Health
Healthy Twin Fetus Aborted By Mistake
MELBOURNE, Nov. 24 (UPI) — Doctors at an Australian hospital who performed an abortion on a woman pregnant with twins ended the wrong pregnancy, officials said. The woman, who was within a few weeks of giving birth, had decided to abort one fetus after being advised the unborn boy had a severe heart problem that […]
How To Guard Against Hitchhiking Bedbugs
ATLANTA, Nov. 24 (UPI) — Most U.S. adults say they dislike bedbugs because they fear being bitten, but many do not check for bedbugs while traveling, a survey indicates. Orkin, a pest control company, conducted a recent Omnibus survey and found 33 percent say they check for bedbugs at their travel destinations and 26 percent […]
Shellfish Cause Illness Without Right Care
OTTAWA, Nov. 24 (UPI) — Health officials warn Canadians raw shellfish — oysters, clams, scallops, mussels or cockles — can carry bacteria, viruses or toxins if not properly handled. Officials at Health Canada said shellfish is a nutritious food choice but, as with all food, it is important to store, handle and prepare shellfish appropriately […]
Study: Paid Sick Leave Can Curb Flu Spread
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25 (UPI) — Exposure to influenza H1N1 was influenced by social determinants such as the lack of paid sick leave, U.S researchers found. Supriya Kumar of the University of Pittsburgh and colleagues assessed the impact of social determinants of potential exposure to H1N1 — unequally distributed by race and ethnicity in the United […]
U.S. Ties Geopolitics To Energy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) — The geopolitical aspects of the oil and natural gas sector have a direct impact on the economic interest of the United States, a diplomat said. Washington announced the creation of the new Bureau of Energy Resources within the U.S. State Department. The department was spawned by work mandated by U.S. […]
Researchers: People Tend To Lie In E-Mail
AMHERST, Mass., Nov. 16 (UPI) — People tend to lie when using computers for instant messaging and e-mail to communicate compared with face-to-face conversations, U.S. researchers say. Robert S. Feltman, professor of psychology and dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Mattityahu Zimbler, a graduate student, looked […]
Some Expect To Work Until Retiring At 80
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 16 (UPI) — Three-quarters of middle-class adults say they expect to work during retirement, with 25 percent saying they’ll be punching the clock at 80, a U.S. survey says. Wells Fargo & Co.’s seventh annual retirement survey, conducted by Harris Interactive in August and September of 1,500 middle-class Americans, indicated 39 percent […]
Southeast Overuses Antibiotics The Most
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) — A pattern of outpatient antibiotic overuse in parts of the United States — particularly the Southeast — could accelerate drug resistance, researchers say. Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of Extending the Cure, and Keith P. Klugman, a professor at Emory University, describe their first-of-its-kind index for tracking resistance. Like a Consumer Price […]
Wellness Programs Boosted By Incentives
TREVOSE, Pa., Nov. 16 (UPI) — Most U.S. companies offer wellness programs, but only one in five workers will participate without incentives, researchers say. Melissa Van Dyke of the Incentive Research Foundation said the foundation’s report found offering incentives increases employee wellness participation by a minimum of 60 percent. “Incentives also have a long-term impact,” […]
Stem Cells Of Patient Improve Heart
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 14 (UPI) — U.S. researchers say they have used a patient’s own cardiac stem cells as treatment following a heart attack. Dr. Roberto Bolli of the University of Louisville in Kentucky and Dr. Piero Anversa at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston said the study involved 16 patients diagnosed with […]
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