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Polio in Indonesia; first time in decade
May 2 2005 11:13PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia has detected its first case of polio in a decade, prompting the government to launch a massive vaccination campaign that is expected to reach more than 5 million children, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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Study: Only broiled, baked fish help heart
May 2 2005 10:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to eat more fish for a healthy heart? Fish sticks don't count. So says a study suggesting only fish that's broiled or baked actually protects against heart disease.
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Study: Obesity a problem among affluent
May 2 2005 10:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The poor are most likely to be fat, but the more affluent are closing the gap. Obesity is growing fastest among Americans who make more than $60,000 a year, researchers reported Monday.
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Girl Scouts: anti-bacterial soaps lacking
May 2 2005 8:02PM (CT)
ST. PAUL (AP) - Members of Girl Scout Troop 2173 have a message for households: Those anti-bacterial products you use to clean your home aren't all they're cracked up to be. The girls spent two years investigating whether products that claim to be anti-bacterial actually are.
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Study: Not all lowfat diets are equal
May 2 2005 7:55PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Eating a lowfat diet packed with nutritious vegetables, fruit, beans and whole grains reduces levels of "bad" cholesterol twice as much as eating a lowfat diet that's heavy on prepackaged foods, a small study has found.
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Stores help with meals for those on the go
May 2 2005 7:52PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - If you don't have time to make dinner at home, you have plenty of company. Supermarkets are selling wider varieties of prepared meals and trying to make customers' trips to the store quicker.
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Vitamin C may cut pregnant smoking risks
May 2 2005 7:52PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found that high doses of vitamin C might counteract some of the negative effects of smoking on unborn babies.
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Salmonella outbreak linked to poultry
May 2 2005 2:25PM (CT)
SANTA FE (AP) - Nine people from New Mexico and four other states have been reported with salmonella infections in the past two months, and six of those cases are linked to young poultry from a New Mexico hatchery.
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Stores use fresh produce to lure shoppers
May 2 2005 2:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Eat more fruits and vegetables. Mom says it. Uncle Sam, too. Yet people still do not get enough _ and the government just doubled the recommended amount. Trying to entice shoppers, produce companies are putting freshly sliced fruit into fun packages for kids and packaging carrot and celery sticks to fit in a car cup-holder. Some on the new lines are on display at the Food Marketing Institute show, the supermarket industry's annual convention.
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Group pushes restricting of cold medicine
May 2 2005 2:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An association representing more than 36,000 pharmacies is issuing guidelines for possible federal legislation to restrict sales of cold medications containing a substance often used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine _ or "speed."
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Experts say obesity still a health risk
May 2 2005 2:06PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Now that the government says fat might not kill so many of us after all, is it OK to be just a little pudgy? Maybe, but before celebrating with a hot fudge sundae, keep in mind the overriding message: Being too overweight really is a serious health risk.
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Sharp-eyed N.C. nurse helps save man
May 2 2005 2:05PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - All Steve Brown wanted Minnie Bullins to do was buy a vacuum cleaner. Instead, she saved his life. Now a billboard in Danbury acknowledges the debt that the vacuum cleaner salesman owes to the retired nurse, whose concern for a stranger led Brown to the doctors who discovered he had cancer.
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Study: Risks jump as obesity escalates
May 2 2005 2:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When the fat get even fatter, their risk of death jumps, too, especially if they have an apple-shaped waistline. So concludes a study of 90,000 women in the United States, the first to look closely at the alarming trend of extreme obesity, being at least 90 pounds overweight.
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