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TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Women with breast cancer who practiced yoga had lower levels of stress hormones and reported less fatigue and better quality of life, new research shows. "Yoga is having an impact on subjective well-being, as well as better regulation of cortisol, a stress hormone," said study co-author Lorenzo Cohen, director of the integrative medicine program at M.D. Anderson...
March 4, 2014
TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The Affordable Care Act will give an estimated 4 million people who have spent time in U.S. jails better access to health care. This includes coverage for mental illness and substance-abuse problems that increase the risk for being rearrested, according to new research. Unlike prisons, the nation's 3,200 local jails house people arrested for misdemeanors or...
March 4, 2014
TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - American Indian communities that open or expand casinos have fewer children who are overweight or obese, new research suggests. Obesity is more common among children from families with fewer financial resources. And Johns Hopkins researchers found that casinos are linked to higher family incomes, which provides kids in these areas with better access to healthy...
March 4, 2014
TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People with chronic kidney disease who take the blood thinner warfarin to treat a form of irregular heartbeat are at no greater risk for stroke or death than similar patients who don't take the medicine, researchers report. The Swedish study involved more than 24,000 people diagnosed with heart disease and atrial fibrillation, a common and dangerous form of...
March 4, 2014
TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Up to 16 percent of current clinical trials in the United States do not fall under federal regulations that protect the rights and safety of study participants, new government research finds. Investigators found that of nearly 24,000 active clinical trials, an estimated 5 percent to 16 percent fell into the category of "gap trial." That meant they were not...
March 4, 2014
TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Many hospitals across the United States overuse or misuse antibiotics, which fuels the growth of drug-resistant bacteria, federal health officials warned Tuesday. Doctors in some hospitals prescribe three times more antibiotics than doctors in the same departments at other medical centers, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
March 4, 2014
TUESDAY, March 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A long-acting, injectable HIV drug could potentially protect people from infection with the AIDS virus for up to three months, new animal studies suggest. The experimental drug, called GSK744, protected macaque monkeys from repeated attempts to infect the animals with a hybrid simian/human AIDS virus called SHIV, scientists said. GSK744 is a reformulated, long-acting...
March 4, 2014
SATURDAY, March 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A diet originally designed to lower blood pressure may also be effective for preventing kidney stones, according to a new study. Researchers say a diet based on the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan is more practical and less restrictive for people who must watch what they eat for the prevention and treatment of kidney stones. The...
March 3, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Concerned about gradual loss of vision? The American Academy of Family Physicians says here are potential explanations: - Macular degeneration, in which the eye's macula changes and affects your ability to see clearly. Glaucoma, a condition caused by increased pressure from fluid in the eye. A cataract, which occurs when the lens of the eye becomes clouded. Diabetic retinopathy,...
March 3, 2014
(HealthDay News) - If you think a short nap may be just what you need to you get through the day, you may be right. The National Sleep Foundation mentions these potential benefits of taking a short nap: - Improved alertness and performance. Fewer accidents and mistakes. Improved symptoms among people with narcolepsy. A psychological boost to help you feel rejuvenated and relaxed. Copyright © 2014 HealthDay....
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - As temperatures rise and spring rains fall, snakes in the U.S. Southwest - including venomous snakes - leave their winter hideouts and become more active. That puts people and their pets at greater risk for painful snakebites, a veterinarian says. "This is the time of year when all reptiles become more active. Even water turtles begin to shed their scutes for...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Some of the "sleep machines" marketed to soothe infants seem capable of generating enough noise to potentially damage a baby's hearing, a new study suggests. The popular devices promise to help infants fall asleep and stay asleep by lulling them with constant sound - such as a babbling brook, a heartbeat or simply "white noise." - But in tests of 14 sleep machines,...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Childhood vaccines have the potential to prevent 42,000 early deaths and 20 million cases of disease among Americans born in a given year, according to a new analysis. The investigation of children born in 2009 found that vaccinations save billions of dollars in both direct and indirect health care costs. But in a second study, researchers also discovered that...
March 3, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Rare Mutation Protects Against Type 2 Diabetes: Study - Scientitsts who identified a rare mutation that protects people from developing type 2 diabetes say the finding may lead to the development of new drugs that can prevent the disease. The mutation - which shields even overweight people from...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Two decades after the passage of a landmark law mandating that women be represented in government-funded medical research, a new report reveals that the world of science is still ignoring women's unique health issues far more than it should. "The science that informs medicine routinely fails to consider the impact of sex and gender, and this occurs at some of...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced new fuel and emissions standards that should significantly lower the levels of pollutants that cars and trucks spew into the air, the agency said. By slashing the amount of harmful air pollution, the new rules should also help prevent premature deaths and respiratory illnesses, the agency said in a...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Over the past two decades, reports of food allergies have nearly doubled among black children, a new study reveals. Although childhood food allergies are on the rise overall, the spike in these allergies among black children is alarming, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. It remains unclear if this sharp increase is the result...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People with sleep apnea may be at greater risk for developing pneumonia, according to a new study. And the more severe the sleep apnea, the greater the risk, the research suggests. "This study showed that sleep apnea is an independent risk factor for incident pneumonia," wrote Dr. Vincent Yi-Fong Su and Dr. Kun-Ta Chou of the department of chest medicine at...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Binge drinking may shorten your life, even if your drinking is considered moderate overall, new research indicates. Many studies of moderate drinking have delved into how it affects health and mortality, but most haven't looked at patterns of drinking, explained study author Charles Holahan, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. When...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children who have a TV in their bedroom are likely to gain weight. But kids who play active video games might lose unwanted pounds, according to two new studies. "In an age of widespread childhood and adolescent obesity, technology is clearly the proverbial double-edged sword," said Dr. David Katz, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center....
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - An experimental drug that harnesses the power of the body's immune system to fight cancer has helped some patients with advanced melanoma keep their disease in check for several years, a new study indicates. Researchers think the drug, which is called nivolumab, may help reset the immune system so that as a tumor adds new cells, the immune system is able to...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Three new studies suggest that a sizeable percentage of American soldiers suffer from some type of mental health issue, at rates higher than those seen in the general population. "Some of the differences in disorder rates are truly remarkable," Ronald Kessler, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School and senior author of one of the studies,...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - More than 2.7 million Americans are currently infected with liver-damaging hepatitis C, federal officials say, and one expert believes that number could be even higher. These individuals are at much higher risk for liver disease, liver cancer and other chronic health issues, experts note. And although there are treatments available that can rid the body of the...
March 3, 2014
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) - One of every three Tennesseans fills a prescription for narcotic painkillers at least once a year, creating a free-floating pool of available medication that helps feed the state's growing problem with prescription drug abuse, a new study has found. Nearly 5.2 million Tennessee residents received painkillers - 37 million total prescriptions - between 2007 and...
March 3, 2014
SUNDAY, March 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) - More than 30 medical organizations and health experts are asking lawmakers on Capitol Hill to add a new, attention-grabbing label to certain antibiotics to prevent them from being prescribed inappropriately. To speed up the process by which new antibiotics are made available to people with serious or life-threatening drug-resistant infections, lawmakers introduced...
March 2, 2014
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