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March 29 - CHARLESTON - An ex-Marine who lost a brother to prescribed painkillers, a doctor and a nursing leader appealed to a House committee Thursday to legalize marijuana for therapeutic uses. Eighteen people signed up for a special hearing by the Health and Human Resources Committee - a significant step in Delegate Mike Manypenny's, D-Taylor, three-year crusade to legalize cannabis to lessen pain....
March 29, 2013
March 29 - GREENSBORO - The student at Southern Elementary who was found to have MRSA was the second student in Guilford County Schools to get the staph infection this school year. The other case was in December, although school officials could not recall at which school. MRSA, officially known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, is a staph infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics,...
March 29, 2013
March 29 - The choice to nurse a baby has serious implications, starting in the first precious hour. Babies fed breast milk will have a healthier immune system. And they will be less likely to have a childhood marked by obesity and illness. The benefits of breast milk are well-understood and indisputable. But what should happen to encourage nursing moms doesn't always happen, and the hospitals in Franklin...
March 29, 2013
March 29 - Virginia Commonwealth University reported its first case of mumps Thursday as the outbreak at the University of Richmond continues to spread. UR has had 40 probable cases since Jan. 24 and expects to see additional cases through this semester, said university spokesman Brian Eckert. Of the cases, 20 have been confirmed by laboratory tests. VCU has one confirmed case - a student living off...
March 29, 2013
March 29 - Thousands of patients of a Tulsa dentist may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, health officials said Thursday. Dr. W. Scott Harrington, an oral surgeon who has been practicing in Tulsa for more than 30 years, voluntarily stopped practicing March 20 after two site visits found multiple violations, including assistants being allowed to unlawfully perform IV sedation, which...
March 29, 2013
The number of teenagers and young adults dying from cancer in the U.K. has halved since the 1970s, according to a report from Cancer Research UK. Deaths fell from about 580 per year to 300 in this age group, while the largest drop was in those with leukaemia. Cancer is still the main cause of death from any disease in teenagers and young adults with only transport accidents accounting for more deaths...
March 26, 2013
March 26 - One woman left Johns Hopkins' intensive-care unit believing her husband and nurse had been plotting to kill her. Another ICU patient had flashbacks of hospital walls covered in blood. A third had visions of big spiders riding bicycles in her room. Suddenly, a favorite hobby, gardening, felt creepy. Doctors used to think patients returned to normal after the delusions and hallucinations of...
March 26, 2013
March 26 - The lobby of Heartland Health's Cancer Center doesn't look much like a yoga studio, but Andrea Ambrose and her students make it work. Ms. Ambrose separates off a corner with rolling room dividers and brings a small stereo to play soothing music. She brings extra mats and blankets to lay down. The space, in a way, represents what the Restorative Yoga class is all about. Just as the dividers...
March 26, 2013
March 26 - Despite a growing consensus that cardiovascular disease is a "food-borne" illness, many physicians are ill-prepared to advise patients on what they should eat to best protect them from heart attack or stroke. One provocative new study found that a Mediterranean-style diet was so effective at warding off heart attacks, stroke and death that scientists stopped it early. They wanted to let...
March 26, 2013
TORONTO - Mandatory flu shots for health-care workers should be put on hold until there is a more effective influenza vaccine, a prominent infectious diseases specialist says. In a commentary published in this week's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Dr. Michael Gardam argues that making the vaccine mandatory could lead to legal challenges that may not be winnable, given the modest...
March 25, 2013
TORONTO - People who think the new coronavirus couldn't take off and cause a SARS-like crisis may have forgotten a phenomenon that was a game-changer during SARS ????? patients called superspreaders. At present, this new coronavirus doesn't seem to spread easily from person to person, a fact which some people use to argue it will not become the next SARS. Some limited human transmission has occurred,...
March 25, 2013
March 22 - Central Ohio hospitals say emergency-department visits have risen 18 percent in four years. The area's four largest hospital systems - Mount Carmel Health System, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center and OhioHealth - reported 771,829 such visits in fiscal- or calendar-year 2012, up from 651,387 in 2008. The rising visits appear to span the spectrum...
March 22, 2013
March 22 - The groundhog has spoken, and the vernal equinox has passed, but if you need another sign of spring, here's one: For the first time in 13 weeks, the flu has fallen from widespread levels in Virginia. The commonwealth was one of the last holdout states in a country where most flu levels dropped in late February, according to statistics posted Thursday by the Virginia Department of Health....
March 22, 2013
March 22 - "We're the safety net for society," says a doctor in Peter Nicks' compelling documentary "The Waiting Room," nicely summing up the movie's urgency. It's a portrait of 24 hours in the emergency room of Oakland's public Highland Hospital, in which we meet some of the many people who passed through that day: a man with painful bone spurs in his back; a frightened little girl with a bad case...
March 22, 2013
March 22 - Four flu-related deaths were confirmed in Minnesota last week, bringing the season's death toll to 180, the Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday. Statewide, the number of flu cases continued to taper off, with four schools and one nursing home reporting outbreaks. Seven people were reported hospitalized with flu complications. Since October, 2,956 people have been hospitalized in...
March 22, 2013
March 22 - Doctors from across the globe are getting specialty medical training via a studio tucked inside Akron Children's Hospital. Thousands of physicians worldwide have participated in web-based continuing medical education conferences offered by GlobalCastMD. Dr. Todd Ponsky, a pediatric surgeon who joined the staff of Children's last year, is co-founder of GlobalCastMD, which offers low-cost,...
March 22, 2013
March 22 - While riskier alcohol consumption is increasing, the population of students under the influence is not, said panelists in a forum on the culture of binge drinking in college hosted by Washington State University student news media Thursday. Cougs Under the Influence focused on alcohol consumption and attempted to highlight the danger of mixing substances - particularly caffeine from energy...
March 22, 2013
TORONTO - The Ontario Medical Association wants the federal and provincial governments to crack down on antibiotic use in farming. The organization is issuing a call to arms on the problem of antibiotic resistance, warning the world is in danger of losing these drugs because of misuse.
March 20, 2013
March 20 - Much of the care for Alzheimer's patients, particularly in its early stages, is undertaken by family members. The rising numbers of those with the disease - one in three seniors die with Alzheimer's or another dementia - is putting a steadily increasing financial and emotional burden on families. The annual report of the Alzheimer's Association, released Tuesday, estimated the overall cost...
March 20, 2013
March 20 - LAS CRUCES - Smoking tobacco is one of the deadliest habits you can have. It causes cancer, heart disease, stroke and many kinds of lung disease. Cigarette smoking causes 443,000 deaths every year - that's one out of every five deaths. Yet, almost 44 million Americans smoke - and every day, 3,800 children smoke their first cigarette. Around 70 percent of adults want to quit smoking, but...
March 20, 2013
March 20 - As spring finally arrives, Hurricane Sandy may have yet one more punch in store for New Jersey: extreme seasonal allergies. Moisture from Sandy and other winter storms could have a major effect on when and how trees and other plants start to produce pollen, according to a Rutgers professor - meaning that those with even minor allergies could be hit hard. Leonard Bielory, a visiting professor...
March 20, 2013
TORONTO - The use of high potency versions of cholesterol lowering drugs called statins may increase a person's risk of developing kidney failure, a new study suggests. The research found that when compared to low dose statin regimens, high potency versions of the pills were linked to slightly elevated rates of acute kidney injury.
March 20, 2013
March 19 - A hands-on approach to diabetes prevention enabled local overweight or obese residents do a better job with losing and keeping off extra weight, according to a Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center study. Researchers examined 301 Forsyth County participants over 24 months who had been diagnosed with elevated fasting blood glucose, a common indicator of pre-diabetes. The study was conducted...
March 19, 2013
March 18 - The Pennsylvania attorney general's office for several years has been able to track prescription drug abuse by consulting a database of narcotics dispensed by pharmacies. Now, a Bucks County lawmaker wants to give physicians and pharmacists a similar role in tracking and fighting drug abuse. State Rep. Gene DiGirolamo, R-18th District, is sponsoring the bill to create a database that would...
March 18, 2013
March 18 - More adolescents are getting vaccinated for human papillomavirus, the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but use of the HPV vaccine continues to lag behind expectations, and doctors are growing worried about a building public backlash. Dr. Robert Jacobson of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester reported Monday that more parents have become worried about potential side effects...
March 18, 2013
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