Zika concerns mount, but Rio Olympics not moving yet and other top stories.

• Zika concerns mount, but Rio Olympics not moving yet

  

  GENEVA -- The World Health Organization's chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the Zika virus, even though it does not recommend canceling or postponing the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in hard-hit Brazil."The more we learn about Zika, the more worried we get about it," Dr. Margaret Chan said in a briefing Tuesday in Geneva, saying she herself would be going to the Rio Games.Chan noted that although Zika has been around for decades, it is only recently that the virus has been ..

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• "Sobering" number of female physicians experience sexual harassment

  Thirty percent of female doctors face sexual harassment on the job, new research shows.And close to three-quarters perceive gender bias at work, while two-thirds said they have actually experienced it, the researchers added."This is a sobering reminder that our society has a long way to go before we achieve gender equity," said study author Dr. Reshma Jagsi. She is deputy chair of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.For the study, the researchers surveye..

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• House to vote on scaled-back Zika bill despite veto threat

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans controlling the House are ignoring protests from Democrats and a White House veto threat as they speed legislation funding the battle against the Zika virus to a vote.The $622 million GOP plan would provide one-third of the resources requested three months ago by President Barack Obama to combat the virus, which can cause severe birth defects and other health problems. It is “paid for” with cuts elsewhere in the budget, including unspent funds from the successful fi..

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• Exercise may cut risk of 13 cancers, study suggests

  

  Exercise may significantly reduce your risk for many types of cancer, including some of the most lethal forms of the disease, a large review suggests.Working out for even a couple of hours a week appears to shrink the risk of breast, colon and lung cancer, said researchers who looked at 1.4 million adults."Those are three of the four major cancers that affect Americans today," said Marilie Gammon. She is a professor of epidemiology with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings S..

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• Keep Busy! Stay Sharp!

  

  TUESDAY, May 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Although people complain when their schedule gets too busy, new research suggests that being overbooked might actually be good for the brain. The study of older adults found that those with packed schedules tended to do better on tests of memory, information processing and reasoning. Researchers said the findings don't prove that "busyness" makes us smarter. For one, sharper people may seek out more mental stimulation. These people may also have more..

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• As Many as 4 in 10 Gay Men Have HIV in Some Southern Cities

  

  Three out of every 10 gay or bisexual men in several cities in the U.S. South have been diagnosed with the AIDS virus, three times the national rate, according to a study about how common HIV infections are in metro areas. The study echoes other research that reported higher rates of HIV diagnoses in the South, in urban areas, and in gay and bisexual men, but it is the first to look at how common HIV diagnoses are in these men by city. "For the first time, we can see not only the numbers, b..

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• 75 Children Contract Chickenpox in Williamsburg Outbreak, Failure to Inoculate Cited

  

  Published: May 18th, 2016 Immunization clinic, Wynnum, circa 1951 / Courtesy Brisbane City Council The New York City health department this week reported an outbreak of chickenpox in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. According to the report, 75 children have been infected by the virus since March. Also, 72% of the children who were infected had not been vaccinated. The median age of these children is 3, but the report cites victims as old as ..

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• Smart Tampon Tells Women When It's Time To Change

  

  BERKELEY (CBS SF) — There are apps to monitor your heart rate, count how many steps you take, even track your sleep. Now there is an app that monitors a woman’s menstrual cycle and can tell her when its time to remove her tampon. A new startup called my.Flow has created the world’s first tampon monitor that promises to eliminate the monthly issues of stained clothing and mad dashes to the ladies’ restroom. According to Endgadget, co-founder and CEO Amanda Brief came up with the idea as part of ..

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