Postmenopausal women who like barbecued and smoked meat would be wise to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables too, a new study suggests. Dr. Susan E. Steck of the University of South Carolina in Columbia and her colleagues found that postmenopausal women who consumed the most grilled, barbecued or smoked red meat over their lifetime [...]
A man has been jailed for 20 months for kidnapping his wife from hospital to stop her having a breast enlargement. James McCarthy told wife Kerry: “Don’t do it. I like you as you are”, as he dragged her from a ward at the City of London’s St Bartholomew’s Hospital. She had pleaded with hospital [...]
Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and may even help prevent certain cancers, according to panelists discussing the benefits — and risks — of the beverage at a scientific meeting. “We’re coming from a situation where coffee had a very negative health image,” Dr. Rob van Dam of the Harvard School of [...]
WASHINGTON — A Brazilian spider delivers more than a painful bite that sends most victims to the hospital. Its venom stimulates an hours-long erection. Now scientists have figured out the chemical that seems to be responsible for the penis boost. In Brazil, emergency room staff can immediately spot the victims of a bite from the [...]
LESBIANS are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for obesity-related health problems and death, US researchers said. The report, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is one of the first large studies to look at obesity among lesbians. Ulrike Boehmer of the [...]
JACKSON, Mich. –A woman pretended to have liver cancer and took in about $20,000 from fundraisers to pay for her fictitious treatments, authorities said. Jean Anne Allen, 36, was arraigned Thursday after state police said they found no evidence she was being treated for the disease. “She duped a lot of people,” said state police [...]
Defects in the brain’s white matter, which is responsible for communication between parts of the brain, may be a key genetic factor contributing to schizophrenia, a new study suggests. “This is the first clear demonstration of a new mechanism by which aspects of schizophrenia and other disorders could be produced,” said study senior author Gabriel [...]
Gifts Continue, Contacts Increase Despite Guidelines Despite efforts to curb drug companies’ avid courting of doctors, the industry is working harder than ever to influence what medicines they prescribe, sending out sales representatives with greater frequency and plying physicians with gifts, meals and consulting fees, according to several new papers.
Having a high IQ isn’t money in the bank, according to new research that shows smarter doesn’t necessarily mean richer. A nationwide study shows people of below average and average intelligence are just as wealthy as those in similar circumstances with higher IQs. In fact, researchers say the highly intelligent may be more prone to [...]
* Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers’ compensation claims as their fit co-workers. (AP GRAPHIC) * Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found [...]
