Monday, October 29, 2012

[Health] How to keep your food safe if Hurricane Sandy cuts electricity

How to keep your food safe if Hurricane Sandy cuts electricity
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/10/hurrican_sandy_how_to_prepare.html
With Hurricane Sandy threatening to cut power, many people are worried how long their food can last in the refrigerator and freezer without electricity.

Exercise Can Make You Smarter
http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/study-roundup/exercise-can-make-you-smarter-102912
The Gist. Physicians have fully established that integrating cardiovascular workouts into your daily routine can preserve good health.

UN 'Atlas Of Health And Climate' Offers Leaders Tool For Early Warning Of ...
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/jqX1BCjJ75aWJIicBpju3L/New-UN-atlas-links-climate-change-health.html
GENEVA -- Two U.N. agencies have mapped the intersection of health and climate in an age of global warming, showing that there are spikes in meningitis when dust storms hit and outbreaks of dengue fever when hard rains come.

Medical Advice: Republicans Should Take It
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mitt-romney-victory-prospects-worry-insurers/1/226695.html
The upcoming election will have long lasting effects on U.S. healthcare, and by extension, on our economy. What should matter the most to us is not what Republicans or Democrats think about the Affordable Care Act, but what doctors and nurses and other ...

Mandate flu vaccines for health-care workers, journal says
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/10/29/flu-vaccine-mandatory.html
Flu vaccines should be compulsory for all health-care workers because their patients' lives are at risk, a Canadian medical journal editor says.

Some energy drinks have more caffeine than listed
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/some-energy-drinks-have-more-caffeine-than-listed-1.1015303
The energy drink you consume may contain more caffeine than you know, according to new testing by Consumer Reports. Health concerns about energy drinks were heightened last week with reports of five deaths possibly linked to Monster Energy drinks.

Breast Cancer Walk a Success
http://www.louisville.com/content/acs-walks-louisville-sports
Thousands showed up at Aaron Bessant Park Saturday morning for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk - one of many events that help spread awareness about a disease that touches so many around the world.

States seek help making health exchange rules
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/29/state-exchange-problems/1641027/
The Department of Health and Human Services issued 10 markers รข€"- essential health benefits -- that are the minimum standards states must meet when setting up exchanges.

Many Mistakenly Think Radiation Might Cure Terminal Lung Cancer
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/29/163635298/pricey-new-prostate-cancer-therapy-raises-questions-about-safety-cost
MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Many people with incurable lung cancer mistakenly believe that radiation therapy meant to ease their pain and other symptoms may cure their disease, researchers report.

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