Obesity and Diabetes higher in the South and Appalachian

Obesity and Diabetes

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the U. S. is rather higher in the South and Appalachian region than in most areas of the West Northeast as per the CDC.

The CDC, in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, estimates obesity and diabetes prevalence for all 3,141 countries in the U. S. and found distinct geographic patterns for both conditions.

Asthma- An important risk factor in children for severe H1N1 study

Canada

Mild asthma raises the risk of being hospitalized with more severe H1N1 flu according to researchers in Toronto.

Doctors from the Hospital for Sick Children reviewed the charts of 58 children admitted with H1N1 pandemic between May 8 and July 22.

Sony Executive VP Hirai: New online service will help build brand loyalty

sony

During the course of an interview at Sony Corp's Tokyo headquarters, the company's Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai said that the introduction of the company's new online service, which will link its wide array of gadgets as well as downloadable content like movies and games, will help in building brand loyalty.

‘Tweets,’ videos, photos added to Yahoo's search news ‘shortcuts’

Yahoo

Following the footsteps of Microsoft and Google, who have already announced their intentions to include Twitter messages in their respective search results, Yahoo Thursday said that 'tweets', photos and video clips have been added to enhance its search news "shortcuts."

Health care expenditure to touch $183.1 billion in Canada

The health care

The health care expenses in Canada are expected to shoot up to $183 billion for 2009 or $500 million a day.

The projection released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information means per capita health expenditures will touch $5,452.

The payment to doctors will be the largest growth factor and is expected to rise by 8.8% this year than the last one.

Door-buster deals to be available from now till remainder of holiday season!

Black Friday'

This holiday season may witness a shift in the way retailers handle 'Black Friday' - the day after Thanksgiving; when buyers queue up outside stores throughout the night to grab the early- morning door-buster deals!

Retailers slash Palm Pixi’s price by 75%; price of Palm Pre reduced too!

Palm Pixi’s price

With the holiday shopping season round the corner, retailers like Amazon and Wal-Mart have slashed the price of the newest Palm smartphone, the last-week released Pixi, by 75 percent - and are selling it for $24.99! However, the offer entails a two-year contract with the Pixi carrier, Sprint, which sells the Pixi for $99.

Cholera at critical stage in East Sepik

Cholera

Health officials in Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik Province confirmed that the spread of cholera has reached a critical stage.

As a result five people have lost their lives in the province and a further 90 have been infected with the disease.

The neighboring province Madang was affected by cholera about a month ago after being detected earlier in Morobe.

Drinking age to be made 19 yrs

binge-drinking

The increasing of the drinking age to 19 has been ruled out by the federal government as a way of reducing binge-drinking during the week celebrations in schools.

The commonwealth has been called on by health advocate Ian Hickie to increase the legal age from 18 to rule out the link between graduating from school and drinking.

P&G recalls Vicks spray following bacteria contamination

Procter & Gamble

Voluntary recall of 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray has been ordered by Procter & Gamble Co. after finding bacteria B. cepacia in a small amount of the product made at its plant in Gross Gerau, Germany, and sold in United States.

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