Written on August 25, 2011 by Seth Climpson
Dr. Regina Benjamin, surgeon general of the United States, is warning American women of an impediment to a healthy, active life: their hairstyles. Benjamin said that the expensive products and time-consuming procedures that some women, especially African American women, invest in to straighten and control their tight curls may deter them from working out. After all, just a little moisture could undo the hairdo that was the result of a lot of time and money. “Oftentimes you get women saying, ‘I can’t exercise today because I don’t want to sweat my hair back or get my hair wet,’” Benjamin, who is also African American, told the New York Times. ” Full Post…
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Written on August 25, 2011 by Mitchell Lyon
The city of Palm Bay has closed a popular swimming spot over concerns that swimmers could be infected by the same microorganism that killed a Brevard County girl last week.
No infections have reported so far in Palm Bay, said city spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez. But the city decided to close the lake at Veterans Memorial Park on Port Malabar Boulevard as a precaution, she said.
Courtney Nash, 16, died Saturday after a one-celled amoeba infected her brain. Doctors believe the microscopic pest entered her body through her nose or mouth while she was swimming in the St. Johns River.
Amoebae are present in the mud in virtually all Central Florida waterways, doctors say. Full Post…
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Written on July 28, 2011 by Seth Climpson
Golfers from across the nation will gather August 7 and 8 in Denver for the National Jewish Health Kunsberg Classic, presented by RE/MAX, LLC and sponsored by Shanahans. Funds raised will go to Kunsberg School, a tuition-free day school at National Jewish Health for 90 chronically ill students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
The two-day event begins with a private dinner on August 7 at Shanahans steak and seafood restaurant. On August 8, participants will enjoy at a day of golf at The Sanctuary, the exclusive, world-recognized course in Sedalia, Colorado.
The mission of Kunsberg School, which is mostly supported through donations to National Jewish Health, is to provide a safe, friendly and healthy school environment where students succeed academically, medically and socially.
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Written on July 27, 2011 by George Moowattin
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Johnson & Johnson is lowering the recommended top dose of Extra Strength Tylenol to reduce the risk of accidental overdose from acetaminophen.
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Johnson & Johnson is lowering the recommended top dose of Extra Strength Tylenol to reduce the risk of accidental overdose from acetaminophen.
Too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, can damage your liver or worse.
Now to reduce the risk of accidental overdoses, Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil division, marketer of the painkilling mainstay, is lowering the maximum dose for Extra Strenth Tylenol to six tablets a day from eight.
Each of the pills packs 500 milligrams of acetaminophen, so the top recommended daily dose will become 3,000 milligrams instead of 4,000 milligrams.
The company told the Food and Drug Administration it will change the instructions on Extra Strength Tylenol in the U.S.
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Written on July 26, 2011 by admin
Scientists have found an antibody that inactivates all influenza A subtypes. The antibody binding site, tucked away in a stable region of the virus, might form the first lasting vaccine against flu.
The influenza virus constantly mutates, forcing scientists to play catch-up and produce a new seasonal vaccine each year. But Antonio Lanzavecchia, an immunologist at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona, Switzerland, and an author on the new study, says that observing the human immune response to influenza convinced him that it would be possible to design a vaccine that prevails over mutation.
“During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, we found some people with antibodies to multiple viral subtypes,” says Lanzavecchia.
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