Will Dunham
ReutersThu, 10 Jan 2008 01:22 UTC
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About 3.1 million Americans ages 12 to 25 -- about 5 percent of that age group -- have at some time used an over-the-counter cough and cold medication to get high, a U.S. government survey to be released on Thursday said.
Julie Steenhuysen
ReutersThu, 10 Jan 2008 01:13 UTC
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By restoring tiny bits of genetic material missing from breast tumors in mice, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday they were able to block the cancer's ability to spread.
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Tokyo - Creating a bank to store a new type of stem cell produced from donors' ordinary skin cells could help reduce time and money for treating patients with regenerative medicine in the future, a Japanese researcher said on Wednesday.
CBSWed, 09 Jan 2008 23:59 UTC
Principal Tired Of Seeing Healthy Lunches Thrown Away
More and more children are now facing obesity and Type-2 diabetes, so how do we get our kids to eat healthy, especially when they're not at home?
As CBS 2 HD recently found out, there's a school in Greenwich that's trying to change the trend by banning certain food.
When asked if his mother was to allow him to eat any foods he wanted, what he would eat, 8-year-old James Budkins didn't hesitate.
"Ice cream, bacon and fries," he said.
When asked what his favorite food is, 10-year-old Willie Budkins pulled no punches.
"Cookies, ice cream," he said.
Not in this cafeteria.
Bruce E. Levine
AlterNetWed, 09 Jan 2008 21:10 UTC
Many prescription drugs have effects similar to those of illegal drugs. But we still view some users as criminals -- the others as patients.
While Americans are inundated with coverage of the Democrats' quibbling over Barack Obama's use of marijuana and cocaine as a teenager, a truly important drug story continues to be neglected: The hypocrisy of Big Pharma, psychiatry officialdom, and justice institutions regarding mood-altering (psychotropic) drugs -- specifically the denial of the similarity between illegal and psychiatric drugs.
The following is an excerpt from Mark Winne's new book, Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty.
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vijesti.netWed, 09 Jan 2008 17:53 UTC
In July 2006. Renato Mittermayer, from the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social care, stated there would be changes in the law to ban smoking from all public places in Croatia, including restaurants, night clubs and bars; according to EU regulation.
"It is unacceptable for the assistant minister to make public statements on behalf of the ministry, especially when he is telling lies and conveying his personal opinions. Next time he should keep his private thoughts for himself!" - Prime Minister Sanader reacted at the time. He also adding that "cabinet is not considering any legal measures against smoking."
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"Nice?" the guy in the car ad once said to the sweet old couple sitting at a table on the pavement. "Nice?" His voice dripped with contempt for a word that conveys so little, and yet so much.
Michael Kahn
ReutersWed, 09 Jan 2008 03:25 UTC
LONDON - Drinking is healthy, exercise is healthy, and doing a little of both is even healthier, Danish researchers reported on Wednesday.
People who neither drink nor exercise have a 30 to 49 percent higher risk of heart disease than people who do one or both of the activities, the researchers said in the European Heart Journal.
YnetTue, 08 Jan 2008 14:57 UTC
More than 75 of 201 passengers aboard Air Canada flight 085 from Tel Aviv to Toronto placed in quarantine at Pearson Airport after a number of travelers fall ill with flu-like symptoms.
More than 75 of the 201 passengers aboard Air Canada flight 085 from Tel Aviv to Toronto were placed in quarantine immediately upon their arrival at Pearson Airport Tuesday night after a number of travelers fell ill, the Toronto Star reported.
"They didn't tell us anything," said passenger of the ordeal. "They totally kept us in the dark."
Air Canada representative Angela Mah was quoted by the Star as saying that during the flight, three people traveling with an organized group fell ill with flu-like symptoms.
"It is our standard operating procedure to have health officials meet the aircraft on arrival in cases like this," said Mah.
However, passenger Matt Coleman Coleman told the newspaper that health officials did not meet the travelers until they reached customs. "They did not separate the sick people from the ones who weren't sick. We were all just put in a room, given 'bunny suits' and told to stay put," he was quoted as saying.
