Antibiotic-resistant bacterium that causes severe infections has migrated from hospitals and now kills more Americans than AIDS.The number of severe infections by a "superbug," known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is at least twice as high as researchers previously believed, and the bacterium now kills more Americans than AIDS, researchers reported today.
With an override vote likely to fail, Democrats must decide if they should hold fast to the current insurance bill or negotiate.Faced with the likelihood that they will fall short in their effort to overturn President Bush's veto of a popular health insurance program for children, congressional Democrats are confronting a difficult choice about what to do next.
Football has been hard on Willie Wood, the former USC and Packer great. But as he battles severe disability, players of his era rally to him.WASHINGTON - The body that made open-field tackles on legendary running back Jim Brown now struggles to get out of bed. The sure hands that snared 48 interceptions during a 12-year career fumble a Styrofoam cup. The sharp mind that got him into the NFL Hall of Fame now tricks him into believing that he is back in training camp for another season with Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers.
The trust is intended to help provide millions in healthcare costs for former employees over the next 30 years.Los Angeles County officials established a trust fund Tuesday to prepare for a $20-billion healthcare tab expected when thousands of county employees retire over the next 30 years.
When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do -- in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else keep up.
"I've been telling these guys for years that he was going to kill someone," said Dr. Gilbert Moran, the former ob-gyn chief. "And no one would listen."Late one April night, the first of Sarah Valenzuela's twins arrived with little trouble, but the second stayed put.
Calling the latest version too costly to workers, a labor and consumer coalition shifts strategy from gentle persuasion to outright opposition.SACRAMENTO -- Abandoning their facade of cooperation, a coalition of California labor unions and consumer groups says it is gearing up a campaign to discredit Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's healthcare proposal as too expensive for many workers.
The answer might be found in a few more birthdays.AS a culture that celebrates youth and beauty, we learn early on that adults are over the hill at 40. Birthdays aren't counted after 50. And by 60 the teasing has stopped and people are genuinely sympathetic.
Researchers are finding that older people are many times happier than their younger counterparts. Life experience, passage of time and emotional stability appear to be driving factors.For centuries, sages have alluded to a richness in life's later years that is lost on the young. But only in the last decade have researchers begun to measure happiness across the life span and, in doing so, try to understand why older people tend to be so content.
Competitive swimming at 50? Running at 70? When it comes to sports that require endurance, age can actually be an asset.SWIMMER Leianne Crittenden has recently racked up a national championship, world championship and world record, but she's not some promising college athlete.
