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Tiny window for optimal baby birth outcome

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:33:12 -0500

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say their study revealed there's a very tiny window between 39 and 40 weeks where baby outcomes are optimal.

Many young U.S. adults have no time to eat

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:58:28 -0500

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Thirty-five percent of U.S. men ages 18 to 25 and 42 percent of women in the same age group say they do not have time to sit down for a meal.

How to get healthcare after job loss

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:45:34 -0500

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- In the U.S. economic slowdown, many people have lost their jobs and their health insurance, but an expert says healthcare is available.

Study explains sleep apnea link to stroke

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:19:36 -0500

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. researchers who linked higher risks of stroke to sleep apnea are finding the reasons why.

Fat-zapper leptin may work after all

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:37:32 -0500

BOSTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The potential of the appetite suppressing hormone -- leptin -- may be realized after all, U.S. researchers say.

Bacteria can transfer toxic genes

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:18:03 -0500

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- New York University School of Medicine researchers say they are startled to find bacteria may have the capability to stealthily transfer toxic genes.

PTSD tied to metabolic syndrome

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:01:00 -0500

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder are more likely to have a combination of medical disorders than other veterans, U.S. government researchers found.

Exercise may not help losing weight

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:10:04 -0500

MAYWOOD, Ill., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers confirm what dieters have long suspected -- physical activity does not help people to lose weight.

Skiers: Roll if you fall

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:15:14 -0500

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Keep arms tucked in and roll as you fall, a U.S. sports medicine doctor advises skiers.

Why hip replacements may fail

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:13:29 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say the most common reason for total hip replacements failing is not surface wear, as previously thought.

Collagen type protects against Alzheimer's

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:59:37 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A type of collagen, collagen VI, protects brain cells against amyloid-beta proteins, widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said.

Smoking moms-to-be linked to aggression

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:28:28 -0500

MONTREAL, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Dutch and Canadian researchers have linked aggression in children to their mothers smoking during pregnancy.

Protein may help fight Alzheimer's, stroke

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:57:54 -0500

MONTREAL, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A protein may strengthen people's resistance to Alzheimer's, stroke, dementia, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, Canadian researchers say.

Genes that may lessen epilepsy identified

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:57:35 -0500

TROY, N.Y., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. university researchers say they have identified genes that appear to ease the severity of epileptic seizures in mice.

Protein discovered to repair DNA

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:51:36 -0500

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A protein known for signaling cell injuries and preventing damaged cells from proliferating also repairs DNA, a published U.S. university study found.

CDC: Teen birth rate highest in Miss.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:30:46 -0500

ATLANTA, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. teen birth rate increased in more than half of all 50 states in 2006, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said.

Bacteria in sheep linked to human illness

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:07:48 -0500

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- University and government researchers have linked a bacteria species commonly found in sheep to human illness, a report in a U.S. government publication says.

1 in 10 had serious psychological distress

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:03:03 -0500

ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A federal government report reveals that more than 1 in every 10 U.S. adults experienced serious psychological distress in the past year.

Canadians want thin, but spend obese

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:37:09 -0500

TORONTO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A survey of Canadians found 76 percent were unhappy with their weight and had good weight loss goals, but their spending habits undermined their intentions.

Vitamins, cancer and confusion

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:51:57 -0500

BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- New studies suggesting vitamin supplements do not prevent cancer, rejecting earlier studies saying they did, confuse patients, the author of a U.S. study says.

Study: Parkinson's therapy's pros and cons

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:33:45 -0500

HINES, Ill., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Deep brain stimulation to help reduce tremors and other symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease has some serious side effects, a U.S. study finds.

ER docs suspect excessive police force

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:00:58 -0500

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Nearly 98 percent of U.S. emergency room doctors believe some patients were injured due to suspected excessive police force, a national survey indicates.

1,300 U.S. coal ash dumps are unregulated

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:43:10 -0500

KINGSTON, Tenn., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Some 1,300 dumps like the coal ash pond that sent a billion gallons of toxic sludge across 300 Tennessee acres exist in the United States, an analysis finds.

Study: 90 percent of NYC diabetics at risk

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:42:49 -0500

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- More than 90 percent of New York City adults already diagnosed with diabetes are in danger of heart attack or stroke, city health officials say.

Ways to compensate for fading vision

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:46:25 -0500

ROCHESTER, Ill., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. health newsletter suggests there are ways to help compensate for fading vision.