In Older Adults, Diabetes Rates Rise

Washington (dbTechno) - The number of older Americans diagnosed with diabetes has risen greatly over the past ten years according to reports.

A new study has shown that the number of new diabetes patients diagnosed increased by 23% from 1994 to 2004. Read more

Second-Hand Smoke Causes Cystic Fibrosis To Get Worse

Boston (dbTechno) - A new study has found that second hand smoke can actually make the condition of cystic fibrosis worse for patients. Second hand smoke in the form of tobacco and such has proven to be very bad for the health of cystic fibrosis patients.

Researchers have stated that they looked at 812 people in their study. The average age of the people was at 19-years-old. Read more

ABC Autism Drama To Air Despite Protest By Doctors

Hollywood (dbTechno) - ABC has come out and stated that they will air the first episode of the debut show, Eli Stone, which places a link between autism and childhood vaccines. Doctors have protested the show and asked for it to be banned from going on the air.

ABC has stated that they are going to air the debut episode of Eli Stone, but with a disclaimer at the start which states right before the show starts that basically, the plot line is not true. They also give an address to a government web site where the data is shown to make no link between the two. Read more

FEMA Blamed For Manipulating Data On Formaldehyde In Trailers

Louisville (dbTechno) - Lawmakers have come out and stated that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is to blame for playing around with and changing scientific research which said of the danger of toxic gas in trailers which housed thousands of hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors.

Democratic leaders of a House science subcommittee stated that FEMA manipulated the scientific research to downplay the risk associated with the toxic gas in the trailers. Read more

Schwarzenegger’s California Health Care Bill Shot Down

Sacramento (dbTechno) - The work of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to try and put in place a $14.7 billion plan for a new health care system in the state of California has failed as it was voted down on Monday.

The state Senate committee would not pass the bill, which was getting a lot of opposition thrown its way the weeks leading up to this vote. Read more

Under Tongue Flu Vaccine To Replace Need For Shots

Beijing (dbTechno) - A new study from South Korea has revealed that a new way to administer the flu vaccine, under the tongue, may be more effective than injecting the flu vaccine drug.

The belief is that it will be the most effective manner in which people will be able to get the flu vaccine and stay protected. Read more

7,000 Kids Rushed To U.S. Hospitals From Cough, Cold Medicines

Boston (dbTechno) - A new U.S. government study has stated that each year, 7,000 children under the age of 11 are rushed to the hospital and need to be hospitalized in emergency rooms due to them taking cough and cold medicines.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted the study and stated that the majority of the kids who had to be rushed to the emergency room of a U.S. hospital were between the ages of 2 and 5. Two-thirds of the cases were in that age group, while one-fourth were under the age of 2. Read more

Snoring And Chronic Bronchitis Linked

Hollywood (dbTechno) - A new study has revealed that a person who does quite a bit of snoring has an increased risk to develop chronic bronchitis.

Chronic bronchitis is a cough which can last for weeks and keep coming back in a recurring form throughout several years. Read more

Exercise Helps Keep Your DNA Young

Boston (dbTechno) - A new study was published on Mnoday which reveals that exercise helps keep people to have younger DNA comapred to people who get older without exercise.

The authors of the study looked at the ends of DNA strands. These ends keep DNA in chromosomes from coming apart. Read more

Bird Flu Death Toll Hits 100 In Indonesia

Jakarta (dbTechno) - The bird flu death toll in Indonesia has hit 100 after it has been confirmed that a 9-year-old boy and 20-year-old woman were both killed by the virus just outside of Jakarta, Indonesia.

The H5N1 bird flu virus has continued to hit Indonesia the hardest out of any other country in the world. Out of the 222 human deaths worldwide, Indonesia has 100 of them within their borders. Read more

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