Thursday, May 22, 2008
santa cruz fire
4:47 PM PDT, May 22, 2008
The wind-driven blaze, first reported about 5:30 a.m., had burned through more than 3,000 acres by 12:30 p.m. and was out of control, according to Guy Martin, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Healthy expenses
clipped from blog.lib.umn.eduTaking consumer-driven medicine to new depths
Maggie Mahar and Niko Karvounis on the HealthBeatblog.org write about direct-to-consumer ads taking "consumer driven medicine" to "absurd heights." Or depths. Excerpts:
health of children at stake?
Qld Govt accused of Mt Isa lead 'cover-up'
The Queensland Government has been accused of trying to play down health concerns involving children at Mount Isa.
A new report has confirmed that 11 per cent of the 400 children who were tested in the north-west Queensland mining town have high levels of lead in their blood.
But Queensland Health concedes the exact source of the lead has not been determined.
smoking problems
For years, smokers have been exhorted to take the initiative and quit: use a nicotine patch, chew nicotine gum, take a prescription medication that can help, call a help line, just say no. But a new study finds that stopping is seldom an individual decision.
Smokers tend to quit in groups, the study finds, which means smoking cessation programs should work best if they focus on groups rather than individuals. It also means that people may help many more than just themselves by quitting: quitting can have a ripple effect prompting an entire social network to break the habit.
Bonifacio Torres enjoys a cigarette alone in New York, but many smokers find they give up smoking as part of a group.
bear beer
clipped from http://www.livescience.com/healthday/615702.htmlBeer Drinking May Speed Pancreatic Cancer Onset
By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter
posted: 21 May 2008 01:37 pm ET
(HealthDay News) -- Heavy smoking and drinking, especially beer, may hasten the onset of pancreatic cancer, according to researchers who presented their data Tuesday at the Digestive Disease Week 2008 conference in San Diego.
Beer appears to exert a stronger influence than hard liquor or wine in lowering the age of onset of pancreatic cancer, said researcher Dr. Michelle A. Anderson, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan.
Anderson and her colleagues evaluated patients from The Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Registry, a multi-center, international patient registry, looking at whether the patients drank or smoked, and if so, how much and what type of liquor.
whale woes
Killer whale rides wave onto beach north of Eureka, munches on harbor seal
The Times-Standard
Researchers said it may be the first recorded occurrence of its kind in the United States, although similar behavior has been witnessed in British Columbia, Argentina and islands in the Indian Ocean.
Such behavior is rare among orcas. Washington-based Orca Network Director Howard Garrett was surprised to hear of the sighting and said the research community is very interested.
Paining legs
clipped from avialblah.blogspot.com
Leg pain is a normal occurrence and on many occasions little care is needed and one gets relief without any medication; standing for long, sitting with legs cramped or hanging down, walking and doing exercises are a few. The last one may be a cause particularly in the days when you start doing the exercises and would disappear as you make exercising a habit.
a twisted IT question
Below is a fundamental example of efficiently writing to a file.
arthritis?
clipped from health.yahoo.comArthritis pain: Do's and don'ts
Arthritis pain can be frustrating. And so is sorting through your pain relief options. To help you figure out the best means of relieving your arthritis pain, Gene Hunder, M.D., an emeritus rheumatology specialist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, answers some commonly asked questions about arthritis pain. Dr. Hunder is an authority on rheumatology and is editor-in-chief of the book "Mayo Clinic Straight Talk On Arthritis."
Will physical activity make your arthritis pain worse?
If you already have joint damage, you can make your arthritis pain worse with activities that are stressful to your joints or that require repetitive motion.
phishing
clipped from http://www.yahoo.com/LifeLock ads show the CEO's Social Security number, daring viewers to steal his identity. » What happened
