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MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Weight-loss surgery might do more than help people shed pounds. For some who have the surgery, it may also put type 2 diabetes into remission for several years, a new study suggests. The success rate in controlling diabetes depended on the type of weight-loss surgery, the researchers said. Patients who had the more involved gastric-bypass surgery were more...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Although steroids are often given to patients undergoing heart bypass surgery, a large new study suggests this common practice has no benefit and could actually be harmful. Researchers found preventive steroids do not improve the outcome of these procedures and could put patients at greater risk for a heart attack after their surgery. The study authors said...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A drug commonly used to treat diabetes does not help prevent heart failure in non-diabetics who've had a heart attack, according to a new study. Researchers said results from the rigorous clinical trial dispute previous findings that showed the drug, metformin, could have a protective effect on the heart. "While this glucose-lowering drug is very effective...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Preteens with strong muscles may have healthier blood pressure, cholesterol and body-fat levels than their less brawny peers, a new study suggests. More than 1,400 sixth-graders had their strength tested with a hand-grip exercise. Overall, the stronger kids appeared to have a lower risk for heart disease and diabetes, according to the study, which was published...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Today is the deadline for most people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the controversial healthcare-reform law. More than 6 million Americans have already signed up for insurance coverage through online "marketplaces" created by the law, federal officials said on Thursday. Earlier last week, the Obama administration said that Americans...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug Topamax (topiramate) to prevent migraine headaches has been expanded to include adolescents 12 years to 17 years, the agency said Friday. It's the first migraine-prevention drug approved for adolescents, the FDA said in a news release. Topamax was first sanctioned in 1996 to prevent seizures, and was approved...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) The drug Alprolix has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first long-acting hemophilia B clotting agent, the FDA said in a news release. The product, formally known as "coagulation factor IX recombinant Fc Fusion protein" is the first hemophilia B remedy designed to require less frequent injections than prior treatments, the FDA said....
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Researchers say they've developed a simple new test that quickly detects the date-rape drug GHB in drinks. GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid), a central nervous system depressant, is one of the most commonly used date-rape drugs. Spiking drinks with GHB, which is odorless and colorless, incapacitates victims, making them vulnerable to sexual assault. When the...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Giving aspirin to patients around the time of surgery may do them more harm than good, a large new study finds. Surgery of any kind - not just heart surgery - may raise a person's risk for having a heart attack, research has shown. Doctors often start patients on a low dose of aspirin shortly before and after their procedures to help prevent those events. But...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Stem cells injected directly into heart muscle can help patients suffering from severe heart failure by improving an ailing heart's ability to pump blood, a new Danish trial indicates. Doctors drew stem cells from patients' own bone marrow, and then injected those cells into portions of the heart where scar tissue seemed to interfere with heart function, explained...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children's sleep, behavior and school work improves when their parents closely track their media use, according to a new study. Researchers looked at more than 1,300 children in grades three to five in Iowa and Minnesota and found that increased monitoring of the time they spent online, watching TV and playing video games reduced their total amount of screen...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Providing drug therapy to HIV-positive prison inmates helped a significant number of them achieve suppression of the virus before they were released, a new study finds. HIV patients with so-called "viral suppression" are less likely to transmit the AIDS-causing virus to others, experts noted. The study, published online March 31 in -JAMA Internal Medicine-,...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Recent research has raised the possibility that low-dose aspirin could add extra years to the lives of colon cancer patients. Now, a new study suggests that only certain patients may gain a survival benefit by taking aspirin after diagnosis. The study of about 1,000 patients found that people whose tumor cells give off a specific antigen, or defense mechanism,...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new study links heart disease with increased odds of developing dementia. Researchers found that artery stiffness - a condition called atherosclerosis - is associated with the buildup of beta-amyloid plaque in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. "This is more than just another example of how heart health relates to brain health. It is a signal that...
March 31, 2014
MONDAY, March 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Long-term HIV infection is linked to an increased risk of heart disease in men, a new study finds. For the study, Johns Hopkins researchers looked at 618 HIV-infected men and 383 uninfected men, aged 40 to 70, in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., Chicago, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles areas. Study participants who had more advanced HIV and had been taking highly...
March 31, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Inspecting a playground before your children start swinging and sliding can help you identify potential dangers. The National Safety Council offers these tips for parents: - Make sure playground equipment is surrounded by at least 12 inches of fill, such as sand, mulch or wood chips. Allow a 6-foot area of fill around a play set on all sides. Check that any openings are less than...
March 28, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Poisonous or harmful substances, from medications to cleaning supplies, should be kept safely out of reach from curious children. Safekids.org offers these suggestions: - Make sure dangerous products, including bleach, detergent and other cleaning items, are kept where a child cannot reach them. Under-sink storage is not a safe place. If you do store dangerous products in cabinets...
March 28, 2014
FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Marriage is good for the heart, yet another study has found. Married partners don't just have a lower risk of heart problems, the researchers said. They also have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease affecting the legs, neck or abdominal areas. "We found that being married was associated with lower risks of cardiovascular disease in general," said study researcher...
March 28, 2014
FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Bans on smoking in public places and the workplace in North America and Europe are linked to a 10 percent drop in premature births and the number of children going to the hospital for an asthma flare-up, according to a new study. The study authors said this positive trend occurred within one year of smoke-free policies being put into effect. They added that...
March 28, 2014
FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Weight-loss surgery, such as gastric banding, can dramatically reduce the rate of heart attacks and deaths among people who are obese, a new study shows. Researchers in the United Kingdom said their findings suggest that obese people at high risk for heart disease should seriously consider undergoing this type of procedure to lose weight. The researchers also...
March 28, 2014
FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) - With between 40 percent and 100 percent of lung cancer patients vulnerable to some form of persistent sexual dysfunction, experts say the issue can no longer be sidelined by physicians. Experts attending the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva this week suggested that the onset of sexual dysfunction is one of the key emotional and physical ramifications...
March 28, 2014
FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) - It's said you can never be too rich or too thin, but new research suggests otherwise. People who are clinically underweight face an even higher risk for dying than obese individuals, the study shows. Compared to normal-weight folks, the excessively thin have nearly twice the risk of death, researchers concluded after reviewing more than 50 prior studies. Obesity...
March 28, 2014
FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) - About one of three Texas kids screened for cholesterol between the ages of 9 and 11 had borderline or high cholesterol, potentially placing them at greater risk for future cardiovascular disease, a new study has found. Obese kids were more likely to have abnormal cholesterol levels, but a large percentage of normal-weight children also had borderline or high...
March 28, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Obamacare Support Hits Lowest Level: Survey - Support for the Affordable Care Act is at its lowest level since it was passed four years ago, according to a new survey. Only 26 percent of Americans support the health care law, but just 13 percent believe it will be completely repealed, the -Associated...
March 28, 2014
FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A tiny spinal fracture can turn an active person into a shut-in. Until now, patients with these compression fractures have had limited options, but a new procedure shows promise, researchers say. Vertebral or compression fractures - micro-breaks in the building blocks of the back typically caused by bone-thinning osteoporosis - affect about 700,000 people in...
March 28, 2014
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