Kathy Somp's allergy was diagnosed during a pre-employement physical. Now the cardiac catheterization lab where she works has eliminated latex gloves and all latex-containing equipment. While health care workers are most at risk, patients can have latex allergies and not even know it. So to be safe- latex balloons are off limits at Doylestown Hospital. According to a series of studies in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, college football players who suffer head injuries run a risk of long-term neurological damage.
Findings also show that soccer is nearly as dangerous as football.
The studies found that even two significant blows to the head can affect teenagers for years to come. For men ages 40 to 50, obesity adds 6 years to your calendar age. For women in that same age group, it adds about 6 and a half years. A new secret of the grape is out. A journal of the American Heart Association reveals more ways in which grape juice and wine serve as heart protectors.