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TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - It's not just high school or college kids who 'binge' drink: a Canadian survey finds that 4 percent of 12- to 14-year-olds in that country got drunk at least once in the past year. Binge drinking - essentially, chugging alcohol and typically getting drunk in the process - can lead to drunk driving and other problems. In the study, binge drinking was defined...
May 13, 2014
TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The long-term risks and benefits of taking bisphosphonates, a class of drugs widely used for osteoporosis, require more research, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Bisphosphonates have been used in the United States since 1995 to treat people with osteoporosis, a condition in which bones become weak and are at increased risk of breaking. More...
May 13, 2014
TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Two Florida hospital workers who helped treat a man with the second diagnosed case of MERS in the United States have developed respiratory symptoms, according to published reports. The workers are being tested to see if they may have caught the potentially fatal virus from the man, hospital officials said. One of the cases probably isn't MERS because the worker...
May 13, 2014
TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - There's been a sharp rise in the number of traumatic brain injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments in recent years, a new study shows. The researchers noted that increased awareness and diagnosis of head injuries, including concussions, may explain some of the increase. Researchers analyzed data from more than 950 hospitals across the country and found...
May 13, 2014
TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new injectable drug can further knock down cholesterol levels in people who take cholesterol-busting statin medications, according to the results of a global trial. People taking the new therapy alongside statins enjoyed a 63 percent to 75 percent decrease in their "bad" (LDL) cholesterol levels, on top of the reduction caused by the traditional statin medications,...
May 13, 2014
TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - An area of the brain related to memory and emotion may be smaller in college football players than it is in their non-playing peers - especially those players with a history of concussion, a small study suggests. Experts said the real-life significance of the brain difference is not yet clear. But the study, reported in the May 14 issue of the -Journal of the...
May 13, 2014
TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new review finds that several drugs can help curb the desire to drink alcohol, but the researchers note that these medications are rarely prescribed. Acamprosate (Campral) and naltrexone (Revia), along with support from groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous or psychological counseling, can be useful tools to help people stay away from alcohol, the review authors...
May 13, 2014
TUESDAY, May 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Researchers say they've gained new insight into how stress and other negative emotions can raise the risk of heart attack and stroke. Previous studies have shown that stress, anger, anxiety and depression can boost a person's chances for heart disease, but how these emotions and heart health might be connected was unclear. In this study, the brain activity of...
May 13, 2014
(HealthDay News) - A farmers market can help you load up on fresh, locally grown produce that's good for your health and budget. The Local Harvest website offers these suggestions to get the most out of your farmers market purchases: - Create a shopping list so you remember what to buy. Become familiar with the farmers and their produce. Talk to the farmers about their recommended purchases and how...
May 12, 2014
(HealthDay News) - A gassy baby is a grumpy baby, but there are things parents can do to help alleviate the problem. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers these suggestions: - If mom is breast-feeding, identify any foods in mom's diet that could be contributing to gas. If baby is formula-fed, use ready-to-feed formula. Or, to cut down on air bubbles, allow a mixed powdered formula to sit before...
May 12, 2014
SUNDAY, May 11, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A mild electrical jolt to the brain triggered lucid dreaming in young people, allowing them to become aware that they were dreaming and even gain some control over the plot of their dream. The research is preliminary, and there's no home brain-zapping machine on the immediate horizon. Still, the findings don't just shed light on dreaming, explained study author...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Teen children of heavy smokers are more likely to try cigarettes and to become heavy smokers themselves, a new study suggests. The researchers found that the more years a child was exposed to parental smoking, the greater the risk the child would experiment with smoking or even pick up the unhealthy habit. These findings suggest that parents who smoke should...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children taking medications to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - such as Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse - are less likely to smoke, according to a new analysis. Kids with ADHD who were treated with these so-called stimulant medications were about half as likely to smoke as children with this disorder who weren't treated with these medications,...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Kids who suffer a concussion can have lingering effects long after the physical symptoms fade away, U.S. researchers report. In a study from the emergency medicine division at Boston Children's Hospital, doctors found that, while headache, dizziness and blurry vision can appear right after a concussion, emotional and mental symptoms, such as irritability and...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new study finds that cervical cancer rates in the United States are much higher than previously reported, especially among women in their 60s and black women. Previous studies had estimated that the U.S. cervical cancer rate was about 12 cases per 100,000 women, that the highest rates were in women between ages 40 and 44 and that they then leveled off. But...
May 12, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - U.S. Company Donates Hemophilia Drugs to Poor Nations - A U.S. biotechnology company says it will donate hundreds of millions of dollars worth of hemophilia drugs to developing nations. Biogen Idec Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. pledged to give 1 billion units of clotting factor to poor nations in Africa,...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A woman's risk of having a serious car accident may increase in her second trimester of pregnancy, a large new Canadian study suggests. Researchers found that compared with the few years before pregnancy, a woman's risk of a traffic accident rose by 42 percent during the second trimester. During the third trimester, the odds dropped again. Experts said they cannot...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A smartphone app that uses voice analysis to detect mood changes in people with bipolar disorder is being tested by researchers. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme emotional highs and lows. It affects millions of people worldwide and can have serious consequences, including suicide. The app showed promise in early tests with a small group...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Getting more fit might reduce the risk of death for elderly men with high blood pressure, a new study suggests. Compared to the least-fit men, those who had the highest levels of fitness had nearly half the risk of death. For men in the low-fitness category, the risk of dying was 18 percent lower. And, men in the moderate-fitness category had a 36 percent lower...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Circumcision during infancy has a low rate of complications, but the risk becomes much higher as boys get older, a new study reports. American researchers analyzed data from 1.4 million boys who underwent circumcision, about 93 percent of whom were circumcised as newborns. The overall rate of 41 possible complications was less than 0.5 percent. But the risk of...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new study of French power company retirees finds that those who were exposed to solvents and benzene on the job - even decades earlier - were more likely to score poorly on memory and thinking tests. The findings don't directly confirm that the chemicals harmed the mental powers of the former workers, and it was not clear if those with more thinking problems...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Medicare spent at least $1.9 billion in 2009 on 26 types of tests and procedures that offer patients few or no health benefits, a new study says. At least one in four Medicare patients received at least one of these services in 2009, according to the analysis of claims made by more than 1.3 million Medicare patients that year, according to Harvard Medical School...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Resveratrol - a substance found in red wine, grapes and chocolate may not add years to your life, and it doesn't appear to reduce the risk for heart disease or cancer either, according to new research. "When it comes to diet, health and aging, things are not simple and probably do not boil down to one single substance, such as resveratrol," said study lead researcher...
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The housing crash of the late 2000s lowered property values across the nation, but it may have increased something - the blood pressure of folks living next to a foreclosed property. A new study has found that people who live within 100 meters (about 300 feet) of a foreclosed home tend to have slightly higher blood pressure than other people in the neighborhood....
May 12, 2014
MONDAY, May 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) - College guys are more than three times likelier to smoke marijuana and drive than they are to drink and drive, a new study finds. About 44 percent of college-age men reported driving while stoned during the previous month, compared with only 12 percent who said they drove after drinking, researchers report in the May 12 issue of the journal -JAMA Pediatrics....
May 12, 2014
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