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Babies of smoking moms get help from vitamin C

May 24, 2012

Pulmonary function of babies born to women who smoked during pregnancy was significantly improved if the women took vitamin C, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Cindy McEvoy, associate professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital, said the study involved newborns of 159 smokers and randomized them to daily vitamin C -- 500 milligrams or placebo -- before ...
Men's death risk rises in extramarital sex

May 24, 2012

So-called sudden coital death is more common when a man has sex with a mistress outside than when he had sex with his wife, researchers in Italy said. Dr. Alessandra Fisher of the University of Florence and colleagues reviewed existing research on the context in which men experience sudden death during or after sex. They found both fatal and non-fatal heart attacks were relatively rare when a m...
Vitamin C helps babies of smoking moms

May 23, 2012

Pulmonary function of babies born to women who smoked during pregnancy was significantly improved if the women took vitamin C, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Cindy McEvoy, associate professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital, said the study involved newborns of 159 smokers and randomized them to daily vitamin C -- 500 milligrams or placebo -- before ...
Hospital meals less healthy than Big Macs: study

May 21, 2012

A Big Mac burger is healthier than 75 percent of NHS hospital meals, a recent study conducted in the UK has revealed. The study examined twenty five different meals provided by an NHS food supply chain to find that sixty percent of hospital food contained more salt than the popular McDonald’s burger. Seventy five percent had more saturated fat. The survey was carried out by Sustain, a campaign ...
Doctors accidently kill baby

May 20, 2012

Doctors accidently killed a baby during delivery at a hospital in Aracaju, northeastern Brazil. The tragedy occurred after at least five doctors had tried for six hours to deliver the baby naturally. They struggled as the baby boy’s shoulders became stuck, inadvertently tearing off his head. The 22-year-old mother told her family that she knew something was wrong when one of the doctors shoute...
Woman swallows toothbrush

May 20, 2012

Israeli doctors say they were able to safely remove a toothbrush from a woman's stomach after she accidentally swallowed it. Bat-El Panker, 24, came home from work May 11, and went to brush her teeth. When she bent over the faucet with the toothbrush in her mouth, she said it slipped down her throat. Panker told Ynetnews she tried to get it out, but to no avail. She rushed to the hospital and h...
People have ‘lie detectors’ in brains: study

May 18, 2012

U.S. scientists have discovered that when a person gets suspicious, certain part of the brain ‘lights up’, much like a lie detector, Science Daily reported Thursday. Researcher at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute found that concept of suspicion is linked to two regions in the brain: the amygdala, which controls fear and emotional memories, and parahippocampal gyrus, related to recog...
Men equate steak with masculinity

May 18, 2012

Men connect eating meat -- especially muscle meat like steak -- with masculinity, but vegetables were not considered masculine, U.S. scientists found. Study authors Paul Rozin of the University of Pennsylvania, Julia M. Hormes of Louisiana State University, Myles S. Faith of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Brian Wansink at Cornell University said several studies showed meat gene...
Bicyclists are preparing for another season

May 17, 2012

DETROIT ― When Don and Darla Daley dine at restaurants near their Royal Oak, Michigan, home, they no longer drive their car. It’s the same with quick trips to the store or nearby Royal Oak Farmers Market. They hop on the bicycles they bought two years ago ― their favorite form of recreation and exercise. The Daleys are discovering what many people are getting to know. Bicycling is a great route...
Seonam Hospital to provide free smoking cessation program

May 17, 2012

Seonam Hospital is holding a free clinic to help people quit smoking from May 24 through June 28. The program consists of nicotine-dependence measurement; free provision of nicotine patches, gum and candies; once-a-week face-to-face consultation; and regular educational sessions. After the program wraps up, the hospital plans to stay in touch with the patients through SMS messages for another si...
All hospitals to display patents’ rights on site

May 17, 2012

From August all medical institutions should post patients’ rights and responsibilities on a wall or on LED panels inside their main building, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. According to a relevant law revision that will come to effect from Aug. 2, rights and responsibilities should be exhibited on the walls of reception sections, emergency rooms and websites. The patients have...
Mechanism of delirium identified

May 17, 2012

A group of medical doctors here said they have identified the mechanism causing delirium, or sudden severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function that occur in physical or mental illness, a first internationally. According to professor Kim Jae-jin and his team at Gangnam Severance Hospital, one of the main mechanisms causing the mental disease is the incongruity of the basal ganglion of t...
Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy

May 17, 2012

ATLANTA (AP) ― Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection. She has a rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, in which marauding bacteria run rampant thro...
Watch out for preeclampsia during pregnancy

May 17, 2012

In the year of the black dragon many people are planning to have babies with “good fortune.” However, pregnancy takes caution as well as enthusiasm. One thing expectant mothers should bear in mind ― especially those older than 35 ― is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is when a pregnant woman develops high blood pressure and protein in the urine after the 20th week, which is in the middle of the secon...
Video shows massive cat enjoying good vacuum

May 17, 2012

An online video clip on Thursday showed a massive cat letting his owner give him a vacuuming. Normally, cats hate the loud sound of a vacuum cleaner and hide under the couch once the vacuum starts up. However, the YouTube video showed that the cat lying on the floor even rolls over onto his back to let the owner give him a thorough vacuuming. One comment said the cat would have run away if it ...