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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - New Safety Rules for Infant Formula - New safety rules for infant formula were announced Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Manufacturers will have to test the products for salmonella and other disease-causing bugs before they're distributed, and include specific nutrients such...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Having a "nose job" might not just change your profile, it could also change your voice, according to a small new study. Researchers examined voice changes among 22 women and five men who had nose plastic surgery (rhinoplasty) at two hospitals in Iran. The patients and "trained listeners" noticed voice changes after surgery, but these changes generally didn't...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - A small new study suggests that the brains of children with autism churn busily when they seem to be not doing anything - potentially explaining why people with autism often seem lost in their own inner worlds. The findings don't definitively link greater activity in the brain to one of the hallmarks of autism. Still, the research offers "another way to look...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Infants who shifted their gaze from faces of people who were speaking were more likely to be diagnosed with autism when they were older, a new study reveals. This is the first time that this type of abnormal response to speech at a young age has been linked to a future diagnosis of autism, the authors noted. The researchers used eye-tracking technology to map...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - In a potential breakthrough for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, researchers have successfully turned mouse skin cells into insulin-producing beta cells. And when those cells were transplanted into a few dozen diabetic mice, their blood sugar levels returned almost to normal, the scientists found. What's more, they noted, the technique used to transform these...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Many U.S. adults are skipping recommended vaccinations that could protect them from serious or life-threatening diseases, according to figures released by federal health officials Thursday. Modest increases were seen for Tdap vaccinations, which prevent whooping cough, from 2011 to 2012, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Women with schizophrenia are at increased risk for serious problems during pregnancy and childbirth, according to a new study. Canadian researchers analyzed data on births in the province of Ontario from 2002 to 2011 and found that preeclampsia, preterm birth and other serious pregnancy and delivery complications were twice as likely to occur in women with...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - For the first time, guidelines have been created to help prevent stroke in women. The author of the new guidelines, published online Feb. 6 and in the May print issue of the journal -Stroke-, said women share a lot of stroke risk factors with men - namely high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking and obesity - but they also have a set of unique...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Taking aspirin every day might lower a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer by one-fifth, a new study suggests. Researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute analyzed data from 12 studies that involved nearly 8,000 women with ovarian cancer and close to 12,000 women without the disease to determine how the use of aspirin, other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Even though drugs that can keep HIV at bay are available, only about one in three black Americans with the AIDS-causing virus have their infection under control, U.S. health officials said Thursday. According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many HIV-positive black patients are not getting the care and treatment needed...
February 6, 2014
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) - People who suffer acute kidney damage due to surgery are at increased risk for developing heart problems. And the level of risk is comparable to that caused by diabetes, a new study finds. Patients sometimes suffer acute kidney injuries after major surgery because the kidneys can be deprived of blood flow during the operation, according to background information...
February 6, 2014
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Male cancer survivors may live longer if they exercise, a new study suggests. The research included more than 1,000 male cancer survivors in the United States who provided details about their levels of physical activity in 1988 and again in 1993. The men were followed until 2008. Men who burned more than 12,600 kilojoules per week in physical activity were 48...
February 5, 2014
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The legalization of marijuana is an idea that is gaining momentum in the United States, but there may be a dark side to pot becoming more commonplace, a new study suggests. Fatal crashes involving marijuana use tripled during the previous decade, fueling some of the overall increase in drugged-driving traffic deaths, researchers from Columbia University's Mailman...
February 5, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Ice skating is a great way to make the best of the cold winter weather while getting some exercise. The National Safety Council offers this advice before you lace up your skates: - Make sure skates fit well and provide proper ankle support. Before the first skate of the season, make sure blades are professionally sharpened. Know the basics about skating, such as how to stop and safely...
February 5, 2014
(HealthDay News) - Your doctor has told you that you have pre-diabetes; that your blood sugar is high, but not too high to be considered diabetic. So what do you do to avoid developing the full-blown disease? - The American Council on Exercise recommends these lifestyle changes: - Commit to eating healthier, avoiding fad diets or products that guarantee quick and easy weight loss. Set aside at least...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) - Shy children do not have difficulties with language, suggests a new study that challenges previous research. Although shy kids tend to speak less, they understand what's being said as well as more outgoing youngsters, the researchers said. They also found that girls have higher levels of shyness and language development than boys. The University of Colorado researchers...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - "If you build it, they will come" might not apply to putting more grocery stores in poor Americans' neighborhoods. Doing so doesn't necessarily improve residents' eating habits or reduce obesity rates, a new study suggests. Healthy foods can be hard to find in poor neighborhoods. To address the problem, some recently introduced programs in the United States...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Watching the Winter Olympics in Sochi may inspire some to get off the couch and begin working out or playing sports, but it's important to ease into these activities, an expert suggests. "Just watching these events can serve as a tremendous inspiration to shape up, change or start a physical activity or sports regimen," Jim Thornton, president of the National...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Chinese scientists reporting on the first confirmed human death from a new bird flu virus say the strain has gene mutations that could increase its ability to infect people. An elderly woman living in Nanchang City, China, recently died from infection with a new strain of H10N8 bird flu virus. Testing revealed the virus contained genes from H9N2 viruses circulating...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - The national drug store chain CVS Caremark said Wednesday that it's phasing out the sale of tobacco products at its more than 7,600 stores across the United States. The company said cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco will no longer be available at any of the stores by Oct. 1. CVS said it's making the move because selling tobacco products isn't in keeping...
February 5, 2014
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Healthy Choice Chicken Noodle Soup Recalled - Nearly 55,000 pounds of chicken noodle soup products are being recalled by ConAgra Foods because the labels do not alert consumers that they contain wheat and eggs, which can cause allergic reactions in some people. The recall covers 14-ounce bowls...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - If frigid weather is making you shiver, there's an upside - it might also help you burn calories. Both moderate shivering and moderate exercise may convert bad white fat into healthier brown fat, a new study says. White fat stores calories while brown fat burns them. For example, 50 grams of white fat stores more than 300 calories of energy, while the same...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - It's still not too late to get a flu shot, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. Flu activity often peaks in January or February and can last well into May, and a flu shot protects you as long as flu viruses are circulating, the FDA said. Children and seniors tend to be most susceptible to flu. But sometimes a flu virus will affect more young...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - An experimental drug appears to prevent dangerous blood clots, without raising the risk of excessive bleeding - at least in animals. Scientists found that an injectable antibody protected rabbits from developing blood clots but didn't cause bleeding complications - a potential side effect of all current anti-clotting drugs. The findings, reported Feb. 5 in...
February 5, 2014
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) - Large doses of intravenous vitamin C have the potential to boost chemotherapy's ability to kill cancer cells, according to new laboratory research involving human cells and mice. Vitamin C delivered directly to human and mouse ovarian cancer cells helped kill off those cells while leaving normal cells unharmed, University of Kansas researchers report. "In...
February 5, 2014
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