Study Finds How Your Birth Month Affects Your Health
Good news if you’re born in May. Not so much if you were an October baby.
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E-cigs a 'consumer-driven' revolution born from a bad dream
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) – Before Hon Lik invented the e-cigarette, a device now shaking up the Big Tobacco industry, he was a pharmacist in China struggling to quit a two-to-three pack a day smoking habit. Once in 2002, Hon forgot to remove a nicotine patch from his stomach before bed and had nightmares all night.
Sweden gets cheeky in safe sex toilet campaign
Swedish health care authorities are warning young travellers this summer against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) by posting cheeky messages on airport toilet seats, a project leader said on Tuesday. Starting June 15, travellers using the loos at airports in central and southern Sweden, including Skavsta airport outside Stockholm, will be greeted with a message on the toilet seat that reads: “You won’t catch chlamydia here. If we were to display
Amnesty calls on Ireland to relax strict abortion laws
Restrictive abortion laws in Ireland are risking the lives of pregnant women, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as it launched a campaign to encourage Dublin to change the legislation. Abortion is allowed only when there is risk to the life of the mother —- rather than just her health. The ban is applied even in cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalities.
Cathay Pacific bookings to Korea down on disease fear: CEO
By Jeffrey Dastin MIAMI (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has seen a drop in bookings on its routes from Hong Kong to cities in South Korea after the recent uptick in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) cases there, Chief Executive Ivan Chu said Tuesday. Chu made the remarks on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) annual meeting. Chu did not discuss the financial impact of the
Ahead of court ruling, Obama says health law now US reality
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his health care law is no longer just a law or a theory, but a reality for millions of Americans whose lives have improved.
To the Woman in the ER Waiting Room Who Told Me I Was Lucky
When I was quickly called in for treatment in the ER, the woman sitting across from me loudly said, “Well, aren’t you lucky!” If only she knew the truth.
U.S. health officials seek people who may have contacted TB patient
By Suzannah Gonzales CHICAGO (Reuters) – A woman with a rare and potentially fatal drug-resistant form of tuberculosis visited Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee this spring, and U.S. and Illinois health officials were working on Tuesday to identify people who may have been exposed to her. Now in stable condition at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Maryland, the patient initially was held in respiratory isolation at a suburban
Pentagon says lab in Britain receives live anthrax samples
The Pentagon on Tuesday added Britain to the list of countries that received live anthrax samples from the U.S. military. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said one lab in Britain and another in Massachusetts had been added to the list of laboratories that received live anthrax samples, raising the total number of labs to 68. Four countries outside the United States are now known to have received
Pentagon says lab in Britain receives live anthrax samples
The Pentagon on Tuesday added Britain to the list of countries that received live anthrax samples from the U.S. military. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said one lab in Britain and another in Massachusetts had been added to the list of laboratories that received live anthrax samples, raising the total number of labs to 68. Four countries outside the United States are now known to have received