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March 18 - Local health officials hope to reach first-graders with a new nutrition and exercise program that could start them on the path to better eating, according to Beth Cecil, one of the program's co-authors. The program is a product of the obesity task force that originated with the Community Health Needs Assessment, a push to improve the health and well-being of Owensboro and Daviess County....
March 18, 2013
March 18 - Craig Turner never fully recovered from surgery he had in 1975 to remove a tumor from his brain. His mother, Bette Turner, said the tumor was in an important part of his brain near his pituitary gland, and between the operation and follow-up radiation therapy, Craig lost some of his ability to speak. He's had several surgeries since the original operation in 1975, and today, at 47, he still...
March 18, 2013
March 18 - In one week, parents Kristi Montgomery and Shane Emerson went from the elation of welcoming a new grandchild to their family to overnight hospital stays caring for their teen son who was injured in a serious car crash. Their son Hunter Emerson was 15 years old in July when he was ejected from a sport utility vehicle driven by a friend's mother, Heidi Annette Fain of Broken Arrow. He suffered...
March 18, 2013
March 15 - Curtis Fournier said receiving news from a doctor that you have cancer can send you into a whirlwind of emotions - he ought to know, he heard the news twice on the same day. "I asked that question basically every cancer patient asks when they hear 'stage four,' " the 50-year-old said. "Am I going to die?" Fournier said a Relay for Life program, Man to Man, gave him solace and played a role...
March 15, 2013
March 15 - Doctors in Oregon received more than $21 million from pharmaceutical companies since 2009 to market drugs, consult and do research. Is your doctor one of them? A new database posted by the nonprofit investigative journalism shop ProPublica makes it easy to check. Payments to doctors are under a microscope because of revelations over skewed drug studies in which researchers took manufacturer...
March 15, 2013
Doctors should not give in to pressure to prescribe medications that might boost mental performance in healthy kids and teens, leading neurologists say in a new position paper. The report focuses mostly on inappropriate use of Ritalin, Adderall and other stimulant medications commonly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The medications are sought out by some parents, teens...
March 14, 2013
Women treated with radiation for breast cancer face an increased risk of heart attacks and premature death, even 20 years after the end of treatment, a study shows. The study is the latest to document the serious long-term health problems faced by cancer survivors. Although improved treatments allow more people today to survive their disease, these toxic therapies also lead many to suffer chronic health...
March 14, 2013
Home-schooled students may be better equipped to learn because they're getting a lot more sleep, a new study suggests. The first-of-its-kind national study of more than 2,600 adolescents, including about 500 home-taught kids, found that home-schooled students slept an average of 90 minutes more per night than students attending public or private schools. By the end of the week, that's almost an entire...
March 14, 2013
Whole Foods, the natural foods kingpin, is planning an upscale health resort where guests could stay and learn about a healthier lifestyle. "We have the perfect vehicle for this," says Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey, who has not discussed the plan with other media. "Think of it as a center where people would go for a day, a weekend or a week for healthy lifestyle education." The resort - which...
March 14, 2013
March 14 - HUDSON - Expanding Medicaid would be pragmatic, save the state millions in the long haul and would immediately provide health care coverage to 38,000 people now without it, according to the head of a state hospital association and an official with a state health care advocacy group. New Hampshire is considering expanding Medicaid. Legislation that would bar the expansion is pending before...
March 14, 2013
Dr. Wayne Taylor never had time or inclination to talk with patients about their insurance coverage. His office staff dealt with the money. He just tried to get patients healthy. But after battling an aggressive form of leukemia, Taylor shifted his focus beyond his identity as a doctor. Which is why Wednesday, three years after that diagnosis, he attended a legislative committee in Tallahassee for...
March 13, 2013
March 13 - A Marylander has died of rabies for the first time since 1976, state health officials said Tuesday. It is not yet known how the person contracted the virus, which is found in animals across the state. Officials are exploring how and where the person was exposed to the virus and assessing the risk of rabies exposure to those who had direct contact with the individual. That risk is thought...
March 13, 2013
March 13 - In honor of National Nutrition Month, I asked a few local nutritionists to tell me some of their favorite dishes and what they liked about them. Here's what they had to say: Nutritionist: Rebecca Subbiah Recipe: Sauteed Okra with Coconut What's to Like: Subbiah, a native of England, learned this dish from her husband, a native of India. She liked it so much that it prompted her to grow okra...
March 13, 2013
March 13 - TAMPA - Jason Dominic is used to the congestion and coughing that come with allergies. He's never seen a year like this, though. Dominic, 42, said this is the worst allergy season he's wheezed through in his 22 years in Florida. "The trees are kind of screwed up," the Tampa resident said. "The plants don't know what to do, so the pollen is coming and going." The atypical season has people...
March 13, 2013
March 13 - GETTYSBURG, Pa. Today's human diet reflects our modern world. Human development, however, does not. Bill Schindler, an anthropology professor at Washington College in Chestertown, spoke at Gettysburg College recently on how a look at prehistoric eating habits can improve our modern-day diets. Following his talk, he and students prepared a meal using many of the techniques he advocates. Schindler...
March 13, 2013
March 13 - A direct result of the booming food culture is that the average diner has become more discerning. We're exposed to everything from the gastronomic gems in our own communities to global cuisines, via everything from food trucks to blogs and television. So it was only a matter of time before the ground began shifting around kids' menus, that ubiquitous lineup of chicken strips, corn dogs,...
March 13, 2013
March 12 - BRUNSWICK - The birth of Antonette Vasseur's first child didn't go as planned. A 21-year-old, single woman, Vasseur gave birth to her son by cesarean section. Attempts to nurse him seemed futile. She's since given birth to two more children, girls who were born at home without the aid of drugs. She nursed both of her daughters, and is still nursing 7-month-old Nathalia. Vasseur is the founder...
March 12, 2013
March 12 - Dan Cooke admits he had gotten too big for his britches. "I'm having to squeeze in lots of things these days, like having to squeeze into my pants since I've put on so much weight," said Cooke, the quick-witted weather guy on Hawaii News Now's "Sunrise" morning show. He's been working out with "Sunrise" reporter Ramsay Wharton and co-anchor Steve Uyehara as part of a weight-loss challenge...
March 12, 2013
March 12 - SENDAI - Hundreds orphaned by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami remain vulnerable two years later because of insufficient government support. Last June, the Diet passed legislation to help disaster-affected children and women, but details are hazy. Instead of waiting for the government to take action, the private sector has taken the initiative. The nonprofit group Ashinaga, which provides...
March 12, 2013
The erectile dysfunction drug commonly known as Viagra is no help against heart failure and should not be taken for it, according to research out Monday that contradicts previous, smaller studies. Some early research had suggested the drug, which can increase blood flow to other parts of the body, might offer a benefit to people with diastolic heart failure in which the heart's lower chambers stiffen...
March 11, 2013
TORONTO - For a little over four months in 2003, the world was gripped in the clutches of an alarming new disease, one that spread at jet speed to at least 30 countries. Then, as quickly as it emerged, SARS vanished. The World Health Organization declared severe acute respiratory syndrome contained on July 9, 2003. In the year after, SARS made the occasional appearance. There were four cases spotted...
March 11, 2013
March 11 - When the nation experienced a spike in whooping cough cases last summer, doctors speculated that something was wrong with a popular children's vaccine. Now, an increase in whooping cough cases among Minnesota grade-schoolers has become national evidence that the pertussis vaccine loses effectiveness before children receive booster doses at ages 11 or 12. The Centers for Disease Control and...
March 11, 2013
March 11 - Bevin South (left), Cameron Keziah (middle) and Melissa Deskins (right) met with each other to discuss the changing guidelines for PCS funding, as well as House Bill 5. Bevin South (left), Cameron Keziah (middle) and Melissa Deskins (right) met with each other to discuss the changing guidelines for PCS funding, as well as House Bill 5. slideshow A new bill unanimously approved by the N.C....
March 11, 2013
A single dose of an experimental anti-inflammatory treatment reduces heart muscle damage during an angioplasty operation to open blocked arteries, a study found Sunday. The antibody inclacumab, developed by Swiss lab Hoffmann-La Roche, significantly reduced levels of the standard molecular markers troponin I and CK-MB in patients, compared to those who took a placebo in a clinical trial. Patients who...
March 11, 2013
An implant device designed by US firm Boston Scientific to prevent strokes in high risk people helps avert blood clotting, a new study said. The umbrella-shaped device called "Watchman" can also serve as an alternative to treatment with anticoagulants of patients suffering from arterial fibrillation, a study by the manufacturer said. The trials involved 407 patients at 41 sites and compared the "Watchman"...
March 10, 2013
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