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Study: Heart attack death rate declines
May 1 2007 10:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - In just six years, death rates and heart failure in hospitalized heart attack patients have fallen sharply, most likely because of better treatment, the largest international study of its kind suggests. The promising trend parallels the growing use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, powerful blood thinners, and angioplasty, the procedure that opens clogged arteries, the researchers said.
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Study: Heart attack death rate declines
May 1 2007 10:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - In just six years, death rates and heart failure in hospitalized heart attack patients have fallen sharply, most likely because of better treatment, the largest international study of its kind suggests. The promising trend parallels the growing use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, powerful blood thinners, and angioplasty, the procedure that opens clogged arteries, the researchers said.
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Guide touts Latin American Diet Pyramid
May 1 2007 9:07PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A new food pyramid, designed to encourage Latinos to eat healthier, touts the staples of traditional Latin-American cooking as the path to better nutrition.
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Guide touts Latin American Diet Pyramid
May 1 2007 9:07PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A new food pyramid, designed to encourage Latinos to eat healthier, touts the staples of traditional Latin-American cooking as the path to better nutrition.
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FDA: Tainted feed minor threat to humans
May 1 2007 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health investigators suspect that they will find more farms that received tainted animal feed but stressed Tuesday that the threat to people is minimal.
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Flavored meth aimed at first-time buyers
May 1 2007 5:19PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas police officers had seen leftover methamphetamine ingredients just like the mess they found in a suspected cook's trash can last month. What gave them pause this time were the packets of strawberry-flavored children's drink mix next to the bin. It was among the officers' first encounters with "Strawberry Quick," the latest version of methamphetamine, a drug authorities say manufacturers are constantly remaking to keep their customer base growing.
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Diabetes prevalence up in Wash. county
May 1 2007 3:55PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The prevalence of diabetes has about doubled in the state's most populous county over the last decade, and public health officials believe eating habits are the main culprit.
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Energy-infused sunflower seeds on market
May 1 2007 3:45PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Baseball players and truck drivers who chew sunflower seeds at work no longer have to down a cup of black coffee or a Red Bull for an extra energy jolt. A South Dakota company is infusing sunflower seeds with caffeine and other boosters commonly found in energy drinks.
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School lunches depend on faux-junk food
May 1 2007 3:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Dominated by doughnuts, pizza and foods-on-a-stick, the average school menu in West Virginia can read like the offerings at a glutton's dream buffet.
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School lunches depend on faux-junk food
May 1 2007 3:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Dominated by doughnuts, pizza and foods-on-a-stick, the average school menu in West Virginia can read like the offerings at a glutton's dream buffet.
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School lunches depend on faux-junk food
May 1 2007 3:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Dominated by doughnuts, pizza and foods-on-a-stick, the average school menu in West Virginia can read like the offerings at a glutton's dream buffet.
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Doctors: Pot triggers psychotic symptoms
May 1 2007 5:23AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - New findings on marijuana's damaging effect on the brain show the drug triggers temporary psychotic symptoms in some people, including hallucinations and paranoid delusions, doctors say.
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