The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products by Iovate Health Sciences Inc., of Oakville, Ontario and distributed by Iovate Health Sciences USA Inc. of Blasdell, N.Y. Some Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries. Iovate has agreed to recall Hydroxycut products from the [...]
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FDA Warns to Stop Using Hydroxycut
Posted: 2nd May 2009 by Veritas in LifestyleTags: ephedra, FDA, Health, hydroxycut, weight loss
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Health Care Overhaul Cost May Reach $1.5 Trillion
Posted: 18th March 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: 1.5 trillion, Health, health care, hospital, overhaul, universal health care
Your lungs may work just fine, but the estimated price for universal health care could take your breath away. Health policy experts say guaranteeing coverage for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade. That would be more than double the $634 billion ‘down payment’ President Barack Obama set aside for health [...]
Report says 3 Percent in DC have HIV or AIDS
Posted: 17th March 2009 by The Dude in LifestyleTags: AIDS, capital, DC, Health, HIV, washington
(WASHINGTON) A new report by D.C. health officials says that at least 3 percent of residents in the nation’s capital are living with HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission is on the rise. The findings in the 2008 epidemiology report by the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration point to a severe epidemic that’s impacting every [...]
Trust Me, the Glass is Half Full
Posted: 9th March 2009 by The Dude in Hot Chicks, LifestyleTags: cynical, empty, full, glass, Health, healthier, Hot Chicks, life, live, optimistic, pessimistic
Women who look on the bright side of life have longer and healthier lives than their pessimistic peers, while women who tend not to trust other people die sooner than their less cynical counterparts, a large study of attitudes and health found. Continue here
Study Finds Belly Fat Makes Breathing Harder
Posted: 6th March 2009 by The Dude in LifestyleTags: abdominal, belly, blood, breathing, diabetes, excess, fat, Health, lung, obesity, pressure, study, weight
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Carrying excess weight around the middle can impair lung function, adding to a long list of health problems associated with belly fat, French researchers said on Friday. Abdominal obesity is already linked with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease as part of a cluster of health problems known collectively as metabolic [...]
Cancer-fighting “Danger Receptor” Found!
Posted: 16th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in RandomnessTags: body, cancer, cell, Health, immunity, medicine, reaction, receptor, treatment, tumor
A “danger receptor” that may kick-start an immune reaction to cancer in the body has been found by UK researchers. It picks up signs of cell death caused by injury or tumours and mobilises the body’s defences, Nature reports. The finding may explain why some tumour-killing drugs partly work by setting off an immune response. [...]
Peanut Butter Behind First Salmonella Deaths
Posted: 13th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in RandomnessTags: butter, Health, outbreak, peanut, salmonella
MINNEAPOLIS – The salmonella bacteria that has sickened more than 400 people in 43 states has been conclusively linked to peanut butter, Minnesota health officials announced Monday. Federal officials said the outbreak may have contributed to three deaths. State health and agriculture officials said last week they had found salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound package [...]