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FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A group of widely used sedatives increases the risk of serious breathing problems in older people with the lung condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study says. Benzodiazepines such as lorazepam (Ativan) or alprazolam (Xanax) are commonly prescribed to treat insomnia and anxiety, the study author noted. For the study, researcher...
April 18, 2014
FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Ragwitek has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat allergy to short ragweed among adults aged 18 to 65. The once-daily tablet contains an extract from short ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) pollen, the agency said in a news release. Treatment should begin 12 weeks before the start of ragweed season - which in the United States includes...
April 18, 2014
FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Stress may trigger symptom flare-ups in people with seasonal allergies, a new study suggests. Researchers followed 179 people with hay fever for 12 weeks, and found that 39 percent of them had more than one flare-up. Those patients had higher levels of stress than those who didn't have allergy symptoms during the study period. Sixty-four percent of the participants...
April 18, 2014
FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Patients may get the best care when treated in hospital units staffed by highly experienced nurses, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed data from more than 900,000 patients admitted over four years to U.S. Veterans Administration hospitals and found that for each one-year increase in the average tenure of registered nurses in a hospital unit, patients spent...
April 18, 2014
FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Many people ignore restaurant foods labeled "low-calorie" because they think they'll be unsatisfying, a new study shows. "People have come to expect low-calorie food to taste bad or not fill them up," wrote Jeffrey Parker, of Georgia State University, and Donald Lehmann, of Columbia University. The findings suggest a need to present calorie information in menus...
April 18, 2014
FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Restaurants near public housing developments tend to offer unhealthy meals, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed menus from 61 fast-food and 72 table-service restaurants within a half mile of 13 housing developments and four residential neighborhoods in the Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., areas. The housing developments and residential neighborhoods...
April 18, 2014
FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Being outgoing makes you happier no matter where you live, a new international study says. Researchers looked at mood and behavior among college students in the United States, China, Japan, the Philippines and Venezuela. Overall, those who felt or acted more extroverted in daily situations were happier. The investigators also found that the students' behavior...
April 18, 2014
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) - At least 5 percent of American adults - 12 million people - are misdiagnosed in outpatient settings every year, and half of these errors could be harmful, a new study indicates. The findings, from an analysis of data from several published studies, should lead to greater efforts to monitor and reduce the number of misdiagnoses that occur in primary care,...
April 17, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Diaper rash can be sore and painful for your little one, but there are things you can do to help keep diaper rash at bay. The American Academy of Pediatrics says diaper rash can be triggered by: - Excessive moisture in or near the diaper. Chafing of the skin. Prolonged exposure to stool or urine. A yeast or bacterial infection. An allergic reaction to something in the diaper. Copyright...
April 17, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Your emotions can hinder your ability to drive safely, so you should keep them in check while you're behind the wheel. The Department of Motor Vehicles offers these suggestions: - If you feel angry, upset or annoyed, pull off the road and take a break. Take a few deep breaths. If you are anxious, worried or depressed about something, try to think of other things until you reach your...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - In a possible advance for obesity research, an MRI scan has pinpointed "good" brown fat in a living adult for the first time. The researchers say their success could help efforts to fight obesity and diabetes. Unlike white fat, brown fat is considered good because it burns calories and helps control weight. Learning more about brown fat could lead to new...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Changing how newborns are held immediately after birth could boost the use of delayed cord clamping and potentially reduce the number of infants with iron deficiency, according to a new study. Waiting until about two minutes after birth to clamp the umbilical cord allows more blood to pass from the mother's placenta to the baby, which lowers the risk of iron...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Bacteria that can cause serious eye infections are able to survive longer in contact lens cleaning solution than previously known, a new study finds. Researchers looked at different strains of -Pseudomonas aeruginosa-, which can cause microbial keratitis. This is an inflammation and ulceration of the cornea that can cause vision loss. The investigators tested...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Scientists report they have demystified how a sperm and egg couple, with new research in mice indicating that egg cells carry a special receptor that allows sperm to attach to and fertilize eggs. The British study, published online April 16 in the journal -Nature-, may offer new ways to improve both fertility treatments and contraceptives in people, with...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Banning chocolate milk from schools may sound like a good move for kids' health, but efforts to do so haven't turned out that way, a small study found. Bans on chocolate milk in 11 Oregon elementary schools were linked to a big drop in the amount of healthy, fat-free white milk students drank, a team of Cornell University researchers reports. Nicole Zammit,...
April 17, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Scientists Create First Embryo Clones Using Cells From Adults - For the first time, scientists say they have used material from cells from two adults to create early stage cloned embryos. They then used those embryos to create tissue that was an exact genetic match of the donors. The aim of the...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Creative activities outside of work may help boost your job performance, a new study suggests. Personal endeavors after-hours help employees recover from on-the-job demands and improve skills such as problem-solving, the researchers report in the April 17 issue of the -Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Researchers surveyed 341 employees...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Doctors often recommend no treatment at all when a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, opting instead to keep a close eye on the slow-growing tumor and acting only when it becomes aggressive. But a new, long-term European study says this strategy, called "active surveillance," has a major flaw - if men don't come back for regular checkups, doctors won't...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - New research shows that the brains of some football players who had the usual head hits associated with the sport, but no concussions, still had signs of mild brain injury six months after the season ended. "We followed athletes at the beginning of football season, after and for six months later," said Dr. Jeffrey Bazarian, an associate professor of emergency...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) - Most medical devices approved for use in children are not tested on pediatric patients before they are marketed, a new Harvard study finds. Since Congress passed the Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act in 2007, which was designed to stimulate the development of pediatric devices, children have made up only 10 percent of participants in clinical...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Years later, people who were underweight at birth, and those who were breast-fed only a short time or not at all, could be at increased risk for chronic inflammation and related health problems, a new study suggests. Researchers examined health data from 10,500 American adults and found that those with low birth weight and those who had little or no breast-feeding...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Some children gain weight after having their tonsils removed, but this weight gain is typically confined to younger, underweight children and doesn't seem to add to obesity rates, a new study finds. Each year in the United States, about 500,000 children have their tonsils removed. In the new study, a team from Stanford University School of Medicine tracked...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A surgical technique used to grind up uterine growths and remove them through tiny incisions could increase a woman's risk of cancer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday. The FDA said that the procedure, known as "laparoscopic power morcellation," can inadvertently spread cancerous tissue beyond a woman's uterus and into other parts of her...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - While the United States has seen a decline in the number of Salmonella illnesses in recent years, there's been little progress overall in reducing food poisoning outbreaks, health officials say. "The news is mixed," Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental...
April 17, 2014
THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A novel treatment for the hay fever that plagues millions of Americans every fall was approved Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The first hay fever pill to be placed under the tongue once a day, Ragwitek can be taken by adults aged 18 to 65, the FDA said in a news release. Treatment is typically started three months before the start of ragweed...
April 17, 2014
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