| You have searched for: water |
| |
 |
|
 Most of the doctors recommend moderate exercise for women during the time they are pregnant. Still, many pregnant women fail when it comes to workouts. But a new study may convince them that regular exercise helps them ease the pain from the moment they give birth.The study was published in the November issue of Reproductive Health...
 |
|
|
 According to a new study released by the University of California, San Francisco, diabetes are less likely than other people to lose weight so easily. Just like the people with larger stomach pouches, the diabetes find it hard to lose weight after gastric bypass surgery. The ones who suffer this kind of operations have their food intake...
|
|
|
A cholera outbreak in a
remote southern Philippine town has killed at least 20 people in the
past week, health officials said Wednesday. The Health
Department said at least 127 people have also fallen ill in four
villages in Palimbang town in Sultan Kudarat province, 1,005 kilometres
south of Manila. Eric Tayag, chief...
|
|
|
 According to researchers at the University of Texas,
more Americans are predisposed to suffer from kidney stones in the coming
years, as a result of global warming.
Kidney stones, which usually arise from dissolved minerals
in the urine, can be awfully painful and are regularly attributable to
dehydration, either by not drinking...
|
|
|
According to a new study led by NYU Langone Medical Center
researchers and involving more than 7,000 subjects, a bacteria that is known to
live in the human stomach may protect children from developing asthma.
Although bacterium helicobacter pylori, which has co-existed
with humans for at least 50,000 years, may also lead to...
|
|
|
 Tilapia, the wildly popular farm-raised fish might be a threat for your heart because it contains high levels of unhealthy omega-6 fatty acids and low levels of healthy omega-3 fatty acids.New research suggests that tilapia is more harmful for heart disease patients, patients who suffer from arthritis, asthma and other diseases involving...
|
|
|
 Waters off California's
coast are cleaner in dry weather than they've been in years, according to an
environmental report released Wednesday. The report also shows that Ventura County's
beaches are the cleanest in Southern California.
The environmental group Heal the Bay's "Beach Report
Card" analyzed 517 beaches on the...
|
|
|
 Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine
observed there is a substantial increase in drinking and alcoholism dependence among
women, especially those born after 1945.
"We found that for women born after World War II, there
are lower levels of abstaining from alcohol, and higher levels of...
|
|
|
 Natural grass versus artificial turf. An
issue that hasn’t raised many problems until recently, when the New York State
Health Department reported that synthetic turf might be dangerous for one’s
health.
Artificial turf doesn’t smell like fresh
grass, but it has abounding advantages. Using it saves money, by not being
necessary...
|
|
|
 The researches blustered all four sides of the water’s myth;
guzzling water leads to elimination of a bigger quantity of toxins, it improves
skin tone, it makes you less hungry, when used in diets and it reduces headache
frequency – these things were once said about the benefits of extra water
drinking.
Dr. Stanley Goldfarb and...
|
|
|
 Mobile phones could be even more threatening for human
health than smoking. At least this was the theory that an Australian
neurosurgeon tried to demonstrate.
Vini Khurana, a top Australian neurosurgeon, said that using
mobile for more than 10 years could double the risk of brain cancer. This was
the result of a 15-month analysis...
|
|
|
 A study carried out by Spanish
and Portuguese researchers found that patients suffering from fibromyalgia experience
a great deal of pain relief when they exercise regularly in a heated pool.
The study conducted by Narcis
Gusi, of the University of Extremadura in Caceres,
Spain and Pablo Tomas-Carus
of the University of...
|
|
|
 When feeling blue, not only your mood is affected, but also
your wallet.
The concept of retail therapy is becoming more and more
scientific nowadays and studies demonstrate its irrefutable influence.
Researchers from Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and the University of Pittsburgh teamed up for a study
focusing on the...
|
|
|
 According to a recent report in which are presented pole
conducted by a conservation group, the number of both plant and animal life
under threat of extinction has grown to more than 16,300.
The World Conservation Union (IUCN-International Union for
the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) has concluded that 200...
|
|
|
 A group of British neuroscientists found that women like reddish hues, and men blue-green, regardless of their cultural backgrounds. They tested 171 white Britons and 37 recent Chinese immigrants by showing them around 1,000 pairs of colored rectangles. The subjects had to choose the one which they preferred as quickly as...
|
|
|
 Researchers have identified a correlation between the time of year when a baby is conceived and their future development.
Dr Paul Winchester, a neonatal specialist at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and his colleagues, studied more than 27 million live births in the U.S. between 1996 and 2002.
The team of researchers found...
|
|
| |
 |
|
 The federal government announced on Thursday that all the Chinese products that contain milk, like pet food, snacks or bakery products, will be detained at the border until further tests are made to see whether they are contaminated. The Food and Drug Administration stated that these products may be contaminated with melamine, a toxic...
|
|
|
 A wired form of E. coli has killed a man and sickened 116 other in Oklahoma. Authorities are still trying to find out what caused the massive outbreak in the northeastern part of the state. The E. coli 0111 is a subtype of the original bacteria and “is not normally found in this form of outbreak," as the director of communication...
|
|
|
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they will hold a public meeting about the chemical found in baby bottles and other products. The meeting will be held next month and the environmental groups say that the chemical, known as bisphenol A, could hurt little children and animals.Still, the U.S. Food and Drug...
|
|
|
India and China, where 2.5
million child deaths were recorded in 2006, need to make 'significant
strides' in health-related services for children if the UN's millenium
development goals are to be met, a UNICEF report warned Tuesday.
UNICEF said that unless India, in particular, achieved 'major
improvements in health, nutrition,...
|
|
|
 Attorney General Jerry Brown filed lawsuits in 2005 against H.J. Heinz, Frito-Lay, Lance Inc and Kettle Foods, together with Procter & Gamble PG.N and four fast-food chains: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and Wendy's for selling food containing high levels of acrylamide, a chemical compound that is produced when foods, particularly...
|
|
|
 The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
offers advice on prevention of West Nile virus.
West Nile virus can be contacted by humans via
mosquito bites that caught the disease from infected birds.
Officials advise the public:
-to avoid mosquito-infected areas. These
include small pools of water that are not cleaned out,...
|
|
|
 An environmental California
watchdog group declared on Monday that excessive quantities of lead were found
in several brands of artificial turf. The group warned some of the most important
turf manufacturers and traders that they will be sued in case the products are
not recalled or reformulated.
Unacceptably high lead levels were...
|
|
|
 Investigators continued the work to confirm
the source of the salmonella-contaminated tomatoes that have sickened 24 people
in Texas,
according to state officials. 40 cases of Salmonella infection have been
confirmed in New Mexico,
according to the New Mexico Department of Health.
The FDA yesterday warned consumers in Texas and...
|
|
|
 The issue of the effects that consuming foods and beverages packaged in polycarbonate containers made from the chemical bisphenol A has upon one’s health has long been debated in the media. BPA is most often found in the composition of baby bottles and water bottles, but many other edible products are packaged in containers of this...
|
|
|
 Colorado health officials warned the residents of Alamosa, a southern Colorado town, to stop drinking or cooking with their tap water because it appears to be linked with the recent local Salmonella outbreak. Around 33 people have become ill with the bacteria and dozens more are being investigated."Municipal water is not a common...
|
|
|
 A kindergarten boy’s condition has been stabilized at St.
Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Marshfield. The boy had been exposed to a high
level of chlorine at a swimming pool in Wausau, where he was attending water
safety training together with 40 other children.
After 30 minutes spent in the water, all children suddenly
became...
|
|
|
 A report issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission
shows that cribs, high chairs, walkers and other nursery products were linked
to 66,400 injuries that sent children in hospitals in 2006, The Wall Street
Journal informs.
CPSC says there were 241 nursery products deaths in children
under five from 2002 to 2004. About 40...
|
|
|
 For the first time a team of
researchers analyzed the relation between salty foods and nutritional problems
in children and discovered that salt-rich diets could be linked to obesity. It has
always been known that high concentrations of salt in the food people eat leads
to thirst and to the bodies’ tendency to retain more water...
|
|
|
 Thanks to a recently unveiled
video footage, two former slaughterhouse workers were charged yesterday with
abusing sick and crippled cattle. The video footage showed the two former
workers shoving the ailing animals with forklifts.
Authorities said that the two
men, called Daniel Navarro and Luis Sanchez, had kicked, shocked and...
|
|
|
 A new study proved that people spend more on themselves when
they are feeling sad.
The study, presented Saturday at a meeting of the Society
for Social and Personality Psychology, states that sadness makes people focus
more on themselves, and induces them the feeling that they and their belongings
are not valuable enough....
|
|
|
 2007 was a full year for the Food
and Drug Administration. The imports banned by FDA during the last year refer
to 11 types of foods and drugs which are not allowed in the US until they
are tested and approved by the above mentioned institution according to its
panel of rules, USA Today reports.
The import alerts cover...
|
|
|
 A new study commissioned as part of a government campaign to
encourage responsible drinking over Christmas, suggests that people passed the
ages of 30 and 40 years old find it hard to maintain a balanced intake of
alcohol beverages.
Researchers say that once past the age of 30 the body loses
muscle and water and gains fat, making...
|
|
|
 After analyzing samples from drinking water in Britain,
chemists say that drinking water in Britain is under threat from drugs and
cosmetics being flushed down the drains in millions of households.
New contaminants have entered the water system after use by
the population in recent years, such as drugs used to treat...
|
|
|
 The heath department reports that Soma Beverage of San
Francisco, Calif. is recalling all bottles of Metromint flavors Peppermint,
Spearmint, Orangemint, and Lemonmint with Best Before 2008/12/21 and produced
at its California facility because they may be contaminated with Bacillus
cereus.
Products produced in the California...
|
|
|
 Ice cubes from several Chicago-area fast-food and
fine-dining establishments tested positive for high levels of fecal coliform.
Samples from nearly 50 restaurants and hotel bars found nearly 20 percent had
high levels of fecal contamination, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday.
Water samples taken from a restroom toilet showed...
|
|
|
 According to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology ,children of mothers whose water supplies were contaminated with
arsenic during their pregnancies harbored gene expression changes that may lead
to cancer and other diseases later in life.
This is the first time evidence of such genome-wide changes
resulting...
|
|
|
 According to the Angolan Health Ministry tests in the Luanda laboratory tests suggest that high content of sodium bromide detected in blood and kitchen salt samples may be behind the mysterious disease hitting Luanda's Cacuaco district since last October.
According to the Health minister, Ruben Sicato, at a press conference, the levels...
|
|
|
 A new study finds that a synthetic form of THC, the active
ingredient in marijuana, is an effective antidepressant at low doses. But, at
higher doses, the effect reverses itself and can actually worsen depression.
This study offers the first evidence that cannabis can -- at
least at lower doses - increase serotonin, an important...
|
|
|
 According to a coalition of environmental and public health
groups advocating toxin-free products, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics,
lipstick made in the U.S. and used daily by millions of Americans also contains
"surprisingly high levels of lead."
In a press release Thursday, the group said lead tests
conducted by an...
|
|
|
 According to Tucson
water supply distributors, brain-eating amoebas have been found in the
reservoir. Apparently 12 wells have been infested with the microbe but although
surprised, microbiology professor Charles Gerba does not consider its presence
a health threat.
Tucson Water chlorinates its well water before...
|
|
|
 According to the FDA, US Food and Drug Administration, the
apple flavored Baby's Bliss gripe water could possibly be contaminate with a
parasite that causes intestinal infection and thus strongly warns consumers to
stop using the product.
The gripe water carries the code 26952V and an expiration
date shown as 10/08 (for October...
|
|
|
 In Ireland, an old woman has
already died and other two people are seriously suffering in the hospital
because of an outbreak of the Escherichia coli bacteria (better known as
E.coli), which seems to be related to a Paisley, Scotland, supermarket of the
Morrisons chain. The woman who was 66-year-old had eaten cold meat bought...
|
|
|
 Triathletes are not the only people who go in for the classic endurance sports of swimming, running and cycling. Swimming in particular is considered good for your health. It is also good for those who want to lose weight.
"Swimming after handball, water polo and ice hockey is the sport that expends the most energy," noted...
|
|
| |
 |
|
 Three teenagers from a school-sponsored camp drowned in the Fox River as they tried to sneak out during the night and go for a boat ride. The students took four or five paddle boats, which were already removed the floor plugs for the winter, went on the water and slowly sank.John Greene, battalion chief of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills...
|
|
|
 The effects that Hurricane Ike had on Galveston can still be felt now. The University of Texas Medical Branch from Galveston was badly damaged by the strong winds and rain that Ike brought during this fall. Because the teaching hospital is running out of money, nearly 3,800 workers will be laid off. The next three months will be crucial...
|
|
|
 The Great Southern California Shake Out is a weeklong event that is meant to teach people how to act during a big earthquake. The education program starts today at 10 a.m. when 5.2 million residents of California will have to roll under the tables and spend two minutes holding its leg tightly. The organizers of the events say that it’s...
|
|
|
Michelle Obama, was born on January 17, 1964 and grew up in a one-bedroom apartment on Chicago's South Side where her mother, a former secretary, still lives. Her late father was an employee at the city's water plant.
Sometimes compared to Jacqueline Kennedy, Michelle, 44, will bring her own style of charm and sophistication to the...
|
|
|
 A swimmer from Florida hit a shark after the animal had bitten the his dog. The swimmer saved his dog, but his courage is nevertheless, unquestionable. It seems that Greg LeNoir wasn’t scared at all about the shark’s attack and that was what gave him the strength to punch it. The man was swimming on Friday together with his puppy, Jack,...
|
|
|
 The Texas Gulf Coast tries to take its day-by-day life from the beginning, after hurricane Ike destroyed almost everything around him. As NASA stated, the flight control of the International Space Station will return to the Johnson Space Center on Friday.Center Point Energy stated that the power was restored to almost 900,000 homes in...
|
|
|
Hannah Upp, 23, a teacher from New York City, was reported missing almost three weeks ago, but found on Tuesday while she was floating in the New York’s Upper Bay. Deckhands from a Staten Island Ferry managed to rescue her, plucking her from the swells and took her to Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island.Officials at the...
|
|
|
A tense calm reigned Friday as Houston braced for the arrival of Ike, the first major hurricane in 25 years to bear down on the fourth-largest US city in full strength.
Hundreds of thousands of people were leaving nearby coastal areas to flee what the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) warned would be "certain death."
Jim...
|
|
|
 Authorities stated on Monday that a father and his son spent more than 12 hours in the Atlantic waters before being rescued. The two spent their time in the dark ocean without knowing whether the others were alive or not. Walter Marino, 46, together with his son, Chris, who is autistic, were swimming in the Ponce Inlet, south of Daytona...
|
|
|
 A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crashed in the deep waters of Oahu. The crash killed three people on board and left a fourth one missing. Rescue crews tried to find him or his body on Friday and Rear Adm. Manson Brown, 14th Coast Guard District commander said that "this is a very difficult case because rescuers are being...
|
|
|
 Friday was the fifth day since tropical storm Fay established in Florida. Heavy rains and winds frightened the residents in the region. People in the Gulf Coast and other communities in the area had to be very careful about their staying in their homes. Two feet of rain drooped in Florida and spread to the central Atlantic coast.Fay is...
|
|
|
 Nearly 170 people were evacuated on Sunday by rescue crews after waters got out of their bed and invaded Redland Dam, sending the water down to two canyons. The floods threatened tourists and residents. Hundred others weren’t yet evacuated as they were on high ground so they weren’t into so much danger on Sunday night.Officials will...
|
|
|
 On Sunday a tragic accident took place on the Bay Bridge. A tractor-trailer fell into the Chesapeake Bay leaving its driver dead and closing the bridge during one of the busiest weekends of the year. The accident happened at about 4 a.m. during the two-lane traffic on Bay Bridge.The busiest lane was stretched to 11 miles by afternoon on...
|
|
|
 A 10-year-old girl from Milwaukee drowned in a swimming pool during a visit she was making to her relatives in Minnesota. The swimming pool where the incident happened was making part of an apartment complex in Crystal, where her relatives were living.The little girl was found on Sunday, when she was pulled out from the bottom of the...
|
|
|
 The Monday Texans’ preparations for the tropical storm were accompanied by a heat wave which has been lasting for 11 days. The tropical storm strengthened as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Galveston. Even if extreme weather is normal for the coast of Texas, the temperatures were too high.Residents bought more water and...
|
|
|
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0mm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New...
|
|
|
A forest fire that has blanketed Yosemite
National Park in smoke threatens around 4,000 buildings near the
California natural attraction, local media reported Tuesday.
Four days after the blaze broke out about 20 kilometres from
Yosemite, firefighters had contained about 10 per cent of the place,
which has destroyed 40 buildings,...
|
|
|
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:1;
mso-generic-font-family:roman;
mso-font-format:other;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2...
|
|
|
 Rio Ruidoso came out of its bed, flooding the city of New Mexico. Dolly strengthened and hit the southern part of the city, as one man was taken by the dirty waves of the flood. 20-year-old Joseph Godines’s body was found on Monday, after he had been reported missing by his brother, on Sunday. His body swept away by the flooding in the...
|
|
|
Rio Ruidoso came out of its bed, flooding the city of New Mexico. Dolly strengthened and hit the southern part of the city, as one man was taken by the dirty waves of the flood. 20-year-old Joseph Godines’s body was found on Monday, after he had been reported missing by his brother, on Sunday. His body swept away by the flooding in the...
|
|
|
 The danger of rip currents during the weekend captured two people while the sea was moving angrily. Rip currents are channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. They extend toward the surf zone and they can occur at any beach with breaking waves. Rip currents can kill swimmers.On Friday and Saturday, four people were killed and...
|
|
|
 During the weekend the risk of rip currents in New York Oceans was “moderate” and stronger instances were expected. Even if only experienced surfers were allowed to enter the water, a 10-year-old girl disappeared in the deep waters, four people died and three others are missing.Long Island and New York Beaches were extremely dangerous...
|
|
|
 170 houses were evacuated near the entrance to Yosemite National Park. A strong wildfire burnt from 1,000 acres to 1,600 acres somewhere between Saturday morning and evening. Only one day has offered the fire the strength to burn on both sides of a steep canyon along the Merced River.Officials say there is a lot of fuel contained in the...
|
|
|
 Yesterday afternoon, a possible gas blast roared through a Queens apartment building, leaving 17 people injured, including a 2-year-old baby and her father, who are both in critical condition.Firefighters who arrived at the seven-story building located in Flushing neighborhood didn't confirm reports of an explosion. However, City...
|
|
|
Tropical storm Dolly has formed on Wednesday in the Gulf Coast. It traversed the U.S.-Mexico coastline and weakened as it entered a tropical depression in South Texas on Thursday. Warnings have been made for a flood along the Rio Grande Valley.Flood warnings were available for Texas too. Charles Hoskins, deputy emergency officer for...
|
|
|
 A mother charged with constantly injecting her 4-month-old
son with salt water will be transported to a state mental hospital after a
psychiatrist confirmed on Thursday that the woman was severely depressed.
Judge Jeffrey Manning requested Amber Brewington, 21, of Duck River, Tenn., to
stay no more than 90 days at Mayview
State...
|
|
|
 A fisherman found the body of a Santa
Monica High School
teacher on Sunday, on the shore of a beach in Panama. According to the late
teacher’s mother, the body washed ashore three days after a wave swept him out
to sea while he was walking in shallow water.
The fisherman discovered Joey Lutz’s body at Playa Wizard, a
beach town...
|
|
|
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:238;
mso-generic-font-family:roman;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2...
|
|
|
Activists in San Francisco have secured
sufficient support to put on the November election ballot an initiative
to rename a local sewage plant in 'honour' of President George W Bush.
The Bush critics succeeded in collecting more than 12,000 signatures
for renaming the sewerage plant, and an election committee confirmed
it, the San...
|
|
|
 According to Chicago Sun-Times, rescue workers continued today the search for the Chicago Heights teenager who disappeared off a Lake Michigan beach in Indiana. Davante Jackson, aged 14, disappeared Sunday afternoon. He was swimming with his friends at Kemil Beach when four-foot waves and a current pulled him under the water, officials...
|
|
|
 In the past days, hundreds of pounds of household trash have washed onto Lake Michigan coasts, triggering to an inquiry by the Coast Guard and the temporary shutting of a pubic beach.Garbage which came ashore during Sunday night was spread along a 10-mile stretch in Mason and Manistee counties in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula....
| | | |
