A study, reported at the American Heart Association meeting in New Orleans said that the number of people over 65 years who were hospitalized for heart failure had more than doubled over the last 25 years. The report is the first to document the increase in the disease across the country and estimates that this will cost the United States $34.8 billion this year for direct and indirect treatment costs and the incidence would keep increasing unless prevention measures are adopted quickly.
London, Nov 10 : A new study by UK and US scientists has revealed that the sheer physical effort involved in breastfeeding may leave babies with stronger lungs well into childhood.
Previous studies have established that breastfeeding protects babies from respiratory problems early in life, but the relationship with lungpower later in childhood is less clear-cut.
For the study, the researchers followed a total of 1,456 babies from the Isle of Wight all the way through to there 10th year to test this.
A third of them had been breastfed for at least four months, and on average, these children could blow out more air after taking a deep breath, and could blow it out faster.
New York, Nov 10 : Alaska governor Sarah Palin may have not become the U. S. vice president, but it looks like she has won hearts of talent scouts and literary agents, who are scrambling to sign her to multimillion-dollar contracts.
West Coast PR man Hal Lifson said that CAA, ICM, William Morris, Paradigm and other agencies "smell books, talk shows and commentary for Fox and CNN" are lined up for Palin.
London, Nov 10: French first lady Carla Bruni has raised a fresh controversy by slamming Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for his “suntan” remark about U. S. President-elect Barack Obama.
The pop singer-wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy also denounced France for systemic racial discrimination.
It is feared that her comments may risk France’s split from the rest of Europe.
The 40-year-old supermodel has roused many with her outspoken support for a petition in favour of affirmative action in France in the wake of Obama’s presidential victory.
And the Italian-born icon of leftwing chic raised many eyebrows when she commented in Berlusconi''s joke, in which he had remarked that Obama had an admirable suntan.
New Delhi, Nov 10 : Feeling irritated because you can’t access the Internet? Well, may be it’s time to seek medical help as Internet addiction is now considered a clinical disorder rather than a bad habit, according to a new Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) diagnostic manual approved over the weekend by psychologists.
The two major symptoms of IAD are lingering online for more than six hours a day instead of working or studying and having adverse reactions from not being able to get online, reports China Daily.
According to the manual, IAD sufferers usually engage in five main activities – Online gaming, net pornography, excessive involvement in virtual social networking, too much Internet shopping and general cyber-surfing.
Washington, Nov. 10: U. S. President –elect Barack Obama''s designated chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has rejected suggestions from the Republican camp that his tough, partisan approach might run at odds with the Obama administration.
Stating that it is up to Obama to set a bipartisan "tone," the Illinois Representative told ABC News'' This Week, that partisan charges against him were rubbish that governance under Obama would be carried out in a bipartisan manner.
New York, Nov 10 : Alaska governor Sarah Palin may have not become the U. S. vice president, but it looks like she has won hearts of talent scouts and literary agents, who are scrambling to sign her to multimillion-dollar contracts.
Washington, Nov. 10: U. S. President –elect Barack Obama''s designated chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has rejected suggestions from the Republican camp that his tough, partisan approach might run at odds with the Obama administration.
