| Demand high this year for free San Jose health fair
October 11, 2009 at 10:07 am
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| | Oct. 11--There was something new Saturday afternoon at the massive San Jose Flea Market, amid the rows of booths hawking "six for $10" T-shirts, car parts, colorful Mexican soccer jerseys, melons, peppers, miniature bananas and fluorescent paintings. Nurses. Blood pressure kits. Flu shots. Cholesterol tests. And all of it free. Demand was robust for the 8th annual Open Air Health Fair, a two-day event that offers free medical screenings and preventive care for anyone who wants it. The fair, which continues today at the flea market's pavilion, is put on each year by the Health Trust, a nonprofit foundation based |
| Single-payer backers fight odds
October 11, 2009 at 10:04 am
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| CDC chief praises state's efforts to curb smoking
October 11, 2009 at 10:01 am
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| | Oct. 11--GUILFORD COUNTY -- North Carolina has taken strong steps to reduce smoking in public places and the number of smokers, the former leader of a New York City health agency said this week. Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, former New York City health commissioner, commended health officials attending the Healthy Carolinians Conference in Greensboro. Frieden became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 8. Health officials statewide are preparing for a smoking ban in restaurants and bars that takes effect Jan. 2. "You all deserve a huge round of applause for doing that," Frieden said. |
| E-cigs simulate smoking experience
October 11, 2009 at 9:51 am
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| | Oct 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- That electronic cigarettes resemble the real thing is part of the reason they have seen enormous success since they hit the market approximately three years ago. E-cigs, as they're called, consist of a steel tube loaded with a liquid cartridge. They have a light-emitting diode on the end that is activated when a user -- they call themselves vapers -- takes a pull, simulating burning tobacco. The vaper's drag on the device activates a heating mechanism, producing vapor that looks like smoke but is odorless and dissipates quickly. The similarity to conventional cigarettes |
| Marathon runner collapses, dies
October 11, 2009 at 9:51 am
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| | BALTIMORE, Oct 11, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A 23-year-old man collapsed while running the Baltimore marathon Saturday and later died, authorities said. The runner, who was not identified, fell at the 25th-mile marker about 11:20 a.m., The Baltimore Sun reported. He was pronounced dead at Union Memorial Hospital at 1:11 p.m., a hospital spokeswoman said. The state medical examiner's office was to perform an autopsy Sunday. The death marked the second in the 9-year-old race, formally known as the Baltimore Running Festival. In its first year, a 29-year-old female runner died after having a brain aneurysm, The Sun said. | | | 
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