Blog admin on 09 Apr 2007

Angioplasty No Better Than Meds for Non-Emergency Heart Patients

The latest research on angioplasty — a procedure that unclogs arteries — indicates that it is of no benefit to patients who are not suffering from a cardiac emergency.. diet control

Blog admin on 03 Apr 2007

Teen Pregnancy Rate Down, More Women Giving Birth Over 30

The rate of childbirth among girls 15 to 19 years old fell to 40.4 per 1,000 in 2005 — an all-time low for the 65 years that data has been accumulated, reported the National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/) in its “Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: 2005,” published in Pediatrics (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/).. diet control

A hormone produced during pregnancy could lead to a breakthrough treatment for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, research conducted at the University of Calgary suggests.. diet control

Open jars of peanut butter turned over to health authorities by people who had become ill tested positive for the presence of Salmonella, according to the US Centers for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov). All Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter produced at the ConAgra Foods facility in Sylvester, Ga., has been recalled. The Salmonella outbreak has reportedly caused at least 329 people to become sick. A Pennsylvania family claims in a lawsuit that one of its members died as a result of eating contaminated peanut butter, but that death has not been confirmed. A CDC spokesman said that the testing has identified the presence of Salmonella in peanut butter in New York, Oklahoma and Iowa.. diet control

Mammograms to screen for breast cancer are not for every woman between the ages of 40 and 49, according to a new clinical practice guideline offered by the American College of Physicians (http://www.acponline.org/). The guideline and supporting information are published in the organization’s journal, the Annals of Internal Medicine (http://www.annals.org/).. diet control

Girls in the US are reaching puberty at younger ages, and childhood obesity may have something to do with it, suggests a study published in the journal Pediatrics (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/).. diet control

The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken an official stance in favor of male circumcision as a measure to lower the risk of contracting the HIV virus.. diet control

The latest research on techniques for reviving heart attack victims suggests that chest compression is far more important than mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.. diet control

Blog admin on 29 Mar 2007

The new windows Live Writer introduced

The new Windows Live Writer is an easy desktop blog writing tool. It connects to your blog, analyzes the blog platform, uses the style sheet to display and post to your blog. It uses trackback multiple uri’s too

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