Physical Activity Yields Feelings of Excitement, Enthusiasm
February 9, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Tweet By Andrea Messer, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK – People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to report feelings of excitement and enthusiasm on days when they are more physically active...
Read More...Cardiac Health Discussion to be Held at Lock Haven Clearfield Campus
February 8, 2012 at 6:14 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Tweet CLEARFIELD – Dr. Ralph Cardamone will discuss cardiac health issues and topics and present practical ways for a healthier lifestyle at Lock Haven Clearfield Campus on Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. The goal of Cardamone’s presentation is to increase public awareness of heart health and to help prevent health complications. The LHU Clearfield...
Read More...Tackling underage sex work in Nyanza’s gold mines
February 7, 2012 at 6:13 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Inside a smoky makeshift kiosk, Julie*, 16, can hardly cope with the demand from her clients for a cup of tea and a snack – the men are parched from their work as gold miners in the western Kenyan district of Nyatike. The money Julie makes from the kiosk is not sufficient, so she supplements it by having sex with the miners in exchange for money; it also buys their loyalty. “These are ...
Read More...American CEOs get an Israeli medical education
February 6, 2012 at 7:24 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Tweet The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel Arieh O’Sullivan / The Me – Descending the Tower, the imposing new state-of-the-art inpatient hospital at Hadassah’s Ein Kerem Medical Center, Joseph Mapa was impressed. The chief executive officer of Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital said he’s seen innovations he would like...
Read More...Thousands of chickens culled in new Nepal bird flu outbreak
February 6, 2012 at 5:02 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Government officials in Nepal have confirmed a fresh outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in eastern Nepal and sounded a health alert across the country. The Directorate of National Animal Health (DNAH) had suspected bird flu after around 8,000 chickens died in the Sunsari district of eastern Nepal. Officials continued culling hundreds of chickens at two affected poultry farms and barred the im...
Read More...Preference for Fatty Foods May Have Genetic Roots
February 5, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Tweet Sara LaJeunesse and Andrea Messer, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK – A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms of this gene. The results help explain why some people struggle when placed...
Read More...PA Heartland ARC Notes
February 4, 2012 at 6:58 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Tweet Get a kit. Make a plan. Be informed It’s important to prepare for possible disasters and other emergencies. Natural and human caused disasters can strike suddenly, at anytime and anywhere. There are three actions everyone can take that can help make a difference … Be Red Cross Ready Checklist · I know what emergencies or disasters...
Read More...PSU Medical Minute: Writing Your Way to Better Health
February 4, 2012 at 6:08 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Tweet When I have spoken about writing and depression, many people respond that they can understand the relationship — whenever they have to write, they get depressed. That might have been the situation when they were in school, diagramming sentences and writing with many guidelines and restrictions. But what I’m referring to is how writing...
Read More...Malaria twice as deadly as thought
February 3, 2012 at 7:40 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
Malaria may be killing twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be affecting older children and adults, long considered to be the least susceptible, according to a study published Friday in the journal Lancet. The World Health Organization reports that malaria cases and deaths have been falling since 2004. The decline is largely attributed to large campaigns to distri...
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Malaria mortality ‘underestimated’
February 3, 2012 at 7:32 AM by AHN · Leave a Comment
A new attempt to quantify malaria deaths over the past 30 years suggests the death toll, especially among adults, has been greatly underestimated. The figures also show the fragility of the gains made in fighting the disease. Collecting data on malaria deaths is notoriously tricky; the countries where the disease is most prevalent have the weakest statistics. And even where causes of death were recorde...
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