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| Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Marital strife may hurt your health |
| That perennial argument about who takes out the garbage does more than make you upset at your spouse; it can inhibit your immune system and interfere with healing. And if the relationship includes a lot of upsetting arguments, it can have even more powerful effects on the immune system. |
| Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Higher blood pressure means lower brain health |
| Brain catastrophes such as strokes or dementia are well-known consequences of high blood pressure in older people. Now research points to more insidious, stealthier problems: a hard time coming up with the right word and difficulties with short-term memory. Sure, these frustrations often are part of normal aging. But it turns out they're a lot worse in people whose blood pressure is out of control. |
| Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Antipsychotic drugs could increase risk of death in the elderly |
| Antipsychotic drugs such as Risperdal, Seroquel, and Thorazine for mania and schizophrenia are often given to elderly people with dementia to temper their sometimes strange or aggressive behavior. Up to 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes, in fact, are thought to be taking at least one antipsychotic. And that may put them at a heightened risk of death. |
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| Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:11:11 EST Plane carrying school children crashes in Nigeria |
| A passenger jet crash-landed and burst into flames on a runway in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt Saturday, killing almost all the people on board. Officials said 103 people died and there were only seven survivors who were taken to hospitals. Among the passengers were 'a large number' of students from a Catholic school returning home for the holidays. An airport worker told the Associated Press that he was standing in the midst of an horrific scene, with bodies and wreckage all around him. |
| Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:45:26 EST Deadline nears for Iraq hostages |
| The brothers of a Canadian man held hostage in Iraq said he was there to gather information on alleged human rights abuses. Kidnappers have threated to kill James Loney and three other Christian Peacemaker Teams aid workers -- a second Canadian, an American and a Briton -- on Saturday. Meanwhile, the U.S. military said local citizens captured and handed over a senior member of al Qaeda in Iraq known as the "Butcher." |
| Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:05:56 EST Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy dies |
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