Metro-east drinking water is safe and meets all current regulations, despite testing positive for multiple pharmaceuticals, the state environmental regulator and a local water company say.
In a sample taken from East St. Louis, the drinking water tested positive for 11 different drugs including antidepressants, antibiotics and nonprescription drugs.
The sample from Illinois American Water, which provides drinking water for the majority of the Read the rest of this entry »
SANTA ANA, Calif.—The state medical board has put an Orange County pediatrician on probation for choking his psychiatrist.
In an order that took effect Wednesday, the board ordered seven years probation for Dr. Brendan Mull, a pediatric neurologist at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Los Angeles. During that period, he must receive psychotherapy, submit to drug tests and abstain from drinking alchohol, along with several other provisions.
In Read the rest of this entry »
The number of candles on your birthday cake can help predict your risk of breast cancer and the severity of the disease, research shows. But every woman has the power to outwit her biological clock with these tips from Fitness magazine.
One of the most important breast cancer risk factors – in addition to being female, overweight or having a family history of the disease – is your age, a mounting body of research shows. Changing your age is impossible, Read the rest of this entry »
Over the past year, there has been a tremendous amount of buzz about the
emergence of Health 2.0, and how innovative applications and start-ups
will revolutionize healthcare by providing services directly to
providers and consumers through the use of the Internet and digital
media. Boston has become a Mecca for the Health 2.0 with large players
such as Google Health, Trizetto, Yahoo Health, AthenaHealth and Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s how to get in shape for the slopes.
02:32 PM CDT on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
You’re planning a trip to the ski slopes for winter break. You’ve booked the flights, secured a condo, borrowed ski bibs, hats, goggles and gloves. You’re set. What’s left to do?
Physical conditioning should be a priority, according to fitness and winter sport experts. You can minimize aches and pains and reduce your risk of injury Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (Xinhua) — According to new research by U.S. scientists, the degree of change in blood triglyceride levels following a fatty meal may indicate susceptibility to diet-induced obesity.
The findings, published in the International Journal of Obesity and available here on Friday, open doors to new methods of identifying people, including children, who are at risk for becoming obese.
Triglycerides are a form of fat that is transported in Read the rest of this entry »
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Start switching to a Mediterranean
Diet by stocking your pantry or kitchen cabinets with the
right foods and a collection of easy-to-make recipes,
advises Executive Chef/co-owner Jean Paul Desmaison of La
Cofradia restaurant in Coral Gables, Fla.
The chef recommends starting with a foundation of simple
ingredients inspired by Mediterranean cuisine, such as fish,
nuts, fruits, vegetables, pasta, fresh herbs and olive oil. Read the rest of this entry »
With regard to contaminated Chinese dairy products, and products containing contaminated milk, I have just returned from Europe where all the supermarkets have taken these contaminated products off their shelves.
To my horror I discovered upon my return that many shops in Bogor still have Chinese contaminated dairy products on their shelves.
I herewith ask the Health Ministry to clearly name all these contaminated products and prohibit sales of Read the rest of this entry »
Associated Press – September 14, 2008 4:34 AM ET
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A 37-year-old man being taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation is in stable condition after jumping off a second-story roof of the Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach.
Hospital spokeswoman Salina Wang said the man was being brought to the hospital by his brother at around 10:30 a.m. Saturday for psychiatric evaluation. As they were going through the Read the rest of this entry »
By MARK WALSH and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ –
ALLENDE, Mexico (AP) — At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspects this packing plant, its warehouse in McAllen, Texas, and a farm in Mexico are among the sources of the United States’ Read the rest of this entry »