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THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Nearly 37,000 Americans kill themselves each year, according to federal statistics. But many of those deaths might have been prevented if doctors had been better at picking up on the warning signs of suicide, a new study suggests. "A national suicide reduction goal may be met if more primary care doctors and specialists receive and use training to identify...
February 27, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new DNA study begins to explain why girls are less likely than boys to have an autism spectrum disorder. It turns out that girls tend not to develop autism when only mild genetic abnormalities exist, the researchers said. But when they are diagnosed with the disorder, they are more likely to have more extreme genetic mutations than boys who show the same...
February 27, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Stethoscopes help diagnose and heal, but this primary tool of physicians also has significant potential to spread germs from patient to patient, a new study reports. The diaphragm of a stethoscope - the round piece placed against a patient's body - can become filthy with antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as potentially deadly MRSA, researchers found. They...
February 27, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - One-third of people who suffer strokes before the age of 50 will have trouble dealing with the challenges of daily life even several years later, a new study finds. The finding suggests that younger age provides only limited protection against the devastation of a stroke. While strokes are much rarer in younger people, 10 percent of all strokes occur from...
February 27, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Despite a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning six years ago, a new study finds that there appears to be no danger from CT scans for people with implanted pacemakers or defibrillators. In 2008, the FDA cautioned that the radiation used in CT scans could cause these devices to malfunction. Specifically, the agency warned that the scans might cause unintended...
February 27, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Obesity and birth control pills may play some role in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), two new studies suggest. One team of researchers found that people who were obese at age 20 had double the risk of developing MS in their lifetime. The researchers suspect a hormone called leptin, which influences appetite, may be causing inflammation that somehow...
February 27, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People with mental illness are much more likely to be the victims of violence than the perpetrators of violent acts, a new study shows. Within a six-month period of time, nearly one-third of adults with a mental health disorder are victimized, the study revealed. The researchers also found a strong association between enduring a violent act and committing...
February 27, 2014
TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Patients who've undergone common surgical procedures are more likely to die if they are being treated in hospitals where nurses have heavier workloads and fewer nurses hold a bachelor's degree, according to a new European study. The findings, published Feb. 25 in -The Lancet-, suggest that "a safe level of hospital nursing staff might help to reduce surgical...
February 26, 2014
(HealthDay News) - A child is never too young to practice heart-healthy habits, which may help even more as the child gets older. The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests these heart-healthy habits for kids: - Feed children a heart-healthy diet including low-fat dairy products. Tell your child's pediatrician about any family history of heart disease. Consider regular cholesterol screening, especially...
February 26, 2014
(HealthDay News) - While little ones are mastering their tooth-brushing technique, it's important that parents make sure the kids' teeth are properly cleaned. The American Dental Association offers these suggestions: - Parents should start flossing a child's teeth as soon as two neighboring teeth emerge. Make sure your child flosses daily and brushes twice a day. Use a pea-sized amount of fluoride...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Four out of five teens suffering from juvenile fibromyalgia will continue to have pain and other symptoms in adulthood, a new study finds. About half of these children will end up as grown-ups with full-blown adult fibromyalgia, the researchers found. "Half of the former teens we studied met the full criteria for adult fibromyalgia, and another 35 percent...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The stigma often associated with mental illness prevents many people from getting the care they need, new research shows. Although one in four people has some form of mental health disorder, the study found that in Europe and the United States, up to 75 percent of those affected do not receive the treatment they need. If left untreated certain mental health...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Eyelid surgery and facelifts are up. So are butt augmentations and neck lifts, according to new figures from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons that show a steady increase in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery procedures in the United States. This was the fourth consecutive year of growth, the society reported, noting more than 15 million cosmetic...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Black skin may have evolved to protect early humans who lived up to 1.8 million years ago from skin cancer, a new study suggests. The British research team bases their theory on data from today's African pale-skinned albinos - people with genetic changes that prevent the production of the skin pigment melanin. The researchers believe that pale-skinned early...
February 26, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - CDC Investigating Another Illness Outbreak on Cruise Ship - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that it was looking into a possible norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship that had just docked in Florida after a Caribbean cruise. The ship, Holland America's MS Veendam, docked...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Dozens of experts and health care agencies sent a letter this week urging that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoke its approval of the supercharged painkiller, Zohydro. In the petition sent to the FDA on Wednesday, more than 40 consumer watchdog groups, addiction treatment groups and others noted that the drug was approved despite significant resistance...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Parents play a crucial role in helping children develop a positive body image and healthy eating habits, an expert says. "Sometimes we parents forgot how important our words, thoughts, and feelings are in the lives of our kids," Dr. Aaron Krasner, director of the adolescent transitional living program at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Conn., said in...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Nearly 4 million Americans have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's federal and state marketplaces since October, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. With almost five weeks remaining in the current enrollment period, roughly 700,000 people selected a health plan in February alone, according to published reports. In a blog...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A simple vision test given on the sidelines can help identify athletes who've suffered a concussion, a new study finds. Researchers found that the test - known as the King-Devick, or K-D - was able to detect 79 percent of concussions among college athletes who were followed over a season. When the results were combined with those of two other screening tests,...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - American teens who indulge in indoor tanning - long linked to skin cancer risk - are also more likely to adopt other bad habits, a new federal survey of high school students finds. "We saw that indoor tanning is associated with a number of other risky behaviors, such as illegal drug use, binge drinking and smoking," said study lead author Gery Guy Jr. "We...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Children born to older fathers are at higher risk for various psychiatric and learning problems than once thought, a large new study suggests. Among more than 2 million children born in Sweden, researchers found that those born to fathers aged 45 and older were more prone to problems such as autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Babies born by cesarean section seem more likely to be overweight or obese later in life, a new study contends. The odds of being overweight are 26 percent higher for cesarean babies than those born vaginally, found researchers at Imperial College London, in England. As the number of cesarean deliveries increases in many countries, pregnant women should be...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - There's no firm evidence that the type 2 diabetes medications known as incretin-based drugs cause pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer, U.S. and European health officials say. But it's too early to say there's definitely no link between the injectable drugs and pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer, according to the safety assessment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A new test that examines fetal DNA from a mother's blood is more accurate at spotting chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome than standard tests offered to pregnant women, a new study indicates. Scientists found that the blood test, known as cell-free DNA, performed up to 10 times better than other noninvasive tests currently used to screen for "aneuploidy"...
February 26, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Doctors warn that a garden-variety type of bacteria, which is normally present in the human intestinal tract, may be morphing into a tough-to-treat superbug. A new report from physicians in New York, New Mexico and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the cases of two patients with group B streptococcus infections that turned out...
February 26, 2014
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