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TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Genetic testing could help better guide doctors' use of warfarin, new research suggests. The blood-thinning medication is widely used to prevent stroke and heart attack in people with irregular heartbeats. Warfarin is a popular medication, but a tricky one to use, the researchers said. Patients who receive too strong a dose can suffer from unusual and excessive...
November 19, 2013
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Beak, snout, schnozz: However you refer to them, men's noses are typically bigger than women's. Now, new research may help explain why. Men's noses are an average of 10 percent bigger than women's noses due to differences in their physical builds and energy demands, researchers report. The investigators tracked the nose size and growth of 38 people of European...
November 19, 2013
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2013 (HealthDay News) - CPR training rates are lower in poor, rural U.S. communities, according to a new study. The finding is troubling because timely bystander CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation - can boost the odds of survival for those who experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital. The researchers also found that fewer people are trained in CPR in the South, Midwest and...
November 19, 2013
SATURDAY, Nov. 16, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Giving blood transfusions to severely injured patients while they're on the way to the hospital could save their lives, at least in the short term, new research suggests. The study included 97 trauma patients who received transfusions of either plasma or red blood cells in a ground or air ambulance before they arrived at the hospital. These patients were compared...
November 18, 2013
SATURDAY, Nov. 16, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Experts agree that after someone's heart stops, the sooner CPR is started the better the chances of survival. And now Japanese researchers report that continuing CPR for a half hour or more may help more victims survive with good brain function. The study found that even after 38 minutes of CPR, people could still recover and have good brain function. The...
November 18, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Children who survive cancer often have treatment-related changes to their arteries that may put them at risk for heart disease while still in childhood, a new study says. The finding suggests doctors need to monitor these patients earlier, and manage their risk factors for heart diseases while they are still young. "Research has shown childhood cancer survivors...
November 18, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Heart disease is the top cause of pregnancy-related deaths in California, but almost one-third of those deaths could be prevented, a new study suggests. "Women who give birth are usually young and in good health. So heart disease shouldn't be the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths, but it is," lead researcher Dr. Afshan Hameed, an associate professor...
November 18, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Being physically fit can help prevent heart attacks and increase survival in people with stable coronary artery disease, a new study finds. This was true whether or not the patients underwent a procedure to open blocked heart arteries. Researchers analyzed data from more than 9,800 adults with coronary artery disease who underwent a treadmill stress test. They...
November 18, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Overweight or obese people can cut their risk of trouble with a potentially fatal irregular heart beat if they lose a lot of weight, a new study has found. Losing a bit more than 30 pounds, on average, caused people to have fewer and less severe bouts of heart palpitations related to atrial fibrillation. The findings were presented Sunday at the American Heart...
November 18, 2013
SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2013 (HealthDay News) - In the future, better care for heart patients may be just a text message away. So says a new study that found patients recovering from heart attack took more of their medicines on time when they received regular text messages reminding them to do so. People who received the text reminders were 16 percent to 17 percent better at taking anti-clotting medicines...
November 18, 2013
(HealthDay News) - Physical activity can help people with diabetes lose weight and better control their blood sugar, but there's a right time and place. The U.S. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse explains these "do's" and "don'ts" for diabetics who exercise: - Do- work with your health care team to find the best time of day for you to exercise. Do- consider factors such as your...
November 18, 2013
(HealthDay News) - Before you stuff the turkey or prepare holiday treats, make sure you take precautions to prepare your food and store it safely after the feast is over. The Foodsafety.gov website offers these holiday guidelines: - Thoroughly wash your hands, produce and all surfaces and utensils. While shopping, separate raw meat and poultry from any foods that won't be cooked. Use a food thermometer...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Exposure to television and video games could play a role in the sleep problems of children with autism, new research suggests. Boys with the neurodevelopmental disorder who have TVs and game consoles in their bedrooms get less sleep than other boys with equal screen access, the study authors found. "If parents of children with autism are noticing that their...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Severely obese teens are at increased risk for a host of serious health problems as adults, including asthma, kidney disease and sleep disorders, according to a new study. "Most people understand that the longer you carry extra weight, the higher your chances of developing heart disease or diabetes," said study author Dr. Thomas Inge, professor of surgery and...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - The influence of just one cigarette ad can last for seven days and increases the risk of smoking among college students, according to a new study. Over three weeks, 134 students, aged 18 to 24, in Pittsburgh documented their exposure to cigarettes ads and other pro-smoking media messages. This included seeing positive depictions of smoking in movies, for example,...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Giving babies solid food while still breast-feeding, and waiting until 17 weeks to do so, might protect the infants from food allergies, British researchers say. The overlap between starting solid foods while still breast-feeding teaches the immune system that food is safe and prevents food allergies, the researchers theorized. "Mothers should continue to breast-feed...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - American children get too many unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for upper respiratory infections, a medical group says. Now the organization is urging both providers and parents to take steps to ensure that antibiotics are used only when truly needed. More than one in five pediatric office visits results in an antibiotic prescription, according to the authors...
November 18, 2013
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: - Medtronic Recalls Guidewires Used in Heart Procedures - About 15,000 Medtronic devices used in heart procedures are being recalled by the company because they have defects that could result in serious injury or death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. The recalled products are guidewires....
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Damage to the blood vessels of the eyes or kidneys might help identify people who are at raised risk for a common type of heart-rhythm disorder, a new study suggests. The disorder, called atrial fibrillation, is common in older people and increases the risk of stroke. It also can trigger heart-related chest pain or heart failure in some patients, the researchers...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Scientists say they're close to having a treatment that can quickly reverse the effects of the anti-clotting drug Pradaxa when necessary. Pradaxa is a new kind of blood thinner. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2010 to prevent strokes caused by atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm problem that puts people at risk for blood clots that...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Having surgery as soon as possible after a hip fracture may reduce the risk of complications and death, a small new study suggests. In many countries, hip fracture patients can wait 24 hours or longer before having surgery. This study included 60 patients, aged 45 and older, in Canada and India. Half of them had surgery within six hours of their hip fracture...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - People who are hospitalized for a heart attack or angina are more likely to take their medication properly once they leave the hospital if they receive personal attention from a pharmacist, new research indicates. One-third of these heart patients typically stop taking at least one of their medications just one month after being discharged from the hospital....
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Being an elite athlete, especially in an endurance sport, may help protect men against type 2 diabetes later in life, a small new study says. Researchers looked at 392 Finnish men who were former elite athletes and a comparison group of 207 men who hadn't been athletes. Overall, being a former elite athlete reduced the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 28...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - Hospitalizations for the most common form of irregular heartbeat nearly doubled between 1998 and 2010, and are expected to continue to soar during the current decade, researchers say. Ultimately, hospital treatment of atrial fibrillation could cost the United States more than $21 billion in 2020 alone, according to research presented Monday at the American Heart...
November 18, 2013
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2013 (HealthDay News) - A new online cholesterol risk calculator produced by two leading U.S. heart organizations is flawed and overstates a person's risk of heart disease, a pair of Harvard Medical School professors say. The professors contend that this flaw could lead the calculator to mistakenly suggest that millions of people should be taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs,...
November 18, 2013
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