Sunday, September 4, 2011

More Young Adults And Teens Being Treated For Stroke, USA

According to an investigation conducted by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 1995 and 2008, ischemic stroke hospitalization rates rose up to 37% in adolescents and young adults aged between 15 to 44 years. The findings, reported in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and the Child Neurology Society, reveal a rise in the rates of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, lipid disorders and tobacco use among individuals in this age group during the 14-year investigation period.

Mary George, M.D., M.S.P.H., lead author of the study and a medical officer with CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention explained:

"We identified significant increasing trends in ischemic stroke hospitalizations among adolescents and young adults.

Our results from national surveillance data accentuate the need for public health initiatives to reduce the prevalence of risk factors for stroke among adolescents and young adults."

U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages

The federal agency that oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is set to file suits against more than a dozen big banks, accusing them of misrepresenting the quality of mortgage securities they assembled and sold at the height of the housing bubble, and seeking billions of dollars in compensation.

S.C. gets No. 1 ranking by contractors for rural road deaths

South Carolina has the deadliest rural routes in the nation, according to a report issued by the Associated General Contractors of America.The report ranked states based on their rural fatality rates, rural road conditions and the state of their rural bridges.

Second to South Carolina in ruralroad fatality rates was Florida. Vermont and Idaho have the highest percentage of rural roads in poor condition, the contractors’ group said, and Pennsylvania and Rhode Island lead the nation in the percentage of deficient rural bridges.

Appreciate the Williams sisters while you can still watch them

This year, not by their own choice, Venus and Serena Williams have reminded everybody that they won’t be around forever.

So enjoy them while you have them.

Better yet, appreciate them while you have them.

For all the attention the Williams sisters have attracted to themselves, and for all that has shown up uninvited, appreciation has always been several steps behind. It’s not that they don’t get their due when they win, or that they their absences for various reasons aren’t noted when they happen.