12.23.08

Go ahead, sleep in — it’s good for the heart

Posted in Health_Fitness at 11:17 pm by Luis

Just one extra hour of sleep a day appears to lower the risk of developing calcium deposits in the arteries, a precursor to heart disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Can’t work? Need health care? Take a number

Posted in Health_Fitness at 9:52 pm by Luis

Shalonda Frederick poses at her apartment in Glen Burnie, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Before she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Frederick managed a bakery where she decorated cakes for special occasions. An estimated 1.8 million disabled workers are languishing in Medicare limbo at any given time, due to a law requiring them to wait 2 years for benefits. One in eight  dies waiting.


Millions of seniors use risky drug combos

Posted in Health_Fitness at 9:03 pm by Luis

At least 2 million seniors are taking a combination of drugs or supplements that can be risky  — from blood thinners and cholesterol pills to aspirin and ginkgo capsules.

Mental patients isolated for years despite laws

Posted in Health_Fitness at 8:35 pm by Luis

After 15 years living years living in seclusion in the Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia, a patient now lives alone in a three-room suite that the hospital recently fixed up on a ward. Photo shows his living room with television.Mental patients sprinkled throughout the nation's psychiatric hospitals are being locked up alone for years despite laws aimed at preventing the practice, because medical workers say they're too dangerous to handle any other way.


Recession means hunger at holidays for many

Posted in Health_Fitness at 7:10 pm by Luis

U.S. food banks have reported a 30 percent rise in requests for emergency food assistance, according to a report.

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