2015年5月14日 星期四

2015-05-15 Namibia Health


CBC.ca
   
Weak handgrip a sign of higher risk of dying from disease: study   
CBC.ca
A limp handshake could mean more than just a bad first impression, but also a marker of poor health, researchers say. According to a new study, a weak handgrip is linked to a higher risk of dying from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases.
A firm handshake is enough to kill you   Times LIVE
Hearty handshake a real life-saver   The Australian (blog)
Can a Weak Grip Predict Heart Disease?   NBCNews.com
New Vision   
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mirror.co.uk
   
Elderly cancer patient finds himself starving and alone - 911 operator does ...   
mirror.co.uk
After months spent battling cancer in hospital, 81-year-old Clarence Blackmon just wanted to relax at home. But weak and stranded on his own, he realised he had virtually no food in the house. Gradually, he realised the situation was severe as he could ...

What This 911 Operator Did for a Starving Veteran With Cancer Will Absolutely ...   Cosmopolitan.com (blog)
Cancer-Stricken Vet Comes Home to an Empty Refrigerator and No Way to Get ...   TheBlaze.com
Donations pour in for elderly man who called 911 because he had no food   MyFox Washington DC
EMS1.com   
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BBC News
   
Elderly people who exercise 'live five years longer'   
BBC News
Regular exercise in old age has as powerful an effect on life expectancy as giving up smoking, researchers say. The analysis of 5,700 elderly men in Norway showed those doing three hours of exercise a week lived around five years longer than the ...

Daily exercise as beneficial to health in old age as quitting smoking, study finds   The Guardian
Elderly men who exercise for 30 minutes a day can extend their lifespan by five ...   Daily Mail
Exercise just as beneficial as giving up smoking for older men   CBS News

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Toronto Star
   
Ottawa Senators' owner Eugene Melnyk pleads for new liver, raises ethical ...   
Toronto Star
For weeks leading up to the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Ottawa Senators rallied on ice to overcome the largest regular-season point deficit in NHL history. But behind the scenes, the team was quietly rallying for much more than some wins. Unbeknownst to ...

Eugene Melnyk, Ottawa Senators owner, needs urgent liver transplant   CBC.ca
Senators owner Eugene Melnyk in the thoughts of Canada's horse racing ...   Toronto Sun
Ottawa Senators owner Melnyk needs liver transplant   The Globe and Mail
Ottawa Citizen   
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Mail & Guardian Online
   
Lessons from Nigeria on Ebola   
Mail & Guardian Online
The outbreak proved how important it is to respond to infectious diseases with expertise and a unified plan. Nip it in the bud: (Above) an official at a Nigerian school takes a pupil's temperature using an infrared digital laser thermometer, to monitor disease ...

First confirmed Ebola case in Italy   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Tony Blair Commends Sierra Leone in the fight against Ebola   Sierra Express Media

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CTV News
   
Our attention span shorter than goldfish's   
Times of India
Humans have become so obsessed with portable devices and overwhelmed by content that we now have attention spans shorter than that of the previously jokingly juxtaposed goldfish. Microsoft surveyed 2,000 people and used electroencephalograms ...

Now even the goldfish have longer attention spans than us   The Times (subscription)
Canadians' attention spans are shrinking, and here's why   Globalnews.ca
Our Attention Span Now Worse Than Goldfish's   WFMY News 2
National Post   
The American Bazaar   
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NDTV
   
Antibiotics Overuse May Cause Long-term Ailments to Your Child   
NDTV
Antibiotics Overuse May Cause Long-term Ailments to Your Child Health experts and medical professionals have lately been advocating in favour of reducing or curbing the prescription of antibiotics. A couple of major health concerns tied around antibiotics ...

Giving Antibiotics to Infants is Strongly Related to Illness In Adulthood   TIME
Antibiotic use may make kids obese in adulthood   Economic Times

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Huffington Post
   
Science Confirms Your Company Should Pay You To Stop Smoking   
Huffington Post
Is money even more enticing to smokers than cigarettes? This was the question at the heart of a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. In an effort to evaluate financial-incentive ...

What studying the brains of smokers reveals about quitting successfully   FOX21News.com
Incentive Programs Involving “Cash” Effective In Kicking The Smoking Habit   Times Gazette
Quitting Smoking Could Be Easy - If Your Brain Is Hardwired For It, Study ...   Tech Times
The Province   
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U.S. News & World Report
   
Men in Red May Seem Aggressive, Angry   
U.S. News & World Report
THURSDAY, May 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Men may be regarded as angry and aggressive when they wear red clothes, a new study suggests. "We know that the color red has an effect on the human brain. This is embedded in our culture, for example ...

Men Wearing Red Signal Anger, Aggression: Study   International Business Times
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN WEAR THE COLOR RED   Sky Valley Chronicle
Red is the colour, not blue say scientists   Telegraph.co.uk

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Times LIVE
   
Lead poisoning kills 28 children in central Nigeria: government   
Times LIVE
Lead poisoning has killed 28 children in central Nigeria's Niger state, the government has said, in the latest incident that has claimed hundreds of lives in recent years. Save & Share. Email · Print. "As at 12th May, 2015, 65 cases and 28 deaths had occurred ...

Lead poisoning kills 28 children in central Nigeria: govt   The Guardian Nigeria

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