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Dinner And a Movie: Experts Say Bedbugs Favor Feasting on Moviegoers in Cushy Theater Seats

Simone Weichselbaum
New York Daily News
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:00 UTC

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Experts say bedbugs need people to be steal in order to get a good meal, that's why they're likely to pop up in movie theaters.

Playing now in a city theater near you: Attack of the Bedbug.

Experts warned Sunday that cushy theater seats pose a far bigger bedbug threat than racks in clothing stores - despite last week's news of bedbug infestations at two Manhattan shops.

"In a movie theater, you are sitting in one spot for two hours. They have the opportunity to feed on you," said Jennifer Erdogan, director of Bell Environmental Services, a pest control company that fumigates movie theaters, offices and stores.

"Bedbugs need people to stop moving to get a blood meal."

Shoppers are still scratching from reports that bedbugs shut down Hollister in SoHo and its sister store Abercrombie & Fitch in the South Street Seaport.

Hundreds of Gulf swimmers complain of illness

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Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:03 UTC

Swimming in Gulf waters can cause "respiratory failure"

Kristine Galvan
My Fox Houston
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:47 UTC

Houston - In the Gulf, disaster response crews are sucking up the oil from the water's surface. On land, they're collecting what's washed ashore.

And at hospitals in Louisiana, doctors and nurses are manning decontamination tents.

"We usually get a phone call ahead of time when patients are coming in, who have been exposed to some sort of chemical. whether it be from the oil spill or something else. We wash them off to be safe."

Not lovin' it: U.S. chicken McNuggets 'contain SILLY PUTTY chemical'

Mail Online
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:47 UTC

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Transatlantic tastes: McDonald's Chicken McNuggets contain more calories, fat and chemicals than their British counterparts

Chicken nuggets sold in U.S. branches of McDonald's contain a chemical used in Silly Putty.

'McNuggets' sold to American fast food lovers contain dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent used in Silly Putty.

They also have more calories and fat than those sold in the chain's British restaurants, according to a CNN study.

Four American McNuggets total 190 calories, 12 grams of fat and two grams of saturated fat. The equivalent portion in Britain clocks in at 170 calories, nine grams of fat and one gram of saturated fat.

66,000 Pounds of Bison Meat Recalled

CNN
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:14 UTC

A Colorado company is recalling about 66,000 pounds of ground and tenderized steak bison meat that may be contaminated with a potentially deadly strain of E. coli, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Five cases of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Colorado from June 4 to June 9 are believed to be associated with the products, officials said Friday. The meat was distributed to retail establishments nationwide and to food service distributors in Utah and Arizona.

The products, produced between May 21 and May 27, are being recalled by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats of Henderson, Colorado.

Although the sell-by dates on the products have passed, the Food Safety and Inspection Service said some consumers might have frozen the meat before using it, "and there is concern that some product may still be frozen and in consumers' freezers."

Scientists discover what makes us live longer

Steve Connor
The Independant
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:58 UTC

A genetic test has been developed that can predict whether someone is likely to live an extremely long life, but scientists have warned that society is still not ready for such predictions.

The test is based on a scan of a person's entire genome; so far it can predict whether someone is likely to live to 100 with an accuracy of 77 per cent. However, refinements to the test will improve its precision, raising the prospect that it could one day be used to predict whether someone is genetically predisposed to extreme longevity.

Commercial organisations are likely to market the test within a few years. But the scientists behind the research warn that there should be a public debate on the ethical implications behind such testing.

What Mainstream Media is Not Telling You About the Gulf Oil Cleanup

Paul Fassa
NaturalNews
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:00 UTC

What surface oil dispersant for oil spills is so toxic and ineffective it has been banned in England for a decade? The one that British Petroleum (BP) is using now in the Gulf of Mexico. It's loaded with 2-butoxyethanol, which kills marine and wetland wild life while causing serious lung problems to humans!

It is more toxic than the oil it purports to clean, and it simply sends the newly formed toxic globules of dispersant and oil further into the depths where it forms underwater plumes. It's like pouring paint thinner on spilled paint and letting it drip out onto the lawn and garden, except the underwater plumes of thinned oil and toxic dispersant spread onto the shore lines, wetlands and coral reefs and into the Atlantic via the Gulf Stream and beyond.

Yet there are many less toxic, even 100% green, oil spill solutions available that are more effective.

Childhood Malnutrition Could Weaken Brain Function in Elderly

Science Daily
Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:54 UTC

Malnutrition early in life appears to diminish brain function in older adulthood, according to a study led by a Michigan State University researcher that has implications for many poor, developing nations.

The study of more than 15,000 elderly people in China suggests that fighting hunger throughout childhood not only saves lives and improves health but also may enhance cognitive well-being in late life. The study appears in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

Across the world, 178 million children under age 5 are stunted or short in stature due to hunger, infection or both, said Zhenmei Zhang, MSU assistant professor of sociology and lead researcher on the project.

"It's important for policymakers to know that investing in children really has long-term benefits, not only for those individuals but for society as a whole," Zhang said. "For example, fighting childhood hunger can reduce future medical expenditures. It's very expensive for families and society to take care of people who suffer from dementia or cognitive impairment."

Memory Problems Not the Only Predictor of Later Mild Cognitive Impairment

Science Daily
Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:48 UTC

Mild cognitive impairment is often seen as a transition stage between the cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious problems of Alzheimer's disease. But what leads to mild cognitive impairment?

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that lower, though not necessarily impaired, performance on tests measuring story learning or retention and processing speed in motor tasks dependent on visual control, as well as symptoms of depression, predicted subsequent cognitive decline in a normal population.

None of the factors alone predicted the onset of mild cognitive impairment a year later. Rather, poor learning had to be accompanied by either slower visuomotor processing speed or depressive symptoms to be significantly related to later problems in cognition.

Using an advanced statistical methodology that analyzed multiple variables at once, the researchers also found that neither gender nor the apolipoprotein E genotype -- long believed to be risk factors for mild cognitive impairment -- had any substantial influence on later impairment.

US: Health Overhaul May Mean Longer ER Waits, Crowding

Carla K. Johnson
The Associated Press
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:00 UTC

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A patient is transferred to Hope Children's Hospital from Advocate Trinity Hospital's emergency room in Chicago.

Emergency rooms, the only choice for patients who can't find care elsewhere, may grow even more crowded with longer wait times under the nation's new health law.

That might come as a surprise to those who thought getting 32 million more people covered by health insurance would ease ER crowding.

It would seem these patients would be able to get routine health care by visiting a doctor's office, as most of the insured do.

But it's not that simple.

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Health & Wellness

Dinner And a Movie: Experts Say Bedbugs Favor Feasting on Moviegoers in Cushy Theater Seats

Hundreds of Gulf swimmers complain of illness

Swimming in Gulf waters can cause "respiratory failure"

Not lovin' it: U.S. chicken McNuggets 'contain SILLY PUTTY chemical'

66,000 Pounds of Bison Meat Recalled

Scientists discover what makes us live longer

What Mainstream Media is Not Telling You About the Gulf Oil Cleanup

Childhood Malnutrition Could Weaken Brain Function in Elderly

Memory Problems Not the Only Predictor of Later Mild Cognitive Impairment

US: Health Overhaul May Mean Longer ER Waits, Crowding

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