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Attitude affects life's quality

...ssments. The pessimists also scored lower than the national average on most of the questions. Overall, pessimists reported poorer physical and mental functioning. Lead researcher Toshihiko Maruta, M.D., says, "The wellness of being is not just physical, but attitudinal. How you perceive what goes on around y...

Latest device for identifying Melanomas

...ars, was designed for Polartechnics by Australia's national scientific research organization, the CSIRO. Leanne Bischof, who helped write the software, described it as "one of the most exciting and rewarding projects we've worked on. We had to ensure it wasn't garbage in, garbage out." Dr. Scott Menzies, sen...

Watching television linked to smoking

...ely to start smoking. They used information from a national survey that gathered data on television viewing in 1990 and 1993 among youth ages 10 to 15 years. They also examined other risk factors such as weight, ethnicity, IQ, household income level and household structure. Among the adolescents in the study...

Obesity risk for immobilized adults

Data from a national survey of more than 149,000 Americans including 23,000 participants with one or more forms of disability showed that 25% of adults with disabilities, compared to 16 per cent without any disability, ran a risk of obesity.// Obesity was defined as havi...

Drinking milk: Good or bad?

...lk containing the A-1 beta case in protein and the national rate of heart disease and insulin dependent diabetes. Researchers found that heart disease was more prevalent// in countries whose cows produced milk, dominantly containing the A-1 protein, as compared to those countries where milk produced contained...

Kids not getting enough Physical Exercise

...all short of the American National guidelines. The national guidelines recommend that pre-adolescent children should// get at least one hour of physical activity each day. Researchers from 10 medical centers around the United States studied third graders and their PE activity at 684 schools to check if the He...

Answer on SARS 3 to 4 weeks away

...ity of the provinces, and the government adopted a national reporting system for SARS only three weeks ago. However at this stage 12 laboratories around the world are working together, and 80 clinicians treating people with the SARS virus have continuously been exchanging information. Canadian researchers du...

WHO lifts HongKong advisory

...mic originated in Guangdong, and officials praised national health authorities for controlling the outbreak in those areas. Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa welcomed the lifting of the warning, praising the efforts of medical staff, but highlighting the need to remain vigilant. Meanwhile, Taiwan's SARS...

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

...e, and countries must use it as the basis of their national tobacco-control legislation,” she said. The framework has taken four years Tobacco now kills some five million people each year. This death toll could double to reach 10 million by 2020 if countries do not implement the measures of the FCTC. The smok...

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

...e, and countries must use it as the basis of their national tobacco-control legislation,” she said. The framework has taken four years Tobacco now kills some five million people each year. This death toll could double to reach 10 million by 2020 if countries do not implement the measures of the FCTC. The smok...

Key step forward on International Health Rules

...re rapid two-way communication between WHO and the national authorities. In a separate move, the Assembly also approved a resolution on SARS which acknowledged the "intensive regional and global collaboration, effective strategies and additional resources" which have been required to bring SARS under control....

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

...e, and countries must use it as the basis of their national tobacco-control legislation,” she said. The framework has taken four years Tobacco now kills some five million people each year. This death toll could double to reach 10 million by 2020 if countries do not implement the measures of the FCTC. The smok...

WHO To Support Public Health Threats

...ure rapid two-way communicationbetween WHO and the national authorities. "This is an extremely significant step forinternational public health," said Dr Gro HarlemBrundtland, Director-General of WHO. "SARS has shownus the size of the challenges we face. These newmeasures will help us respond even more effect...

Skip Breakfast, Get Fat

... -- are tied to obesity.The researchers examined a national cholesterol study that took place from 1994 to 1998. A total of 499 people reported five times a year on what they ate over 24 hours. They found people who ate more than three times a day were about half as likely to be fat as those who ate three or...

Cholesterol is the Key

... their cholesterol level. Only 40 percent knew the national guidelines on cholesterol management. A little more than half of those surveyed knew what numbers were desirable when it comes to cholesterol. The authors of the study say these findings point to the need for further education. Specifically, they sa...

Do Asthma Sufferers Lack Physical Activity?

...say it's important for asthma patients to meet the national recommendations. They hope health care providers can help educate patients about the importance of being active and help patients find a way to achieve a higher level of physical activity....

Return of SARS possible this fall

...ot been eradicated," according to reports from the national intelligence officer for economics and global issu... than did the first outbreak.A quick response from national and international authorities is critical to containing the disease, the report says. SARS disrupte...

World's oldest turns 116 in Japan

...t the age of 115. Along with being the object of national pride as a symbol of this nation's unmatched longe...ay in conjunction with Respect for the Aged Day, a national holiday, showed a record 24.31 million Japanese -- almost one in five -- have reached their 65th bir...

WHO and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005

...s Foundation, the initiative and hard work of many national and international agencies, and, critically, the courageous contributions of nations increasing their people’s access to AIDS treatment. "Preventing and treating AIDS may be the toughest health assignment the world has ever faced, but it is also the...

Head injury X-rays may actually be causing harm

...elligence tests given when they were called up for national service at 18. Treatment to the front of the skull tended to have greater effects than to the back because more critical parts of the brain are towards the front. The team points out that the radiation levels experienced during CT scans are simil...

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