Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:30pm EDT
Kathryn Doyle
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among people in their 70s, anemia may flag an increased risk of developing dementia later in life, according to a new study.
Researchers following more than 2,500 U.S. adults in their 70s for over a decade found that those who started out with anemia were 65 percent more likely to develop dementia by the end of the study period.
Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:30pm EDT
Kathryn Doyle
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among people in their 70s, anemia may flag an increased risk of developing dementia later in life, according to a new study.
Researchers following more than 2,500 U.S. adults in their 70s for over a decade found that those who started out with anemia were 65 percent more likely to develop dementia by the end of the study period.
By Karen Brooks
Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:58pm EDT
(Reuters) – A severe stomach illness linked to prepackaged salad has struck two new patients in Iowa, state health officials said on Wednesday, as the bug spread through 16 states.
The salad mix has been blamed for most of the 145 total cases in Iowa and the 78 in Nebraska of the rare parasite cyclospora, which causes gastrointestinal illness. The two states account for nearly two-thirds of at least 378 cases in the United States since mid-June.
A public inquiry was triggered at Stafford Hospital after a higher than expected number of deaths at the trust
A report by administrators running the scandal-hit Stafford Hospital into the future of services there will be published later.
The Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust went into administration on 16 April after a report concluded it was not “clinically or financially sustainable”.
Paul Lamb was severely injured in a car accident in 1990
The Court of Appeal is to rule on Wednesday on the case of a paralysed man who wants to be helped to die.
Paul Lamb wants the law changed so he can kill himself with a doctor’s help.
Mr Lamb, from Leeds, has been almost completely paralysed from the neck down since a car accident 23 years ago and says he is in constant pain.
A Tea Party member reaches for a pamphlet titled ”The Impact of Obamacare”, at a ”Food for Free Minds Tea Party Rally” in Littleton, New Hampshire in this October 27, 2012 file photo.
Credit: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi//Files
By Richard Cowan and Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON | Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:32pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Tea Party-inspired plan to kill President Barack Obama’s healthcare law by forcing a government shutdown unless funds to implement the law are denied has not gained traction among senior Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
A Tea Party member reaches for a pamphlet titled ”The Impact of Obamacare”, at a ”Food for Free Minds Tea Party Rally” in Littleton, New Hampshire in this October 27, 2012 file photo.
Credit: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi//Files
By Richard Cowan and Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON | Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:32pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Tea Party-inspired plan to kill President Barack Obama’s healthcare law by forcing a government shutdown unless funds to implement the law are denied has not gained traction among senior Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica speaks to the media after a joint news conference in Santana Do Livramento, July 30, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Andres Stapff
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Published: Jul 31, 2013
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) — Conditions that cause problems maintaining normal blood sugar levels — such as glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes — don’t appear to be linked to specific signs of Alzheimer’s disease, new research indicates.
