Zero's long journey out of darkness
McClatchy Newspapers
12/10/2008, by Clay Barbour
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Cracked ribs made it hard to breathe. A chipped bone in his hip ached as he walked. And 60-mph winds stabbed at him like icy needles. But at that moment, Trevor Thomas of Charlotte, N.C., could not imagine feeling better.
He was a third-of-a-mile from the rocky summit ...
Kaiser Permanente's unique lab tests tech products
McClatchy Newspapers
12/10/2008, by Steve Johnson
San Jose Mercury News (MCT) - With tech companies offering a growing assortment of health-related gadgets for hospitals and patients, Kaiser Permanente executives have developed what they say is a unique laboratory to test the products' usefulness. By simulating how health care personnel and the ...
Personal care products might contain harmful chemicals
McClatchy Newspapers
12/9/2008, by Edward M. Eveld
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Now we're really getting personal. We're focused on your private place _ the bathroom.
That's generally where you use all that soap, body wash, shampoo and lotion.
And deodorant, perfume, shaving cream, lip balm, lipstick, mascara, eye shadow, hair gel, mousse, ...
Putting health care costs under the knife
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Jason Roberson
The Dallas Morning News (MCT) - Sharon Alt remembers receiving a panicked phone call from her daughter three years ago. Her daughter, then age 22, was uninsured and in excruciating pain from an infection. She was about to receive treatment in the emergency room. Alt asked to speak to the ...
Have yourself a sweaty little Christmas now
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Dee Depass
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) - Sure, the economy's sagging _ but your belly and butt don't have to be. There are lots of reasonably priced exercise toys that don't break the bank, but can jump-start your loved ones toward their "get fit or die" New Year's resolution. ga mats, fitness balls, ...
Taking a vested interest in a weighty contraption
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Stephanie Allmon
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - I normally don't fall prey to celebrity fitness fads; in fact, I find most of them downright deceptive. One day you hear a svelte starlet boasting on "Access Hollywood" that she got her pre-baby body back using "nothing but a ballet barre," and the next day you read in ...
Holidays don't have to be stressful
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Kathy Manweiler
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Stress often goes hand-in-hand with the holidays. Whether you're wondering how to find enough time to finish your to-do list or you're worrying about how much money you'll be spending, we have some expert advice that can give you some breathing room. "One of the biggest ...
Happiness is contagious, study says
McClatchy Newspapers
12/5/2008, by Judith Graham
Chicago (MCT) - You may think your attentive spouse, your loving children and your good friends are what make you happy. But something else may be going on: The people they're connected with are making you happy too. So suggests a new study proposing that happiness is transmitted through social ...
Got milk? Schools reconsider milk menu
McClatchy Newspapers
12/5/2008, by Tara Malone
CHICAGO (MCT) - Cartons of milk still anchor school lunches, but the milk inside them is changing as concerns mount about childhood obesity and nutrition.
Some schools are adding to the selection of sweetened varieties in an effort to boost students' calcium intake, while other schools ban ...
Children who can't feel pain struggle to cope with rare, incurable disorder
McClatchy Newspapers
12/5/2008, by Ofelia Casillas
CHICAGO (MCT) - These children don't feel pain.
They cannot sense cuts, fractures, heat. They don't know not to bite their fingers or poke themselves in the eye. That's because they suffer from hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies _ inherited disorders that result in nerve damage so ...
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