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Prescription drug prices are taking off again as other health care costs are flat or falling. After dropping during the recession, drug prices have reignited in the past four years, returning to growth rates of a decade ago. In 2012, prescription drug prices rose 3.6%, twice the 1.7% inflation rate, Bureau of Economic Analysis data show. The trend is in sharp contrast to other health costs. Prices...
February 14, 2013
AUGUSTA, Maine - Congress must act to address air pollution from out of state that's sickening too many Maine children and seniors, the American Lung Association charged Wednesday at a State House news conference. The association announced a "healthy air agenda" that it described as a "four-point blueprint for cleaning up the air," according to a news release. The announcement followed President Barack...
February 13, 2013
Women who took folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy were about 40% less likely to have a baby later diagnosed with autism, a new study says. One in 88 American children have an autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the study done in Norway, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, doctors asked pregnant women...
February 13, 2013
When Tiffany Moore, 37, a mother of four in Battlement Mesa, Colo., was diagnosed with high blood pressure late last year, she knew she needed to change how her family lived. At 5-foot-6, she weighed 222 pounds and got winded when she walked for any distance. Her husband, Josh, 40, a truck driver who works long hours, was also too heavy. They were downing more than 64 ounces of soda and other sugary...
February 12, 2013
What's in your vitamin supplement? It could be more or less than you think, according to the latest study to show that what's on a supplement label is not necessarily what's in the bottle. Researchers who tested vitamin D pills sold in stores found they contain from 9% to 140% of the doses listed on labels, according to a research letter published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Though none of the...
February 12, 2013
The scramble by hospitals to employ physicians has worked out pretty well for some of the region's surgeons. Across the four largest hospital systems in central Indiana, six physicians received more than $1 million in compensation in 2011 while two others received more than $900,000 and nine others received $700,000 or more, according to the hospitals' most recent reports to the IRS. Those compensation...
February 11, 2013
Stress levels for Americans have taken a decidedly downward turn across the USA - except for young adults, whose stress is higher than the national norm, a survey reports today. Those ages 18-33 - the Millennial generation - are plenty stressed, and it's not letting up: 39% say their stress has increased in the past year; 52% say it's kept them awake at night in the past month. And more than any other...
February 7, 2013
2013-02-07-Alzheimers-epidemic-by-2050-Numbers-to-triple0_ST_U.xml ^$^A new government-funded report confirms what advocacy groups have been warning for years: The number of people in the USA with Alzheimer's disease will almost triple by 2050, straining the health care system and taxing the health of caregivers. Numbers are projected to rise from about 5 million now to 13.8 million. The disease robs...
February 7, 2013
2013-02-06-Study-Calcium-supplements-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attacks-for-men_ST_U.xml ^$^Guys, take note: Popping large amounts of calcium supplements may be harmful to your heart. New research shows that a high intake of calcium from supplements is correlated with an increased risk of death from heart disease, such as heart attacks, for men, but not for women. This does not apply to foods rich...
February 6, 2013
2013-02-06-Hospice-care-rises-but-so-do-treatments-in-final-days-of-care_ST_U.xml ^$^Twice as many elderly people died in hospice as in a hospital or nursing home compared with a decade ago, but hospice is often treated as a last resort - and used too late to benefit patients and their families, a study said Tuesday. Researchers examined Medicare records for 840,000 people 66 or older who died in 2000,...
February 6, 2013
2013-02-06-Women-Perhaps-you-should-stay-home-on-Wednesdays_ST_U.xml ^$^It's Wednesday, and I'm looking around the office. At the women, mainly. Do I notice anything different? Maybe, but I'm certainly not going to report it here. New research shows that a certain number of women find Wednesdays the most stressful day of the week. And it gets worse. The study says these women look their oldest at 3:30...
February 6, 2013
2013-02-05-Too-much-TV-inactivity-linked-with-lower-sperm-counts_ST_U.xml ^$^The price of sloth may include a lower sperm count. Healthy young men who watch a lot of TV or skimp on exercise have lower counts than guys who watch less or move more, a new study finds. The study is small and does not prove cause and effect. But it adds to evidence that modern living may be contributing to possible declines...
February 5, 2013
Cancer now kills more people worldwide than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and more than half of deaths are in developing countries. Yet many people, including policymakers, still harbor the misconception that cancer is a concern only for industrialized nations, rather than developing countries. Cancer activists will try to dispel such myths today as they mark World Cancer Day, organized...
February 4, 2013
2013-02-04-Researchers-reconsider-cause-of-Mary-Ingalls-blindnessART_ST_U.xml ^$^Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's semi-autobiographical Little House books have long been familiar with Laura's older sister, Mary, and the explanation that scarlet fever caused her vision loss. But research released today says that diagnosis is not very probable. Instead, Mary's blindness at age 14 was most likely the result...
February 4, 2013
Although the flu is beginning to wane, it is sickening and killing seniors at rates "higher than we've ever seen," a CDC flu expert says. As of last week, people older than 65 who died from a laboratory-confirmed case of influenza died at a rate of 116 per 100,000. "We've kept rates since 2005 and we have never seen a rate this high," says Michael Jhung, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease...
February 4, 2013
Is it time to start hoarding 5-hour Energy? Health concerns are prompting proposals to restrict the sale of highly caffeinated energy drinks. Chicago Alderman Ed Burke last month introduced an ordinance that would ban the sale of energy drinks containing 180 milligrams of caffeine and two other substances. That would end sales of many 24-ounce energy drinks. A hearing on the proposal has not been scheduled....
February 4, 2013
What we're hearing in New Orleans ... the NFL and NFL Players Association are close to an agreement on HGH testing. That's what NFLPA President Domonique Foxworth told USA TODAY Sports, and Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said the same thing to a small group of news reporters. Foxworth said the sides met last week. This is an issue both sides badly want to resolve. But like anything, it's a...
February 1, 2013
2013-01-30-Study-Dieters-who-ate-lunch-earlier-lost-more-weight_ST_U.xml ^$^Dieters have long been told not to consume too many calories late in the day. Now, a new study suggests dieters who eat lunch early lose more weight than those who eat a late lunch. "We should start to consider meal timing in addition to calories and meal composition when thinking about weight loss," says study senior author...
January 30, 2013
Jake Chesson was approaching retirement and sensed something had to change. An avid cyclist, he pushed himself hard on his bike and found himself dreading riding. "I know me, and if I'm not having fun, I'm not going to stick with exercise," he says. His solution: He started a Meetup social club online for people who want to have fun exercising outdoors. They ride bikes, hike, kayak and go ice skating....
January 30, 2013
Jan. 30 - DES MOINES - Nearly 50 interest groups gathered at the Capitol Monday to make fiscal, health and moral arguments for the expansion of Medicaid coverage to as many as 150,000 Iowans. Broadening the eligibility requirements would be a "win-win if not a win-win-win" for state government, low-income Iowans and the Iowa business community, Kirk Norris of the Iowa Hospital Association said at the...
January 30, 2013
Jan. 30 - STOCKTON - Suicide is a preventable tragedy. But no one wants to talk about it, and that's the problem. It has such a strong stigma that potential suicide risks, teenagers in particular, might be exhibiting all the signs of depression, isolation and 180-degree behavior change in a vacuum. Few know how to help. The problems of suicide are acute in San Joaquin County, where: - Ten percent of...
January 30, 2013
Jan. 30 - The Augusta Chronicle Leafy greens and poultry are normally associated with healthful eating, but they are two of the top culprits for foodborne illness and related deaths, a journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. An expert on foodborne bacteria said, however, that safe preparation can reduce the risk and the number of cases because even those...
January 30, 2013
Nearly a quarter of ethnic Chinese have a tiny genetic variant that boosts sixfold their risk of falling gravely ill when infected with flu, a study published on Tuesday said. Researchers in China and Britain looked at Chinese hospital data from the 2009-2010 pandemic of H1N1 influenza. Patients who had the minute variant were six times likelier to be treated for severe infection compared with patients...
January 29, 2013
As flu and frigid weather force people across the USA to stay bundled up inside, blood banks report donors are canceling appointments and supplies are dropping. "The American Red Cross is seeing a lower-than-expected turnout," says Stephanie Millian, director of biomedical communications at the American Red Cross. "We've even had seven blood drives canceled because of the weather in the Great Lakes...
January 29, 2013
2013-01-29-Barbara-Walters-chicken-pox-very-rare-experts-say_ST_U.xml ^$^Veteran TV journalist Barbara Walters, hospitalized 10 days ago after a fall, turns out to have a rare adult case of chickenpox, her co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Monday on ABC's The View. Walters, 83, fell and hit her head at a party at the British ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. She had had a persistent fever, later...
January 29, 2013
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