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TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new blood test may one day help predict the recurrence of breast cancer and also a woman's response to breast cancer treatment, researchers report. "We are able to do this with literally a spoonful of serum [blood]," said study co-author Saraswati Sukumar, who is co-director of the breast cancer program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at...
April 15, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Patients Paying Much More for Specialty Drugs: Report - Many Americans are paying less for prescription drugs, but some are having to deal with sharp rises in the cost of specialty medicines for rare or serious diseases such as cancer, a new report says. On average, more than half of prescriptions...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children born to mothers who gain either too much or too little weight during their pregnancy are more likely to be overweight or obese, a new study has found. Putting on too few or too many pounds during a pregnancy "may permanently affect mechanisms that manage energy balance and metabolism in the offspring, such as appetite control and energy expenditure,"...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Easter lilies are popular in homes at this time of year, but they can be deadly for cats, a veterinarian warns. The same is true for Tiger, Asiatic, Day and Japanese Show lilies, said Dr. Melanie McLean, a veterinarian at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The entire lily plant - leaf, pollen and flower - is poisonous for cats. Eating just a couple of...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April, 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Just in time for summer swimming and boating season comes a grim government report: Drowning deaths are still a problem in the United States, even though overall deaths from drowning are down. "Death rates overall have declined 9 percent, but for those aged 45 to 84, it increased 9.7 percent," said report author Dr. Jiaquan Xu, an epidemiologist at the U.S....
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes have a new treatment option with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval Tuesday of a once-weekly injectable drug, Tanzeum. The FDA described Tanzeum (albiglutide) as a "glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist - a hormone that helps normalize patients' blood sugar levels. Tanzeum "can be used alone...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Tanzeum (albiglutide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help control blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. Some 24 million people in the United States have type 2 diabetes, which is more than 90 percent of all diabetes cases, the agency said Tuesday in a news release. People with the disease are at increased risk of heart...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Severely obese people with vitamin D deficiency may be less mobile than those with normal levels of the vitamin, a new study says. Poor physical functioning can reduce quality of life and increase the risk of early death, the researchers noted. The study included 252 severely obese people who were timed as they walked 1,640 feet and climbed up and down a single...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People with sleep apnea, a common sleep disorder, may be at increased risk for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, especially women and older people, a new study suggests. Sleep apnea causes repeated, brief interruptions in breathing during sleep. Untreated sleep apnea can increase a person's risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke. "Ongoing sleep...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Race appears to be a factor in determining a person's risk of developing autoimmune thyroid conditions such as Graves' disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis, a new study says. African Americans and Asians are much more likely to develop Graves' disease than whites are, according to the study published in the April 16 issue of the -Journal of the American Medical...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Women who are overweight or obese when they get pregnant may be at increased risk for miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death, researchers say. The danger is greatest for severely obese women, who appear to have about double or triple the risk of losing their baby, although that risk is still small, the study authors noted. The findings, based on a review...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children with autism may find the "unconditional" love of the family dog a real help, a small new study finds. Researchers at the University of Missouri interviewed 70 parents of children with autism. The investigators found that nearly two-thirds owned dogs, and that 94 percent of those parents said their children formed a bond with their four-legged friend....
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Nonwhite Americans are exposed to 38 percent higher levels of nitrogen dioxide air pollution than whites, a new study shows. Nitrogen dioxide comes from sources such as power plants and car exhausts, and this type of air pollution is associated with asthma and heart disease, the researchers said. They examined nitrogen dioxide levels in cities across the nation...
April 15, 2014
TUESDAY, April 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Young people who occasionally smoke marijuana may be rewiring their brains, with their pot use causing structural changes to brain regions related to motivation, emotion and reward, a small study says. Recreational pot use by a small group of young adults caused significant changes to the shape and density of both the nucleus accumbens, a region of the brain...
April 15, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Changes in vision are common as you age, but some changes require swift medical attention. Do you know the difference? - The National Institutes of Health says more serious symptoms of vision loss include: - Difficulty recognizing the faces of loved ones. Sensing that lighting seems dimmer than before. Sudden difficulty reading store signs, street signs or bus signs. Copyright ©...
April 14, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Babies are particularly sensitive to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, researchers have found. The University of Michigan Health System says secondhand smoke makes babies more prone to: - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Asthma. Decreased lung function. Pneumonia and bronchitis. Sinus problems. Ear infections. Copyright © 2014 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A sharp drop in the number of young women infected with the two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) most likely to cause cervical cancer occurred in England after the 2008 launch of a national vaccination program there, a new study shows. The high-risk HPV types 16 and 18 cause 70 percent to 80 percent of cervical cancers. Protection against infection from...
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Young fathers may be at increased risk of depression symptoms after their baby arrives, all the way through to the child's kindergarten, a new study suggests. Researchers found that for men who become fathers in their 20s and live with their children, depression symptoms tend to rise during the first five years of the child's life. Experts stressed that the...
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Pelvic exercises can benefit men with chronic premature ejaculation, according to a new study. Premature ejaculation - defined as occurring within one minute - affects many men at some point in their lives. Although different treatments exist, some men don't respond to any of them. This study included 40 men, aged 19 to 46, with lifelong premature ejaculation...
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Boys with autism were three times more likely to have been exposed to antidepressants known as SSRIs in the womb than typically developing children, according to new research. The new study also found that boys whose mothers took SSRIs - drugs including Celexa, Lexapro, Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft - during pregnancy were also more likely to have developmental...
April 14, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - E-Cigarette Makers Using Music Events to Hook Young People: Lawmakers - Free samples, candy-like flavors, and music festivals are among the ways that e-cigarette makers are trying to get young Americans hooked on the devices, according to a survey released Monday by congressional Democrats. They...
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - As a major outbreak of deadly Ebola virus spreads through the West African nations of Guinea and Liberia, public health officials are struggling to contain the horror-movie pathogen before it slips into neighboring countries. They must do so without the aid of any vaccines to prevent Ebola's spread or medicines to treat Ebola infections. None currently exists....
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Fussy and demanding babies are likely to spend slightly more time plopped in front of a TV or computer screen when they're toddlers than are "easier" babies, new research finds. It's not clear just what this finding means. Parents could be trying to get a break from their high-maintenance children, or the kids could be naturally drawn to screens. The study...
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new study found that 10 percent of women with a personal or family history of breast or other cancers had at least one gene mutation that would lead their doctors to recommend changes in their routine care, including increased cancer screening. These women did not have BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations that are strongly associated with hereditary breast and ovarian...
April 14, 2014
MONDAY, April 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Young people with epilepsy are more likely than kids without the neurological disorder to suffer broken bones or burns, a new large study from England finds. Surprisingly, the study also found that those under the age of 24 who have epilepsy face twice the risk of medicinal poisoning compared to their peers. Among epilepsy patients between the ages of 19 and...
April 14, 2014
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