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Thứ Tư, 17 tháng 4, 2013

Infant mortality rate in US drops again

By Karen Rowan

Published April 17, 2013

MyHealthNewsDaily

The infant mortality rate in the United States declined again in recent years after reaching a plateau in the early part of this century, according to a new government report.

In 2011, there were 6.05 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, down from 6.87 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2005, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The biggest drop was seen in the mortality rate of infants born to black women.

The infant mortality declined significantly throughout the 20th century, but then plateaued between 2000 and 2005, according to the report.

The recent decline was most rapid in states in the South. However, states in the South had the highest infant mortality rates in 2010. Four states (Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina) along with Washington, D.C., saw their infant mortality rates drop by more than 20 percent between 2005 and 2010.

Five causes of death accounted for 56 percent of all infant deaths in 2011: congenital malformations, premature birth, sudden infant death syndrome, maternal complications and unintentional injuries. Between 2005 and 2011, there were declines in the death rates from all of these causes except unintentional injuries.

No states saw an increase in the infant mortality rate over the study period.

Data gathered to date on infant mortality in 2012 suggest that the downward trend continued, the report said.

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Tori Spelling drops 45 pounds after giving birth

Published April 17, 2013

FoxNews.com

Tori Spelling in 2011, left, and on the cover of US Weekly, right.Retuers/ US Weekly

Tori Spelling had a rough pregnancy with her fourth child, Finn.

The former “Beverly Hills 90201” star had to undergo emergency surgery after she gave birth, and at one point during her pregnancy she was on bed rest for several months.

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So weight loss wasn’t the first thing on her mind after Finn was born. But Spelling, 39, said she has now lost all the baby weight—plus an additional 15 pounds.

In the latest issue of US Weekly, Spelling dished on her 45-pound weight loss.

"The last thing on my mind was getting my body back," Spelling told the mag.

She explained due to her surgery she was barred from doing any situps or lunges to tone her stomach.

"I feel like I took off the weight safely, and I'm totally happy here," she said. "I think my stomach went back pretty well!"

Spelling is married to actor Dean McDermott.

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Trisha Yearwood drops 30 pounds, shares her weight loss secrets

Published April 17, 2013

FoxNews.com

Trisha Yearwood on the cover of People magazine, left, and in 2005, right.PEOPLE/ AP

Trisha Yearwood has tried dieting before.

But now, the 48-year-old country singer has shed 30 pounds in just four months. Her secret? Exercising and following her own custom diet.

"I designed my own plan that's low-fat, low-sugar 90 percent of the time," the star told People magazine.

The rest of the time she snacks on her favorite, non-healthy foods, but heads to Zumba the next day to work out.

"I have a strength I never had before," she told the magazine. "I feel like I can do anything."

Yearwood said she is down from a “tight size 14” to a comfortable size 10, and she is grateful she has found a routine that works for her.

"I don't think you can name one diet I haven't done. I'm that girl who buys every magazine where somebody's lost 30 lbs,” she said.

But now, she’s figured out how to shed the pounds.

"I guess a part of me didn't want to hear that it's just really hard work!"

Aside from her country music career, Yearwood currently hosts the cooking show “Trisha’s Southern Kitchen” on the Food Network. She is married to country superstar Garth Brooks.

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Thứ Tư, 3 tháng 4, 2013

Study shows cholesterol-lowering eye drops fight blindness in elderly

Published April 03, 2013

FoxNews.com

New research shows that a cholesterol-lowering eye drop may help fight macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people over 50, Medical Daily reported.

The study, conducted by Cell Press, examined how cholesterol deposits in white blood cells, known as macrophages, can lead to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

"Our increased understanding of cholesterol's role in the growth of ocular blood vessels helped us identify therapeutically modifiable pathways, opening up avenues for new treatments that may help us prevent blindness caused by macular degeneration,” senior study author Rajendra Apte, of Washington University School of Medicine, told Medical Daily.

Apte and his research team looked at macrophage samples from both humans and mice with AMD and discovered they had low levels of ABCA1 – a protein used for removing cholesterol from the cells. Without the ability to transport cholesterol out of the macrophages, blood vessels develop in larger numbers until they eventually cause blindness, according to Medical Daily.

The mice with AMD were treated with two types of cholesterol regulators, Liver X Receptor and microRNAs-33. Both compounds – given in an eye solution and injected – contributed to the increase of ABCA1 protein levels, which helped lower cholesterol buildup in white blood cells.

According to the researchers, this discovery can potentially aid people with diseases other than just AMD.

"Abnormal blood vessel growth is a characteristic of not only AMD, but also diverse disease processes outside the eye, including cancers and atherosclerosis, which are both associated with significant morbidity and mortality," Apte told Medical Daily. "Our findings may have significant relevance in our understanding of the pathobiology of these conditions."

The entire study was published in the April 2 edition of the journal Cell Metabolism.

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