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Surgery- Very Effective for Common Back Pain

When it comes to low back pain, physicians generally advise exhausting nonsurgical options before resorting to surgery. But a new study shows that for degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis, surgery provides significantly better results than nonsurgi...

Potentially Lethal H5N1 Bird Flu Resurfaces in Europe

..." he told reporters in Rome. The German outbreak comes nearly a year after the last case was reported there in Dresden last August, killing a swan in the eastern city's zoo. The only incidence of the feared virus on a farm in Germany was reported in April 2006, after which more than 21,000 poultry were...

US to Detain Seafood Imports from China

...ments were free of unsafe contaminants. The move comes just days after lawmakers urged a recall of up to 450,000 Chinese tires because of safety defects and weeks after thousands of cats and dogs died because of tainted Chinese pet food. Dangerous toys, fake drugs, toxin-coated cosmetics, illicit pesti...

It Takes 750 Pounds a Year to Keep Your Loved One Happy

Everything in life comes with a price tag, especially when it comes to keeping a loved one happy throughout the year, for anniversaries , other important dates and roma...

Successful Dads Have Not So Successful Daughters

...ter them, but it's a very different story when it comes to the daughters, especially in the case of red de... their sons, may not have the same effects when it comes to their female offspring. The boffins also state that though this study was carried out in deer, ...

Young Adults Seldom Try Proven Methods to Kick the Butt

...ods that could help them quit smoking. The news comes from public health researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who conducted study on young adults' smoking habits. They found that though people within the age group of 18 to 24 were highly motivated to quit, they are much less likely to...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

...y has already produced encouraging results when it comes to fighting the tumour and its possible recurrence. Yet with the rise in average age and also with more and more men wanting to remain active at a higher age, cancer specialists have been facing a tough challenge to further reduce side-effects such a...

Smoke-free Workplace, Non-smoking Spouse Help Quitters Stay Off the Butt

...ial than individual behaviours and beliefs when it comes to kicking the butt. Lead researcher Jon Macy, said that though smoking cessation attempts often are thought of as solitary endeavours, the study showed that there were benefits in cessation programs that involve couples, because marriage to a non-...

Living With Stress

...bottleneck . Evidence of such natural occurrences comes from the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Barbara McClintocks research on 'the significance of responses of the genome to challenges. These challenges or stress factors may be temperature changes, DNA damage, irradiation, virus or others. Genetic varia...

Digital Music Project Aims to Save Tibetan Folk Songs from Extinction

... the radio, on [video CDs], and cassette tapes. It comes in and basically takes over," she said, adding, that mechanization has also had an impact on traditional Tibetan music. "Butter-churning songs are disappearing, because there are now electric machines to do this and so no need to have a song to pr...

Shisha Owners Mobilise Against July 1 Smoking Ban in England

...th-hour bid for an exemption to a smoking ban that comes into force in England on Sunday. Without the shisha, narguila or hookah, as the water pipes are variously called, dozens of restaurants will lose their main appeal to tourists, while shisha joints will see their sole activity disappear. "It's a ...

Asian Workers Race Against Clock to Avoid Prison

...rs. The biggest group, estimated at 1.2 million, comes from India. To try to move away from the reliance on foreign labour, the UAE has for several years undertaken a process of 'Emiratisation,' with companies being told to employ a set quota of Emirati nationals. The process has, however, been slow ...

Tainted Pet Food a Health Risk for Human?

...difficult to check each and every consignment that comes in. 'Clearly that is a concern if that has been going on for a long period of time,' said Dr. David Acheson, who had been appointed earlier in the day to the newly created position of FDA assistant commissioner for food protection. Two FDA investigat...

The DNA That Spells Double Risk of Heart Attack

...orget that 90 per cent of the risk of heart attack comes from things like smoking, cholesterol, diet, lack of exercise and diabetes. The worst thing would be to think 'I haven't got this, so I'm safe', or 'I've got this, so I'm doomed'. The effect of smoking is double the effect of having this gene. If you...

Spouse may "drive You to Drink" but also can Protect You from Alcohol

...alf of an individual's risk for alcohol dependence comes from environmental factors such things as employment, interests, friends and family. "There's lots of room for different factors to influence the behavior of two people who are married," Grant says. "One spouse could work at a place where the co-w...

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

... report to Defense Secretary Robert Gates in June, comes amid renewed attention on troop and veterans care following recent disclosures of shoddy outpatient treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the premier care facility for soldiers in Washington. The task force found 38 percent of soldiers and ...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...thorities are wrestling with the problem, and here comes a report that such tests are being sold on the internet, essentially targeting the western parents. Forget the agonizing 20-week wait for an ultrasound scan, in just six weeks you can know the sex of the child, the DNA Worldwide says and the test c...

Galliker Dairy Issues a Product Recall on Half-Gallons of Acidophilus Plus Reduced Fat Milk

...e date of May 13, 2007 are involved. The product comes in a 64-ounce (One Half-Gallon), plastic package marked with the code date on the front of the package. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem. The recall was initiated after a chemical test indicated that possible ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine Honors U.A.E. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan

... in 2007, is expected in December, 2010. This gift comes at an important time for Johns Hopkins Medicine, said Steven Rum, senior associate vice president for development and alumni relations at Johns Hopkins Medicine. As we revitalize the East Baltimore medical campus, we are grateful for the support and ...

Cancer Risk High Among Obese People

...do not even think about weight as an issue when it comes to cancer....

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