| Drive promotes women's diabetes awareness
Getting fatter around the middle? Have a family history of heart disease or diabetes? You could be headed for the same trouble, particularly if you're over 40 and female. Because there are no obvious symptoms of high blood sugar or insulin resistance, few people realize it is creeping up and putting them on the path to diabetes and heart disease, experts say. The National Women's Health Resource Center, based in Red Bank, N.J., is hoping to change that with a new public health campaign targeting women ages 40 to 65 - a group whose members are at greater risk than others, and often hold the role of Dr. Mom. "Women are the gatekeepers to the health of the family, so I do think it's appropriate to let them know it's stalking their children," said David Katz, a preventive health expert who is an adviser to the center.
West Nile cases treated
A nurse with the Grayson County Health Department said Thursday that Wilson N. Jones Medical Center treated two cases of West Nile virus during August.The nurse said both cases were diagnosed as being West Nile by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. One person is a Grayson County resident and one lives in Fannin County. She added that both victims are elder residents and that she believes both have been released from the hospital. WNJ Spokeswoman Cathy Black confirmed the two cases.West Nile Virus is spread by mosquitoes. Former Grayson County Health Director Carolyn Fruthaler said last year that people often can avoid contact with the types of mosquitos that spread the disease by not being outside at dawn or dusk. Those are the only times that particular variety of mosquito feeds.Those who must be out may protect themselves by wearing light clothing, with long sleeves and pants.
Crash survivor likely unaware of what happened
LEXINGTON, Ky. --James Polehinke, the sole survivor of Comair Flight 5191, might not realize that he was in a plane crash, a family friend said yesterday. "He doesn't even know about the accident," said Antonio Cruz, the boyfriend of Polehinke's mother, Honey Jackson. "He knows that he is in the hospital, and he knows he has to go through operations." Polehinke, the first officer, was at the controls when the plane took off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport and crashed in a nearby field, killing 49 people Aug. 27. Study: Proteins sign of pregnancy complication Two proteins secreted by the placenta may be responsible for virtually all cases of pre-eclampsia, a severe complication of pregnancy that can be fatal to mother or baby, researchers report Thursday.
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