Posts Tagged ‘People’

Gene Might Boost Risk for Obesity

February 21st, 2012 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

SUNDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) — A new animal study suggests that a genetic mutation could put certain people at higher risk for becoming obese if they eat high-fat diets.

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Diabetes "massive challenge" as cases hit 366 million

September 14th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

The number of people living with diabetes has soared to 366 million, and the disease kills one person every seven seconds, posing a "massive challenge" to healthcare systems worldwide, experts said on Tuesday.

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Self-medication of anxiety tied to later drug abuse

August 5th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

People who drink or use drugs to calm down anxious nerves are at increased risk of developing full-blown substance abuse disorder down the road, Canadian researchers have found.

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Melanoma drug extends life in second large study

June 6th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

People with advanced melanoma who were treated with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's Yervoy plus chemotherapy lived an average of two months longer than people who got chemotherapy alone, in the first of many combination studies slated for this promi…

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Winter swine flu higher than in pandemic

May 27th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

More people in Britain died after contracting swine flu last winter, with most deaths among young and middle-aged adults, than during the pandemic a year earlier, official figures have shown.

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15 dead in Bangladesh as Nipah virus returns

February 6th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

At least 15 people have died in an outbreak of Nipah virus in a remote northern Bangladesh town as the deadly disease returned to the country, an official said Saturday.

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Age-appropriate exercises gain ground in 2011

January 17th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Health clubs, aware that the fitness needs of boomers, people in their 30s and 40s and youths differ, will be offering more age-appropriate workouts in the new year.

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Haiti rioters attack U.N. troops, one protester killed

November 17th, 2010 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

Protesters in Haiti, blaming United Nations troops for a cholera epidemic that has killed hundreds of people, attacked U.N. peacekeepers in two cities on Monday.

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Encephalitis kills 215 in India, toll expected to soar

August 29th, 2010 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

At least 215 people, mostly children, have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in an impoverished region of northern Indian and the death toll is likely to soar, officials said Saturday.

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Early treatment key for HIV-positive patients: WHO

July 20th, 2010 by Greg | No Comments | Filed in General Health

The number of people receiving medicines for the AIDS virus leapt by a quarter last year but more patients need to be brought into treatment before they are too sick, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.

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