Saturday, March 11, 2006

Chest health - Eczema


Eczema
BBC News - Mar 09 12:16 PM
US authorities have ruled two eczema creams should carry warnings that they may increase the risk of cancer.Save to My Web

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Asthma - Kids' Asthma Linked to Maternal Nutrition


Kids' Asthma Linked to Maternal Nutrition
Forbes - Mar 4, 2006 SATURDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- The link between maternal health and childhood asthma is becoming clearer. Researchers presenting

Asthma Treatment Patterns Hold Surprises for Arizona Researchers
Knowledge@W. P. Carey (Subscription), Tempe - Mar 1, 2006 Asthma sufferers in Maricopa County , Ariz. , who are on private health insurance plans are more likely to visit hospital emergency

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Asthma - Weight Watchers helps WFU student lose weight, get happier and gain


Weight Watchers helps WFU student lose weight, get happier and gain
Winston-Salem Journal - Jenny Billings, a senior at Wake Forest, works out in a weight room at Reynolds Gymnasium at WFU. Billings has lost 120 pounds through the Weight Watchers program and an exercise and physical-fitness regimen. (Journal Photo by Jennifer Rotenizer) For

NAACP questions act
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - (March 7, 2006) Members of the local NAACP today said that last week's fatal shooting by police of a woman with a history of mental illness could have been avoided. President Joseph S. Brown, at a noon press conference, said responding police

Kirpans are no threat
Toronto Sun - Scratch our oh-so-wonderfully tolerant Canadian multicultural surface with, say, a little thing called a kirpan and you ll find a lot of irrational, seething anger. I can t believe the question of Sikh kids being able to wear the

LETTERS by submission by submission
Coastal Post News - We are kidding ourselves if we think that there are too many citizens and no time for the President to wiretap our calls and our e-mails. While it would seem logical that there are too many citizens for any one of us to be an incident, and it is

Pump iron to stop middle-age spread
MSNBC - Lifting weights can help women control belly fat, study finds DALLAS - By just lifting weights twice a week for an hour, women can battle the buildup of tummy fat that often takes hold with aging, a new study suggests. And they didn t even diet

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Lung cancer - Oxygen lack likely killed Canada teen


Oxygen lack likely killed Canada teen
Belleville News-Democrat - MONTREAL - A lack of oxygen to the brain likely played a role in the death of a teenager once thought to have died of a peanut allergy after kissing her boyfriend who had just eaten peanut butter, a Quebec coroner said Monday. Coroner Michel Miron

Monday, March 06, 2006

Chest health - Inquest begins into death of Canadian on Australian ranch


Inquest begins into death of Canadian on Australian ranch
Globe and Mail, Canada - 7 hours ago severe burns to 60 per cent of her body, including her legs, arms and chest. using aviation fuel in lanterns and if they had any occupational health and safety

Some etiquette rules for cell phone users
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Mar 5, 2006 several hunting protocols, and you shoot the old guy in the face and chest from close of this state that we do not let our forests decline in health and value.

Reports: Knicks coach made trip to hospital with chest pains
SI.com - Mar 3, 2006 coach Larry Brown checked into a Memphis hospital complaining of chest pains earlier Daily News and Post both reported that the most recent health scare was

Aches and mistakes: Chest pain shouldn't be ignored
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Mar 3, 2006 Dr. Thomas Cook, emergency physician at Palmetto Health Richland in South Carolina, said its 10-bed chest-pain unit lets people get hours of cardiac testing

Group offers a challenge
Arizona Republic, AZ - Mar 4, 2006 It will focus on four key areas: education, the economy, health care and immigration. participants will not say who is helping build their war chest, but they

The water doctors of Sunderbans
Hindu, India - Mar 4, 2006 outside the local gram panchayat office that has been converted into a health clinic grows He is advised to have a fresh X-ray of his chest done and will have

Thorpe in fragile mental state
FOX SPORTS, Australia - Mar 2, 2006 unable to ingest over-the-counter medication that may improve his health because many Thorpe developed a chest infection on February 14 and has not been able

Rajkumar has recovered completely, say doctors
Hindu, India - Mar 2, 2006 KS Satish, chest physician, said he has recovered completely recovered and there is an overall improvement in the other health aspects.

Forget the couch; counseling moves online
Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Mar 3, 2006 being interested in adding this to their tool chest of therapeutic tools," said Dr. John Grohol, founder of the International Society for Mental Health Online.

Picking Up the Pace
BusinessWeek - 9 hours ago can show that their expensive new gizmos will lower overall health-care bills -- say them, by placing a wand-like receiver over the patient's chest that prompts

Lung cancer - Study Shows Individual Replacement Therapy With C1-Inhibitor Concentrate Reduces Life-Threatening Hereditary Angioedema


Study Shows Individual Replacement Therapy With C1-Inhibitor Concentrate Reduces Life-Threatening Hereditary Angioedema
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 06 5:30 AM
Researchers concluded that individual replacement therapy with C1-inhibitor concentrate in patients with severe hereditary angioedema significantly reduces the frequency of HAE attacks -- especially life-threatening attacks -- and significantly improves quality of life, compared to danazol.Save to My Web

Explaining Medications
Winchester Star - Mar 05 10:29 PM
You may have seen it before. A television commercial features a smiling man interacting with his family to lilting music. But his smile fades when the commercial announces the man has chronic asthma.Save to My Web

Travel Medicine for Trekkers and Climbers in the Himalayan Region
Everest News - Mar 05 7:39 PM
By Larry Rigsby M.D. Dr. Larry Rigsby, practices as an Internal Medicine physician in Montgomery, AL. He is a regional medical director for Eagle Hospital, a medical consultant for Himalaya Inc. and has a great interest in high altitude medicine and physiology.Save to My Web

News Headlines
Tyne Tees.tv - Mar 06 12:09 AM
A disabled family have been left housebound after thieves stole their brand new motability car. Virginia Coleman from Billingham is crippled with arthritis and has severe asthma. As well as coping with her own disabilities, she also cares for her two grandsons.Save to My Web

Chest health - Sun, saddles, seasoning


Sun, saddles, seasoning
Opelousas Daily World - Mar 06 12:03 AM
The Here's the Beef Cook-Off started early Sunday morning with a trail ride and winded down about 3 p.m. after the announcement of the winners.Save to My Web

Reuters Canada Business Summary
The Globe and Mail - Mar 06 3:43 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures moved up on Monday, pointing to opening gains for Wall Street, as oil slipped and stock markets around the world rose but AT&T looked set to fall after saying it will buy BellSouth .Save to My Web

Suit: W.Va. police chief denied gay man CPR
USA Today - Mar 03 10:28 AM
A small-town police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim because he assumed the ailing man had HIV and posed a health risk.Save to My Web

Women and Heart Disease: It's all about education and empowerment
Southern Illinoisan - Mar 05 10:28 PM
For almost 10 years, Eva Lou Kee, a retired bank teller from Marion, didn't feel quite right. She went to several doctors complaining about her problem. Nobody could put a finger on what her condition was. The diagnoses ranged from midlife crisis, to arthritis, to even just too much stress.Save to My Web

Lung cancer - Asthma Control May Be Weighty Matter


Asthma Control May Be Weighty Matter
MedPage Today, NJ - Feb 23, 2006 23 - Obese patients with asthma who are taking oral leukotriene antagonists like Singulair (montelukast) tend to have better control while leaner patients may

Dahlia: $1.1 million tally a feat for Beaux Arts Ball
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 5 hours ago Saunders, another National Jewish patient, suffers from asthma. "Many years ago, I thought I was having a severe asthma attack, so

Troubled by Chronic Cough: Persistence Pays Off
Newswise (press release) - Mar 4, 2006 Asthma: Asthma inflames and constricts air passages and tends to trigger a cough, especially during the night, after exercise or when you re exposed to

Take Your Medicine Asthma advocates say pollution is the problem
MLive.com, MI - Feb 20, 2006 But the preacher also has asthma, and a larger audience: the tri-county area, where about 10 percent of the 400,000 residents live with the chronic disease.

Asthma alert - Asthma attack
GMTV, UK - 13 hours ago Do you know what to do during an asthma attack? Read on to find out more Every seven hours, someone dies needlessly from an Asthma attack.

Doctors share experiences in asthma diagnosis and treatment
Viet Nam News Agency, Vietnam - Feb 22, 2006 22 (VNA) - Some 200 doctors from central hospitals nationwide and Dr. Claude Lenfant, Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), have

Family hopes inquest to spark health changes
ABC Regional Online, Australia - 11 hours ago The family of a young mother who died after being treated for an asthma attack by an overseas trained doctor hopes a coroner's inquest will force changes to

'Blow the Whistle on Asthma' Kick-off Event
Westbury Times, NY - Mar 2, 2006 Every day, 15 people die from asthma. Interested in learning how you can help find a cure for the 57,000 children living on Long Island who suffer from asthma?

Chest health - Reflections on the Balata Invasion


Reflections on the Balata Invasion
Scoop.co.nz - Mar 05 11:54 PM
1.Simply. Not. News. by neta Golan 2.Report of Balata Invasion by IWPS 3.Watching your tax dollars at work by Katie 4.A few days in a war zone by Harrison HealySave to My Web

Medical Edge: Brace may help osteoporosis patient
The Bryan-College Station Eagle - Mar 04 5:30 AM
Long-term use of corticosteriods to treat asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions can contribute to decreased bone mass. Save to My Web

OPINION: Crusade to Regulate Tobacco Might Not Be Over: Crusade to Regulate Tobacco Might Not Be Over
RedNova - Mar 05 1:29 PM
By Janet Pearson, Tulsa World, Okla. Mar.Save to My Web

A Dose of Change
Marketing Y Medios - Mar 05 11:08 PM
When one of Cecilia Alvarez's children took ill in her native Mexico City, she consulted a doctor by phone and bought antibiotics herself without prescriptions. Shortly after Alvarez moved to Miami eight years ago, another child became sick.Save to My Web

Some asthma face masks don't work well for kids
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 5:29 PM
Face masks, used in combination with pressurized inhalers and holding chambers, are supposed to make it easier to treat asthma in young children. However, some masks cause discomfort and reduce the amount of medication kids end up getting, researchers report.Save to My Web

UI Researchers To Study New Outpatient Procedure For Asthma
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 01 7:42 AM
IOWA CITY, Iowa----March 1, 2006--Joel Kline, M.D., and Geoffrey McLennan, M.D., Ph.D., at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics today announced the start of their participation as principal investigators in an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore a new investigational asthma treatment that may change the way we treat patients affected by asthma in the future.Save to My Web

A third can't help in asthma attack
icWales - Mar 05 11:56 PM
ONE in three people in Wales do not know what to do if someone is having a potentially fatal asthma attack.Save to My Web

Full text: Sir Menzies' speech
BBC News - Mar 05 6:28 AM
The full text of Sir Menzies Campbell's first speech as leader of the Liberal Democrats.Save to My Web

More info: SCHOOL NURSES
Montgomery Advertiser - 54 minutes ago
It's noon at Vaughn Road Elementary School, and the nurse's office is teeming with students. Some aren't feeling well, others are there to get their medication, while more wait to get their blood sugar checked.Save to My Web

Lung cancer - Cancer mum risks life for her baby


Cancer mum risks life for her baby
Herald Sun - Mar 04 6:11 AM
BRAVE cancer sufferer Tammy McDonald put her life on the line to save her unborn baby. Mrs McDonald, 32, was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer when she was 28 weeks pregnant.Save to My Web

Asbestos industry underlines `safe' status
The Hindu - Mar 05 12:58 PM
Only eight per cent Chrysotile in cement-asbestos-fly ash mix. Wet process ensures no dust arisesSave to My Web

Report Says Cancer Deaths Down in Iowa
WHO-TV Des Moines - Mar 04 7:35 AM
March 1st, 2006-- There's good news in the fight against cancer in Iowa. Deaths from the top four types of cancer are down. That's according to the 2006 Cancer in Iowa report released today.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer
WKYT 27 - Kentucky - Mar 01 6:07 PM
He was given ten months to live...a nonsmoker diagnosed with lung cancer. Fifteen months from diagnosis he's still alive. The number one cause of lung cancer is smoking.Save to My Web

Science insists it's soda that's making us so fat
NorthJersey.com - Mar 05 4:24 AM
Low-fat, low-cal, low-carb. Food fads may be distracting attention from something more insidiously piling on pounds: beverages. One of every five calories in the American diet is liquid. The nation's single biggest "food" is soda, and nutrition experts have long demonized it.Save to My Web

OPINION: Crusade to Regulate Tobacco Might Not Be Over: Crusade to Regulate Tobacco Might Not Be Over
RedNova - Mar 05 1:29 PM
By Janet Pearson, Tulsa World, Okla. Mar.Save to My Web

Wonder drug's double whammy
icNewcastle - Evening Chronicle - Mar 03 4:40 AM
Cancer wonder drug Alimta is better than previously thought. The drug can keep people with asbestos-related lung cancer alive for up to five years rather than just months as previously thought.Save to My Web

Asthma - Heroes of the Revolution, Part II


Heroes of the Revolution, Part II
HoweStreet.com, Canada - Mar 4, 2006 have made a fairly decent-looking corpse, if you ignored the flabby chest and paunchy of the people who came to him rather than botching the good health of the

Effects of chlorine gas linger for town
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 22 hours ago South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control has carried out experienced symptoms such as severe coughing, burning eyes, chest pains, skin

Merrill teenager dies of uncommon fungal infection
LaCrosse Tribune, WI - Mar 1, 2006 in Marathon and Sawyer counties so far this year, health officials said. symptoms, which include fever, acute lung infection, weight loss, chest pain, muscle

Technology enhances new facility
Clemson Tiger News, SC - Mar 2, 2006 with nursing faculty and students and the Architecture and Health studio faculty history and physical of the patient, initial lab results, initial chest x-rays

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Lung cancer - Busting the myth


Busting the myth
Euroa Gazette - Mar 05 3:56 PM
An ancient myth dating back to the 12th century linking dairy foods with mucus-coated throats, clogged noses, annoying coughs and asthma is not supported by scientific evidence, according to a comprehensive review in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.Save to My Web

Asthma increases among women and elderly
Sydney Morning Herald - Mar 05 4:13 AM
Asthma prevalence has increased substantially in the past decade in Australia, particularly among women and the elderly, research suggests. -Save to My Web

Lung cancer - Inspired by asthma, entrepreneur goes green with non-toxic


Inspired by asthma, entrepreneur goes green with non-toxic
WAVY-TV, VA - Feb 19, 2006 health conscious. Twenty-six-year-old Jon Roberts endured severe asthma attacks until he identified the ailments' triggers. Roberts

Kids with bad asthma prone to bad behavior
MSNBC - Feb 17, 2006 Preschoolers with persistent asthma symptoms may be more likely to get into fights with their peers or otherwise have more behavior problems than children with

Little Progress Made in Closing Racial 'Asthma Gap'
Forbes - Feb 13, 2006 13 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are five times more likely to die of asthma and four times more likely to be hospitalized for the condition than other

Baby pools, asthma linked?
myDNA.com, TX - Feb 27, 2006 Recent studies show a possible link between the use of baby pools and childhood asthma. Researchers with Belgium's Catholic University

Tracking Down the Asthma-Air Pollution Link
International News Service, Australia - Feb 28, 2006 When it comes to the connection between asthma and air pollution, researchers know it's there, but have only begun to figure out how it works.

Warnings for Asthma Sufferers
abc11tv.com, NC - Feb 20, 2006 By Tisha Powell. (02/20/06 - DURHAM) - While some of you are enjoying the winter weather, the colder temperatures can be hard on people with asthma.

Expert: Asthma-drug warning being blown off
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Feb 21, 2006 A public warning about the life-threatening danger of a popular asthma drug widely advertised on TV is not being taken seriously enough by doctors or

Home Improvement Expert to Help Allergic Asthma Sufferers Reduce
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Feb 28, 2006 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrew Dan-Jumbo, home improvement expert on TLC's While You Were Out, launched a campaign today with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of

Altana's asthma drug Alvesco granted additional approval for
Forbes - Feb 16, 2006 BAD HOMBURG, Germany (AFX) - Altana AG said its asthma drug Alvesco has received an additional approval for treatment of severe persistent asthma in adolescent

Asthma - Harvesting the Bay


Harvesting the Bay
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 10 hours ago chopsticks, spreading his arms wide, then pulling them back toward his chest. counterparts, perform a natural filtering function critical to the bay's health.

Kolb takes new attitude to the mound
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - 23 hours ago Got something to get off your chest? Voice your opinion and interact with other fans in our free Brewers Forum. "Danny has had bad years due to health.

Ex-Belgium boss Antheunis retires because of ill-health
Reuters.uk, UK - Feb 28, 2006 Antheunis has resigned as coach of Lokeren due to ill-health and is retiring from the game. Last week, Antheunis was admitted to hospital with chest pains and

Asthma - Oxigene plans phase II lung cancer trial


Oxigene plans phase II lung cancer trial
Pharmaceutical Business Review - Feb 6, 2006 a phase II clinical trial in the US evaluating its lead clinical candidate, Combretastatin A4P, in the treatment of stage IIIa/IIIb non small cell lung cancer.

Lung cancer patients are 'being denied care'
ic Huddersfield.co.uk, UK - Feb 7, 2006 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. The Holme Valley-born star died of lung cancer at the age of 62 despite never having smoked.

Lung Cancer Drug Pipeline Update Lists All 243 Drugs for Lung
Genetic Engineering News, NY - Feb 16, 2006 Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c32989) has announced the addition of Lung Cancer Drug Pipeline Update 2006 to their offering.

Lung cancer patients 'deserve better treatment'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Feb 7, 2006 Lung cancer charities are calling on the Government to provide better treatment to sufferers of the disease, who they say are not getting the care and

Study Says Even Former Smokers Should Get Lung Cancer Screenings
New York Sun, NY - Feb 16, 2006 Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center found that smokers and former smokers, especially those age 50 and above, should be screened annually for lung cancer.

Onyx, Bayer start Phase III trial of lung cancer drug
San Francisco Business Times, CA - Feb 16, 2006 and Bayer Phamaceuticals Corp. said Thursday they have begun a late-stage trial of the drug Nexavar in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Actor Don Knotts Dies of Complications From Lung Cancer
About - News & Issues, NY - Feb 26, 2006 Actor Don Knotts died of respiratory complications from lung cancer. He passed away Friday at UCLA Medical Center. Knotts was known

Chromium industry withheld lung cancer study - report
Food Consumer, IL - Feb 27, 2006 OSHA) effect to set a strict standard for the occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium a known carcinogen that raises lung cancer risk, suggests a

Is Lung Cancer Becoming a Woman's Disease?
Consumer Affairs - Feb 3, 2006 By Henry J. Fishman, MD. Over the last 70 years, the death rate for lung cancer in women has gone up nearly 600 percent. In 1987, it

Study Finds Risk of Lung Cancer Greatest in Black Smokers
Voice of America - Feb 14, 2006 Researchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between race and rates of lung cancer among smokers. A new study

Asthma - Ryan's Courage


Ryan's Courage
Shelbyville Times-Gazette - Ryan Purdom is back at school following a brave battle with a rare form of cancer. A benefit auction for Ryan is to be held starting 5 p.m. March 18 at Bedford County Agricultural Center. Ryan Purdom, an athletic Cascade sixth grader, was playing

On Pins and Needles: Acupuncture for Arthritis Relief
ABC News - Select a Health Topic ADD & ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast Cancer Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Children's Health Colon Cancer Contraception COPD/Emphysema Dental Health Diabetes

R. Scott Greer Named Chairman of the Board of Sirna Therapeutics
dBusinessNews.com - San Francisco: AT&T, Verizon Name Appointees to the Governing Board of the California Emerging Technology Fund SAN FRANCISCO -- AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon today announced San Francisco: Fitch Teleconference: Kelo vs. New London: Reactions

Mentoring Course Aids Teens With Illnesses
Allentown Morning Call - LEBANON, N.H. -- Besides juggling school, sports and everything else that goes along with being a teenager, 16-year-old Corinne Cline also has to deal with managing her diabetes. But Cline is benefiting from a program that links teenagers with

Escaped suspect turns himself in
WIS-TV - (Manning-AP) March 4, 2006 - Clarendon County deputies say a man who escaped from a police car earlier this week was still wearing handcuffs on one of his arms when he turned himself in nearly two days later. Authorities say a deputy was taking 27

Full review
National Catholic Reporter - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is Tommy Lee Jones first film as director but seems like the work of a seasoned professional. At the 2005 Cannes film festival it won the best screenplay award for Guillermo Arriaga, and Mr. Jones himself got

Kos Announces Presentation at the SG Cowen 26th Annual Health Care
dBusinessNews.com - Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, commercializing, manufacturing and marketing proprietary prescription products for the treatment of chronic diseases with a particular focus on

Childhood Asthma Linked to Adult Obesity
NewsMax.com - Young adults with asthma are at high risk of obesity later in life, according to a Swiss study. The study, by Dr. Gregor Hasler and his colleagues at the University Hospital Zurich, involved nearly 600 men and women. It turned out that those who had

Asthma - SHIPPING'S DIRTY CARGO / Port pollution poses huge health threat, says union


SHIPPING'S DIRTY CARGO / Port pollution poses huge health threat, says union
San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 04 3:40 AM
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, a formidable labor group not historically associated with environmental causes, has launched a campaign to slash air pollution at West Coast ports. The goal is to substantially reduce air pollutants at...Save to My Web

Health care projects get U.S. funding
The Arizona Republic - Mar 03 10:07 PM
A partnership that gathers information on how Arizonans get health care is getting money and recognition from the federal government. Save to My Web

Asthma on the march
Herald Sun - Mar 05 6:13 AM
ASTHMA prevalence has risen substantially in the past decade in Australia. A South Australian survey of about 3000 people a year between 1990 and 2003 found prevalence of asthma doubled in women, from 7.3 per cent in 1990 to 14.6 per cent.Save to My Web

Asthma only makes runner more serious
Delaware Online - Mar 01 12:54 AM
Asthma doesn't prevent Chris O'Neill from running. In fact, it does the opposite. It encourages him to run.Save to My Web

Legislation sets training rules for providers
The Sacramento Bee - Mar 04 4:24 AM
Acupuncturists are aiming their needles at doctors.Save to My Web

Courage and convictions
St. Petersburg Times - Mar 03 10:19 PM
The segregated '60s in the Deep South called out to two young people destined to cross paths with their passion and their purpose. They'll not forget their turn as Freedom Riders.Save to My Web

Asthma & Absenteeism
WKYT 27 - Kentucky - Mar 01 6:04 PM
Asthma is keeping kids away from school a couple of extra days each year, according to a new report. Researchers found children with asthma, especially young children, miss more days of school than those without asthma.Save to My Web

DAMAYAN gets recognition during 25th anniversary of PCMC
Philstar.com - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
The Operation DAMAYAN of The STAR Group of Publications was given recognition during the 25th anniversary of the Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) in Quezon City.Save to My Web

Asthma - CRACK IN THEIR WORLD


CRACK IN THEIR WORLD
Philadelphia Daily News - SO, HOW SHOULD a 7-year-old girl who brought $60 worth of crack cocaine into her second-grade classroom be punished? Not at all, according to the top official in the Philadelphia School District. "The student is not being suspended," said school

Atlantic Station expands offerings in 2006
Weekly - ATLANTA (Feb. 28, 2006) Atlantic Station, Atlanta's newest mixed-use community in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, announces a full lineup of events in early 2006, including concerts, retail and restaurant openings, festivals as well as

Trans Fat Labeling
WSLS - Select a Health Topic ADD/ADHD Allergy Alternative Medicine Arthritis Asthma Body Aches and Pains Breast Cancer Cancer Awareness Cardio Health Children's Health Colon Cancer Contraception COPD/Emphysema Dental Health Diabetes Diet & Weight Loss Elder

Your Health This Month:
Slate - State of the science: For many years, doctors were pretty sure that if people ate less fat and more fruits, vegetables, and grains, they would reduce their risk of cancer in general and of breast and colorectal cancer specifically. They believed this

Lung cancer - Have stethoscope, can't use it


Have stethoscope, can't use it
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 3 hours ago physicians' first line of diagnosis, to stem the growth of health care costs virtual patients" complete with the physical signs -- a heaving chest or pulsating

Taylor students lead faculty toward fitness
Marion Chronicle Tribune, IN - Mar 3, 2006 After stopping at a chest press machine, Brockelsby got to work and Gretillat got to work At the same time, organizers are hoping to gauge the health of school

Turn off and tune in to radio
The Observer, UK - 14 hours ago If they thought Paul Robinson constituted a health risk to his own team-mates, they about the BBC - they get so confused they stab each other in the chest.'.

Lung cancer - Community Events


Community Events
WTGV - Toddler Trails ~ (Swanton) 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Oak Openings Preserve, Buehner Center, 5230 Wilkins Road. Dress your little ones for an outdoor, multi-sensory nature exploration. Especially for ages 18 months to 3 years and their adult companions

Auster toys with romance
Tacoma News Tribune - Writer Paul Auster ventures into romantic comedy in his new book, The Brooklyn Follies, which was published in January. The author has already finished his 13th book, and it will debut in 2007. New York The air in the dark hallway has the

'Doctor dogs' diagnose cancer
North Jersey Herald & News - SAN ANSELMO, Calif. -- In Africa, giant rats have been trained to sniff out tuberculosis in humans and land mines in fields. In England, dogs have identified bladder cancer. In Georgia, wasps have detected bombs. So perhaps it should come as no

Lung cancer - this story


this story
San Francisco Gate - Life changes when you see a pair of pink lines on a pregnancy test strip. If it's good news, your life becomes a 38-week countdown to holding your future, safely swaddled in your arms. You read books, you post sonogram pictures on the fridge, you

Knicks coach's health in question
New Castle News - NEW YORK Larry Brown called it a non-issue, but the 65-year-old New York Knicks coach's health became an issue Friday after it was revealed that he spent part of Tuesday in a Memphis hospital. It wasn't the Knicks' incessant losing that had

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WNYT - New York Republicans are renewing their pledge to put cop killers to death. The call comes after a police officer and a state trooper were killed this week in separate incidents. A relative of two people killed when the Ethan Allen capsized is urging

Party Crasher
Texas Observer - It s a bright winter morning at the Champions Golf Club in Northwest Houston. A touch of frost flecks the fairways as golfers make their way toward the clubhouse. This hardly looks like a political hot spot. Yet, at a well-appointed function room

Weightlifting Aids in Trimming Fat
WXIA 11 Alive - DALLAS (AP)- By just lifting weights twice a week for an hour, women can battle the buildup of tummy fat that often takes hold with aging, a new study suggests. And they didn't even diet. The study focused on intra-abdominal fat, the deep fat that

March madness of a different sort
Columbus Dispatch - Using a stability ball, Trace Kingham, 33, of Grandview Heights does chest presses (with trainer and spotter Liz Brown), above, and push-ups, below, at the Arena District Athletic Club. The ball adds an element of balance to a workout. January

kf' s Loony Oscar Longshot
Slate - Topping Out: A good deal of the gleeful Froomkinian outrage in the press and Democratic party over that pre-Katrina video seems to be based on what is at best is a semantic misunderstanding. After Katrina, Bush said "I don't think anybody anticipated

Lifesaver: Medical Advance Helps Heart Patients
WSTM - Over the years modern medicine has made important advances in the fight against heart disease. Now there's a machine that can detect heart problems in a most amazing way. It's a machine that can even predict whether you may someday suffer a heart

Clicked: Mind over time
MSNBC - "We can't touch time, or smell it. Yet it is utterly inescapable. But, research shows, time is - at least partly - something we control in our heads ." Scroll down to the section called "Does time fly?" to read about an experiment in which it

Asthma - Budget Cuts Take Aim at Medical Programs


Budget Cuts Take Aim at Medical Programs
San Francisco Gate - From screening newborns for hearing problems to efforts to fight heart disease and find causes of premature birth, some innovative medical programs demanded by families are on the government chopping block. President Bush's proposed budget for 2007

Warm Weather Welcomes Allergies
KSDK - (NBC News) - Sniffling and sneezing this time of year usually means a cold or flu, but this season it could be an allergy. The entire country had the warmest January on record according to government weather forecasters, setting the stage for a

Childhood Asthma Linked to Adult Obesity
NewsMax.com - Young adults with asthma are at high risk of obesity later in life, according to a Swiss study. The study, by Dr. Gregor Hasler and his colleagues at the University Hospital Zurich, involved nearly 600 men and women. It turned out that those who had

Mentoring Course Aids Teens With Illnesses
KFMB - Besides juggling school, sports and everything else that goes along with being a teenager, 16-year-old Corinne Cline also has to deal with managing her diabetes. But Cline is benefiting from a program that links teenagers with Dartmouth College

Doctors report inhaler shortage as propellant is being changed
Arizona Daily Star - A nationwide shortage of inhalers used by many of the 10 million Americans with asthma is driving up prices and could force doctors to consider alternate treatments. "Already I can't get them," said Virgil Miller, of Denver's Capitol Heights

Don Knotts, star of 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dead at 8
MetroMix - Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series "The Andy Griffith Show" and the leisure-suit-clad landlord Ralph Furley on ABC's '70s sitcom

Advances In Asthma Research Presented At 2006 AAAAI Annual Meeting In
Medical News Today - Pregnant women who have a higher intake of vitamin D may decrease the risk for asthma in their offspring during early childhood, according to new research presented today by Carlos Camargo Jr., MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and colleagues

Chest health - This week in the medical journals


This week in the medical journals
CNN.com - Mar 03 5:19 AM
Benefits may outweigh risksSave to My Web

How the New Machine Works
RedNova - Mar 02 5:15 PM
PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography, a scan that can show how body tissues are working and not just what they look like, for example the difference between scar tissue and active cancer tissue. It is primarily used in diagnosis of cancer.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer Link
RedNova - Feb 28 11:44 PM
By Compiled by Yap Eng Jin A study carried out in China has concluded that prolonged exposure to petrol, vehicle exhaust and kitchen smoke, and an unhealthy diet could cause lung cancer.Save to My Web