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Climate Fight Hit By Global Slowdown

Written by jride
09/01/2008
The fight against global warming is in danger of being downgraded on more urgent fears over energy security, heightened by a Russian war with Georgia, and a global economic slowdown. [More at lime.com/planet] Read more...

Doubts Grow Over Flu Vaccine in Elderly

Written by jride
09/01/2008
The influenza vaccine, which has been strongly recommended for people over 65 for more than four decades, is losing its reputation as an effective way to ward off the virus in the elderly. [More at lime.com/health] Read more...

Beware of Drug Names That Look, Sound Alike

Written by jride
09/01/2008
Take the generic drug clonidine for high blood pressure? Double-check that you didn't leave the drugstore with Klonopin for seizures, or the gout medicine colchicine. Mixing up drug names because they look or sound alike — like this trio — is among the most common types of medical mistakes, and it can be deadly. [More at lime.com/health] Read more...

Big Bottle Breakdown

Written by NG
09/01/2008
One of my personal pet peeves is the bottled water brigade. If every person who spent ten dollars per day on “clean” bottled water earmarked that same money toward improving their municipal water supply, the necessity for bottled water would soon become a moot point. It shows a telling lack of concern for the long run, not to mention sustainability, to rely on a water supply that comes from a supermarket, particularly considering that not everyone can afford the luxury. Ranting aside, at... Read more...

Eat For All-Day Energy

Written by jride
08/31/2008
Quick: Name your usual tiredness fix. If you said a cereal bar or a coffee drink, you're not getting an effective boost — and may even be setting yourself up to crash later on. [More at lime.com/food] Read more...

Finally, Guidelines On Cleaning Ears Released

Written by jride
08/31/2008
Some 12 million people a year seek medical treatment for impacted earwax. Now, the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation is releasing clinical guidelines on the management of earwax impaction. [More at lime.com/health] Read more...

Can You Hear Me Now?

Written by jride
08/29/2008
By E.B. Boyd Ever since the first reports on electromagnetic fields (EMF) came out 20 years ago, the debate has raged: is the radiation from devices like microwaves, power lines, cell phones and computer monitors a danger to our health? The topic gained new prominence in May when three neurosurgeons, including CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, told the network they refuse to place cell phones against their ears for fear of developing brain cancer. And in July, the director of... Read more...

Stress May Raise Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women

Written by jride
08/28/2008
Young women who experience more than one stressful life event are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, but a general feeling of happiness and optimism may help guard against the disease. [More at lime.com/health] Read more...

CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Appears to Be Over

Written by jride
08/28/2008
The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system. [More at lime.com/health] Read more...

Raft Made of Junk Bottles Crosses Pacific

Written by jride
08/28/2008
Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land. [More at lime.com/planet] Read more...

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