Topic: health - on November 21, 2006 at 5:29:00 PM CET
Oases in Navajo desert contained 'a witch's brew'
Rain-filled uranium pits provided drinking water for people and animals. Then a mysterious wasting illness emerged.
In all her years of tending sheep in the western reaches of the Navajo range, Lois Neztsosie had never seen anything so odd.
New lakes had appeared as if by magic in the arid scrublands. Instead of hunting for puddles in the sandstone, she could lead her 100 animals to drink their fill. She would quench her own thirst as well, parting the film on the water's surface with her hands and leaning down to swallow.
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Topic: health - on November 14, 2006 at 11:54:00 AM CET
15 INSTANT ENERGY BOOSTERS
WE all experience energy slumps during our working day, but new research has pin-pointed 2.16pm as the time most of us flag.
This is when we officially have the least amount of energy or enthusiasm for anything, according to the study commissioned by Typhoo tea.
So, whether your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-gone by 2.16 or anytime, for that matter, here are 15 easy ways to prevent yawning fever...
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Topic: health - on November 10, 2006 at 11:45:00 AM CET
Millions 'hit by toilet phobia'
A campaign is being launched to raise awareness of the crippling impact of toilet phobia.
The society has classified the disorder as an anxiety condition in its own right, and is launching a self help book and DVD.
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Topic: health - on November 4, 2006 at 10:23:00 AM CET
Anti-AIDS Enzymes for Everyone
After almost two decades of research puzzling over why some people are naturally resistant to AIDS, scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have discovered that some people carry special enzymes that "edit" the AIDS virus and prevent it from progressing.
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Topic: health - on November 13, 2004 at 12:32:00 PM CET
Want-to-be Sperm Donor has No Takers
A New Zealand man has taken the highly un-conventional step of advertising his sperm donation services in nationwide newspapers and magazines.
The unnamed father of two, who describes himself as a "tall, Eurpoean, 30s", has had no responses to his advertisements (as yet) saying "New Zealand is obviously not that low on semen donors".
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Topic: health - on November 6, 2004 at 8:22:00 AM CET
Bein nach Blinddarmoperation amputiert
Landeskrankenhaus Graz: Die Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt, ob ein Fehler der Ärzte vorgelegen hat. Grund: Nach einer Blinddarm-OP amputierte man einem 54-jährigen Mann ein Bein.
Ein Teil des Blinddarms wurde nicht entfernt. Bisher ist nicht geklärt warum. Wurde die OP schlecht durchgeführt? Es kam zu starken Blutungen, infolgedessen bestand Lebensgefahr. Als Konsequenz war eine Amputation nötig.
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Topic: health - on October 22, 2004 at 8:56:00 AM CEST
Abmagerungskur für mexikanische Polizisten mit Übergewicht
Künftig werden über 400 Polizisten in der Stadt Aguascalientes eine Abmagerungskur absolvieren. Nach dieser Diät sollen die Polizisten wirkungsvoller gegen Verbrecher vorgehen können.
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Topic: health - on October 18, 2004 at 3:57:00 PM CEST
Beer To Carry Health Alert
UK lager Newcastle Brown Ale is going to be sold with a health warning starting next month. Coors and other large brewing companies are expected to follow with their own warnings next year.
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Topic: health - on September 20, 2004 at 6:38:00 PM CEST
GB: Neue Krankheit "binge drinking" - schnelles Trinken bis zum Exzess
Laut Tony Blair ist 'binge drinking' 'die neue englische Krankheit'. Die britische Regierung hält das Saufen bis zum Umfallen für eine Gefahr für die öffentliche Ordnung. Speziell britische Frauen und Jugendliche trinken übermäßig viel.
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Topic: health - on September 13, 2004 at 7:45:00 PM CEST
Krawatten können die Gesundheit gefährden
Die Techniker Krankenkasse warnt Krawattenträger vor Augenschäden. Eine amerikanische Studie habe herausgefunden, dass eine zu eng gebundene Krawatte Grünen Star verursachen kann.
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Topic: health - on September 13, 2004 at 12:48:00 PM CEST
Fla. Supermarket Worker Burned By Poisoned Soda
A supermarket deli worker was critically injured after drinking from a soda bottle contaminated with a caustic substance in what is believed to be an isolated incident, authorities said Sunday.
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Topic: health - on September 8, 2004 at 11:16:00 PM CEST
Patientin versehentlich Olivenöl injiziert
Im Krankenhaus in Steyr in Österreich spritzte ein Turnusarzt versehentlich Olivenöl statt eines Antibiotikums in die Vene einer Patientin.
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