Tag: health
Remote sensing and microbiology used to trace foodborne pathogens
ITHACA, N.Y. -- In 2011, an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupe led to almost 150 illnesses and 30 deaths. With a spate of...
Surgeons implant brain ‘pacemaker’
BALTIMORE -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in November surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages...
Centenarians: They were alive when the Titanic sank
WASHINGTON -- If you want to live to be 100, it helps if you're a female.
The 2010 Census counted 53,364 people age 100 and...
Unsatisfied with life? try exercise
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Had a bad day? Extending your normal exercise routine by a few minutes may be the solution, according to Penn...
Finding answers in a beauty shop
By THOMAS CONUEL
National Library of Medicine In Focus writer
GEORGETOWN, S.C. -- The sign in front of MaFlo's Beauty Salon in Georgetown, South Carolina, population...
Meditation can reduce your stress (and pain)
MADISON, Wis. -- Meditation can change the way a person experiences pain, according to a new study by UW-Madison neuroscientists.
The researchers found that during...
Leisure-time physical activity extends life expectancy
BETHESDA, Md. -- Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight,...
Stressed out? Your reaction predicts chronic health conditions in the future
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Contrary to popular perception, stressors don't cause health problems -- it's people's reactions to the stressors that determine whether they...
Increase in allergies not from being too clean, but less microbial...
LONDON -- A new scientific report out Oct. 3 from the International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene dismantles the myth that the epidemic rise...
Exercise makes life seem more rosy
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Had a bad day? Try exercising.
Penn State researchers recently found people's satisfaction with life was higher on days when they...
