regulatory patterns - and it might not even be the primary factor, according to a new Rice University study that looks at how cells' protein networks relate to a bacteria's genome. The Rice lab of computer scientist Luay Nakhleh reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that when environmental factors are eliminated ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733491/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733491/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and nonsmokers, according to a new study. The research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, also indicated that the use of antacids has a protective effect against ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733489/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:57 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733489/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c According to new research carried out by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, forty percent of medical students are unconsciously biased against obese people. The study, published in the Journal of Academic Medicine, revealed that doctors generally have an anti-fat bias which results in obese people not receiving the same level of respect as slim people. Doctors may assume that due ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733487/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733487/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Optical illusions have long been used in neuroscience to point out perceptions into how the brain functions, and now a visual test can detect impaired abilities to see large motions in high-IQ people, according to a new study. The finding, published in Current Biology reveals that people who have high IQ scores process sensory information differently. The brains of people with high IQ were ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733488/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733488/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Lt. Col. (Dr.) Heather Pickett performs acupuncture therapy on Sandra Moncayo, a retired Naval Chief Petty Officer, at Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Kelly suffers from PTSD and chronic pain, and acupuncture has helped ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733495/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:09:47 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733495/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c After weeks of negotiations, California said it has selected 13 health plans for a new state-run insurance marketplace where as many as 5 million people will shop for coverage next ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733289/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 05:07:34 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733289/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati. Some labor unions that initially backed Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan that could hurt their members. (AP Photo/David Kohl, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733496/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 04:47:17 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733496/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732678/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732678/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c AN accessible, healthy food supply is urgently needed to tackle the rising and costly problem of obesity, the Public Health Association of Australia says. The health care system cannot tackle the problem alone and strategies to prevent obesity should include shielding children from promotion of unhealthy foods during their peak television viewing times, the PHAA says. The Council of Australian ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732629/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:47:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732629/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A pioneering, B.C.-led surgical procedure aimed at preventing ovarian cancer has been deemed safe by a new Italian study published Thursday in the medical journal Gynecologic Oncology.B.C. experts have been at the forefront of a change in surgical protocols that recommends the removal of women's Fallopian tubes during hysterectomies in order to reduce their risk of developing ovarian ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732191/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:12:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732191/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The problem of under-nourished patients in Dublin hospitals is being ignored, according to the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism.They are launching a document, "Every patient deserves good nutritional care", which recommends how to eliminate malnutrition in older and chronically sick patients. The report will be used as an opportunity to establish a "malnutrition ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732184/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:52 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732184/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c British law enforcement was under fire Friday after conceding it knew for almost a decade about the two men who allegedly butchered a British soldier. Prime ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214732157/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Dr. Travis Stork walked viewers through the physical ailments that can stem from a split, noting that people are more likely to get sick after a breakup. He also warned that those ailments can have major consequences. "You can actually have something called broken heart syndrome," he said. "People have died from a broken heart because of the stress placed on your heart after a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731731/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 02:15:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731731/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c US researchers reported Thursday the discovery of a key molecule responsible for triggering the sensation of itch in our brain but warned that the molecule may not be a good drug target since it's involved in many body functions. Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health said that there will be no itch if the molecule, a small neuropeptide called natriuretic polypeptide b, or ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731245/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:41:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731245/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Mary Janet (Gregorius) Demarest, 85, of Natrona Heights, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in her home with the loving support of family and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731247/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:23:35 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731247/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c A May 5 letter ("Gun laws won't stop criminals") from Greg Perrine of Reedsville was less than honest in replying to an earlier writer's view that "90 percent of Americans support the Manchin/Toomey plan for background checks on all gun-purchases." Perrine cited information from the "Buckeye Firearms Institute" to claim "90 percent of police ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731248/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:14:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731248/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c On Wednesday, Colorado's health benefit exchange got a substantial number of participants. And on Thursday, it officially got its funding source. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 1245, sponsored by Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, which gives to the exchange $23.5 million over the next two years that had been used to fund the soon-to-be-defunct Cover Colorado health insurance program. The ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731246/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 01:10:06 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214731246/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c The prevalence of obstetric fistula -- a preventable and treatable condition linked to women's reproduction -- among women and girls in developing countries is a denial of their human rights, a senior UN official said on Thursday, urging global action to make childbirth safer. "The persistence of fistula is a result of human rights denied and a reflection of human rights abuse," ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214730759/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Fri, 24 May 2013 00:48:35 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214730759/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c medical blunder in which a transplant patient was left fighting for her life after being given a heart that did not match her blood type. The rare mistake was discovered halfway through the emergency operation at a premier public hospital when a nurse, who was not in the operating theatre, realised that the donor's AB blood type was not compatible with the recipient's type A one. This ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729646/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729646/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Saskatchewan has a better wait time for a type of heart surgery than the rest of the country, a progress report on health-care reforms shows.That good news was a rare bright spot in an annual progress report released Thursday by the Health Council of Canada, which found that reforms are not keeping pace with the needs of Canadians and that access to services varies widely from province to ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729647/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729647/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729648/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 22:45:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729648/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c California, widely seen as a model for how individuals will buy health insurance under the new health care law, announced Thursday that 13 insurers had been chosen to sell policies through the insurance marketplace ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214730760/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:32 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214730760/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c California health officials on Thursday unveiled the likely rates that insurers will charge under the health-care law backed by President Barack Obama - and they are lower than expected, rebutting warnings by critics that many people will experience "rate shock" once the law is fully implemented. On average, a person who chooses a mid-level plan can expect to pay around $321 a month, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729062/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:30:40 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214729062/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c To the Editor: Re ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733454/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733454/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c To the Editor: In ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733453/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214733453/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Leading characters in TV soaps are promoting unhealthy lifestyles with too much drinking, a poor diet and an almost total lack of exercise, according to an academic study. Several actors are portrayed drinking alcohol in at least a third of the scenes they appear in, while others are shown eating chips, cake and fry-ups. The two-week study by Liverpool John Moores University Business School ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214728297/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c Thu, 23 May 2013 20:59:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214728297/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c