Archive for May, 2007

More than half of adults in European Union overweight

Thursday, May 31st, 2007
According to top health experts from European Union (EU), More than fifty percent of adults in EU are obese or overweight and so they are playing the biggest part in making European Continent fattier...

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Transient ischemic attacks can be rapidly detected

Thursday, May 31st, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using a new procedure to rapidly diagnose transient ischemic attacks (TIA) in patients seen in the emergency department is more efficient and less costly than the traditional procedure of patient admission, according to a report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

EU urges industry to step up fight against obesity

Thursday, May 31st, 2007
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's food and drink industry must step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday.

U.S. isolates traveler with highly resistant TB

Thursday, May 31st, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has placed in isolation a man who may have exposed fellow passengers and crew on two May trans-Atlantic flights to a tuberculosis strain that is extremely hard to treat, officials said on Tuesday.

Pumping iron stimulates muscle-building hormones

Thursday, May 31st, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In men, young and old, strength training boosts levels of testosterone, growth hormone, and cortisol -- hormones associated with enhanced muscle mass and function, a study shows.