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Healthier men want more sex for more years - Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.
Minorities' higher Alzheimer's risk - Francisca Terrazas and other Latinas are about 1.5 times more likely than Anglos to develop Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, a new report says. Read how her family copes.
Haitian couple await baby's return - In the chaos following January's earthquake, a baby was separated from her parents and brought to Miami. Now a couple await a DNA test to prove the baby is theirs.
Eat, pray sleep: Survey uncovers our habits - Your racial and ethnic background can shape many aspects of your life: the type of food you eat, where you live, and your political views.
Women drinkers less likely to gain - Some women avoid drinking calorie-filled cocktails, wine, and beer because they're worried about packing on the pounds. Now, a new study suggests that women who are moderate drinkers actually tend to gain less weight over time than teetotalers.
New York Times Health News:
Flu Shots in Children Can Help Community - A study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.
Maker Drops Hip Device, Then Warns of Failures - DePuy Orthopaedics alerted doctors to a high early failure rate of its artificial hip after announcing it would phase out the device citing slow sales.
Recipes for Health: Clam or Mussel Stew With Greens and Beans - This wonderful winter seafood stew is easy to make and to serve.
After Cancer, Removing a Healthy Breast - A procedure gains popularity but doesn't improve survival odds.
Protein Suspected in Alzheimer?s May Be Needed to Fight Infection - Bacteria being attacked by beta amyloid, in this image enlarged 18,500 times.Beta amyloid, which was once thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer?s, may be part of the brain?s normal defenses, researchers at Harvard suggested.
New York Times Health News - Fitness and Nutrition:
Observatory: A Vitamin Boost for Greens Under the Supermarket?s Glow - Researchers found that spinach leaves exposed to light had higher levels of vitamins than those kept in darkness.
Recipes for Health: Clam or Mussel Stew With Greens and Beans - This wonderful winter seafood stew is easy to make and to serve.
Recipes for Health: Greens and Mushroom Panini - When you blanch the greens, these panini make for a quick and wonderful meal.
Personal Best: Winter Training: Faster and Safer Indoors? - Doing indoor training, unlike going outdoors, may leave bikers unprepared for hour long rides.Researchers say you cannot get the same training effect with indoor substitutes.
F.D.A. Cracks Down on Health Claims by Nestlé and Others - Warning letters went out over claims about Gerber baby food, Juicy Juice, Dreyer?s ice cream, POM pomegranate juice and Gorton?s fish fillets.
New York Times Health News - Mental Health & Behavior:
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BizJournals Health Insurance:
UC students, workers protest at Blum Capital meeting - University of California students and workers protested Tuesday at Blum Capital Partners? investors meeting in Sausalito to voice concern over what they view as conflicts of interest between Dick Blum?s role as a UC regent and his firm?s investment in for-profit education. (CECO)
Public workers target Citibank over cities? rate-swap costs - About 100 people, including public workers and their union, protested the fees cities are paying to Wall Street banks by rallying Tuesday at Oakland City Hall and marching into a nearby Citibank branch. (GS) (C)
Cowlitz Bancorporation gets another NASDAQ warning - Cowlitz Bancorporation, which enacted a one-for-10 reverse stock split earlier this month in an effort to boost its shares about the NASDAQ stock exchange?s $1-per-share minimum price, now has been warned by the exchange that it doesn?t have enough publicly traded shares to remain on the exchange. (CWLZ)
Former Colonial Bank execs acquire Professional Bank - A group of former executives from Colonial Bank?s Texas operations has signed a deal to acquire Professional Bank, N.A., a Dallas-based community bank.
PNC Financial to spend $50M on area growth - PNC Financial Services plans to spend $50 million on new branches and offices over the next two to three years in the Milwaukee area with the goal of becoming the area?s third-largest bank. (PNC) (PNC)
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UC students, workers protest at Blum Capital meeting - University of California students and workers protested Tuesday at Blum Capital Partners? investors meeting in Sausalito to voice concern over what they view as conflicts of interest between Dick Blum?s role as a UC regent and his firm?s investment in for-profit education. (CECO)
Public workers target Citibank over cities? rate-swap costs - About 100 people, including public workers and their union, protested the fees cities are paying to Wall Street banks by rallying Tuesday at Oakland City Hall and marching into a nearby Citibank branch. (GS) (C)
Cowlitz Bancorporation gets another NASDAQ warning - Cowlitz Bancorporation, which enacted a one-for-10 reverse stock split earlier this month in an effort to boost its shares about the NASDAQ stock exchange?s $1-per-share minimum price, now has been warned by the exchange that it doesn?t have enough publicly traded shares to remain on the exchange. (CWLZ)
Former Colonial Bank execs acquire Professional Bank - A group of former executives from Colonial Bank?s Texas operations has signed a deal to acquire Professional Bank, N.A., a Dallas-based community bank.
PNC Financial to spend $50M on area growth - PNC Financial Services plans to spend $50 million on new branches and offices over the next two to three years in the Milwaukee area with the goal of becoming the area?s third-largest bank. (PNC) (PNC)
What Is Nicotine Dependence? What Are The Dangers Of Smoking? (Medical News Today) - Tobacco smoking is a practice in which tobacco is burned and the smoke inhaled or tasted. Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for nicotine through the lungs; it is a way of getting nicotine into your system rapidly. The most popular current method of smoking is through cigarettes, mainly industrially manufactured ones. Some people use hand-rolled loose tobacco, while ...
Generic Drug for Enlarged Prostate Approved (MedicineNet.com) - Title: Generic Drug for Enlarged Prostate Approved Category: Health News Created: 3/3/2010 8:18:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/3/2010 8:18:00 AM
Generic Drug for Enlarged Prostate Approved (WebMD) - The first generic version of Flomax, a medication to treat the signs and symptoms of an enlarged prostate gland, has won the approval of the FDA.
Prostitutes to use defibrillators to save clients (MalaysiaNews.net) - London, Feb 19 (IANS) Sex workers in Switzerland's Lugano area will be using defibrillators, which deliver a controlled electric shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat, as heart attacks have claimed brothel customers, a media report said.
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