Brussels :: Belgium
| about 2 hours ago
According to the study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives , exposure to hairspray during pregnancy affects the baby's reproductive development and doubles the risk of having a boy with genital defects. Findings revealed that certain chemicals...
Tags: study, children, plastic, health, birth defects
Dhāka :: Bangladesh
| about 3 hours ago
People who make it to the age of 100 may indeed have some "good genes" that they pass on their children, according to a new study. The study, of more than 600 older US adults, found that the children of centenarians tended to live longer and were substantially...
Tags: diabetes, study, health, heart, percent, people, live longer
Noida :: India
| about 10 hours ago
Pollutants linked to high mortality rate Washington, Nov 23: Dioxins, environmental pollutants resulting from the production and combustion of chlorinated compounds, are likely to increase ischemic heart disease (IHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
Tags: health, mortality rate
Dallas :: TX :: USA
| about 12 hours ago
Seniors may see their Social Security increases next year trimmed back by higher prescription costs unless they shop for a Medicare drug plan this fall that better fits their budget.Social Security beneficiaries will get an average of $63 more each month,...
Tags: health care, health, coverage, Medicare Advocacy, Medicare Rights Center, drug plans
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA
| about 13 hours ago
The Duval County Health Department will use a three-year grant from the Florida Department of Health to fund an Emergency Room Diversion initiative for Jacksonville. The $650,000 annual grant for the three-year period will help to fund the expansion of...
Tags: health, senate, care, Florida Senate, Emergency Room Diversion, health care, Jacksonville Business Journal
Lyman :: WY :: USA
| 1 day ago
At an afternoon news conference, Rendell announced that he had extended through June 30 his executive order enabling the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, known as PHC4, to remain open. Without that action, the independent agency would...
Tags: health, Rendell, health care
Honolulu :: HI :: USA
| 1 day ago
The Keiki Care Plan, a state program once hailed as a step toward providing health insurance for all residents, is falling victim to a poor economy and cost cuts and will lapse at year's end. The state started the program this year to provide uninsured...
Tags: health, coverage, care, economy, Keiki Care Plan, war, health insurance, health care
Washington :: DC :: USA
| 1 day ago
Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Finance Committee, and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions panel, made it known they are working separately on reform legislation. But Wyden and 14 other senators have...
Tags: health, democrat, republican, care, senator, barack, obama, Senate
Jakarta :: Indonesia
| 2 days ago
Head of the commission, Bayu Khrisnamurti, told tempointeraktif.com on Friday there were many such vulnerable markets in Jakarta. Bayu said bird flu could spread easily because the markets did not set special zones for slaughtering, selling and accommodating...
Tags: health, Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fri, PM National Indonesia, bird flu
Nashville :: TN :: USA
| 2 days ago
Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma, U.S. researchers suggest...Hartert of Vanderbilt University in Nashville and colleagues analyzed the medical records of more...
Tags: asthma, health, developing asthma, flu season, Dr. Tina Hartert, baby born, asthma risk, childhood asthma, fall baby, study suggest
