Obesity inflammation not linked to asthma
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OTAGO, New Zealand, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The systemic inflammation associated with obesity has been ruled out as a link to asthma, New Zealand researchers said. Read Full Story
Ways to sneak in daily exercise
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BOSTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. health newsletter offers ways to sneak in a workout without having to sneak to a gym. Read Full Story
Calif. farmers use guns, poison to protect crops
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Farmers in “America’s Salad Bowl” are turning into hunters — stalking wild pigs, rabbits and deer — to keep E. coli and other harmful bacteria out of their fields. Read Full Story
Study: Happiness linked to better health
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OMAHA, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Everything else being equal, if you are happy and satisfied with your life now, you are more likely to be healthy in the future, U.S. researchers said. Read Full Story
Study Questions Flu Shot's Mortality Protection for Elderly (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers are challenging the widely held belief that flu shots help protect older people from potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia. Read Full Story
Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Some Japanese survivors of the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid cancer, new research indicates. Read Full Story
Supplies needed to prepare for a hurricane
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ATLANTA, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- In preparation for hurricane season or any natural disaster the U.S. federal government recommends stocking homes with supplies, including water and a radio. Read Full Story
87 sick, one dead from salmonella outbreak
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One person has died and 87 are sick with salmonella food poisoning from tainted cheese in Quebec, health officials said on Friday. Read Full Story
Expert: How to curb hurricane anxiety
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HOUSTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- For many, as the winds build for Tropical Storm Gustav, so do the fears and apprehension of a deadly hurricane, a Houston physician said. Read Full Story
Brain dysfunction tied to fibromyalgia
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Dysfunction in a portion of the brain may explain some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome, researchers suggest in a paper published in the Journal of Rheumatology Read Full Story