Health
Walk Cuts Chocolate Consumption In Half
EXETER, England, Jan. 16 (UPI) — A 15-minute walk can cut snacking on chocolate at work in half, researchers in Britain found. Lead researcher Adrian Taylor of the University of Exeter in England said the study involved 78 regular chocolate-eaters invited to enter a simulated work environment, after two days abstinence from chocolate snacking. Two […]
Salt, Hypertension Link Clarified
BOSTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — A U.S. review of studies refutes a widely held belief that high blood pressure results from excess salt causing an increase in blood volume, researchers say. Study leaders Dr. Irene Gavras and Dr. Haralambos Gavras, both professors of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, said the term “volume-expanded hypertension” […]
N.Y. Painkiller Scripts Up 6 Million In 3 Years
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 12 (UPI) — The number of prescriptions for all narcotic painkillers in New York state jumped by 6 million from 2007 to 2010, the state attorney general says. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said prescriptions for painkillers increased from 16.6 million to 22.5 million from 2007 to 2010, and the prescription drug abuse […]
Grief Increases The Risk Of Heart Attack
BOSTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) — A broken heart caused by the death of a close loved one can increase the risk of heart attack in the days and weeks after the death, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Murray Mittleman of Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and School of Public Health in Boston said […]
Owning TV, Car Ups Heart Attack Risk
UPPSALA, Sweden, Jan. 13 (UPI) — Owning a car and TV was associated with an increased risk of heart attack, in a study involving 29,000 people in 52 countries, a Swedish researcher says. Lead researcher Claes Held of Uppsala University in Sweden and colleagues analyzed data from 1999 to 2003. One group of more than […]
Mother: Peanut Butter Cheerios A Worry
ALBUQUERQUE, Jan. 13 (UPI) — Parents of some children with peanut allergies say they are worried the Multi Grain Cheerios Peanut Butter cereal may set off a reaction. Jodi Loftis, of Albuquerque, said her 9-year-old daughter knows to avoid certain candies and granola bars that may contain peanut ingredients and now she has to watch […]
CDC: 38 Million In U.S. Binge Drink
ATLANTA, Jan. 11 (UPI) — More than 38 million U.S. adults say they binge drink an average of eight drinks an average of four times a month, health officials say. The Vital Signs report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said binge drinking is more common among those with household incomes of […]
Personality Trait, Alcohol Aggression Link
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 11 (UPI) — People who have difficulty considering consequences of their actions are more inclined than others to become aggressive when intoxicated, U.S. researchers say. Study co-authors Peter Giancola, a professor at the University of Kentucky, and Brad Bushman, a professor at Ohio State University, and colleagues said people who focus on […]
Study: Pot Less Damaging Than Tobacco
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 (UPI) — Low-to-moderate marijuana use is less harmful than tobacco to lungs, even though the two substances contain many of the same components, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Mark Pletcher, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, collected data […]
Why Alcohol Feels Good
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in certain areas of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward, U.S. researchers suggest. Lead author Jennifer Mitchell, clinical project director at the Gallo Center and an adjunct assistant professor of neurology at University of California, San Francisco, said the […]
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