Rice provides more energy, research suggestsMore people are enjoying bread or pastries for breakfast for convenience’s sake. Thirty-two-year-old office worker Kim Sang-il is one of them. Single, living alone in his studio and eating out everyday, Kim barely makes anything at home. He eats toast with jam and yogurt for breakfast.“If I try to have steamed rice with side dishes, the Korean traditiona

Rice allows one to work out nearly 50 percent longer than bread and is more effective in reducing cholesterol, a new study suggested.The Korea Food Research Institute unveiled the result of its recent research on the health effects of Koreans’ staple food in a public forum on Wednesday.In a test on university students, researchers measured how long they can perform exercise after eating rice or br

 BOSTON (AP) -- The nation's first full face transplant recipient said the first thing his young daughter told him when she saw him after the operation was ``Daddy, you're so handsome.''Dallas Wiens, sporting a goatee and dark sunglasses, joined surgeons Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in his first public appearance since the 15-hour procedure in March.This picture shows facial tr

Women tend to think that breast cancer is their biggest health threat. While it is important, heart disease remains the No. 1 killer of women, even young women.The risk of heart disease in women increases with age. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women over 40 years old, especially after menopause. Every year, more than 500,000 U.S. women die of heart disease. This translates to app

DETROIT ― Johanne Erickson could handle two to three hot flashes a week when her perimenopause symptoms began two years ago, when she was 44.But by February, 40 to 50 hot flashes a day plagued the Oxford, Michigan, woman.Erickson, a human resources manager for an automotive supplier, turned into the office joke. Friends bought her a cache of fans.“At some point you either have to laugh about it an

As U.S. tries to curb obesity, some fear increasing discrimination against the overweightThe images are striking: Overweight boys and girls staring somberly from billboards and online videos, real-life embodiments of the blunt messages alongside.“Chubby kids may not outlive their parents,” for example. Or: “Big bones didn’t make me this way. Big meals did.”The ads ― part of a new “Stop Child Obesi

Conventionally, ultrasound has been used in hospitals to look into the body for diagnostic purposes, but it has increasingly been used in therapy. High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy could be compared to setting a fire by focusing sunrays with a magnifying glass. Sunrays are warm, but unable to induce fire by themselves. However, once they are concentrated on a very small spot, the heat gene

DETROIT ― Te’nika Prince knew spring had arrived when her nose started running and her eyes got puffy and her head hurt and she felt miserable.She has been struggling with allergies her entire life.“I would have to keep tissue with me all the time,” says Prince, 35, of Westland, Michigan. “When it starts, you don’t want to do anything. You just want to lie around.”For several years, Prince has not

Top university hospital reaches out to foreignersWhen Seoul National University Hospital opened its cancer center last month, it was the beginning of another renaissance for the hospital that has arguably ruled the country’s medical field for more than half a decade. Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities including 165 sickbeds, 15 specified sectors, educational facilities and a clinical test d