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Sept. 30 - DANBURY - Western Connecticut Health Network, the umbrella organization that includes Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospital, announced Thursday that it plans to lay off 60 employees, or about one percent of its workforce. "This was a very painful decision for the organization, yet an unavoidable one," Phyllis Zappala, the network's senior vice president of human resources, said Thursday...
November 4, 2011
Nov. 01 - KOLKATA/INDIA (THE STATESMAN/ANN) - Even as the chief minister of West Bengal, India, Mamata Banerjee continues to remain silent on the crib deaths in the state, her nominee at the Centre, Union minister of state for health, Sudip Bandopadhyay, said Monday that the child mortality rate in West Bengal is lower than India's national average and the state government is trying to bring it down...
October 31, 2011
Nov. 01 - Diane Meier, one of the country's most renowned experts on the medical specialty of palliative care, will be the keynote speaker Wednesday at an annual event hosted by Wheaton Franciscan Hospice, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints and the Circle of Life Foundation. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius award," Meier is director of the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, and...
October 31, 2011
For Emily Hawling, the problem was ritual behaviors. She'd spend eight to 10 hours a day doing the same thing over and over, fearing she'd be a bad person if she didn't. Kailey Schlosser's terror was contamination. She washed her hands of germs until they were raw. Alissa Welker was captive to her fear of throwing up. She was so terrified of food poisoning she barely ate at all. All three were diagnosed...
October 31, 2011
Medicare inspectors must do a better job of tracking reports of serious mistakes in care at the nation's hospitals, as well as of informing rating agencies of the errors, according to a report released today by the agency's inspector general. Hundreds of serious errors go unrecorded, the report found, because the inspectors who find problems at hospitals don't tell the national agencies that accredit...
October 31, 2011
Nov. 01 - My fear of dying was diminishing. In about two weeks the cancerous tumors would be removed. And if it weren't that my breasts were going to be gone, and I felt pressured to choose a method of immediate reconstruction, I would have thrown a party. The days when saline implants were the only approved devices for reconstruction are long gone. The options now include cohesive gel-filled implants,...
October 31, 2011
Nov. 01 - A national study shows one in four children has seen or heard a parent or caregiver hit, slap, push or verbally threaten someone else in their home - a higher number than expected, said a local researcher. "You don't realize it's such a common experience," said Sherry Hamby, a researcher through the University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center and a Tennessee professor....
October 31, 2011
Be happy. Live longer. No, it's not that simple, but new research says happy lives are longer - by 35%. The study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that those who reported feeling happiest had a 35% reduced risk of dying compared with those who reported feeling least happy. Rather than rely on recollection, as in past studies, this British study...
October 31, 2011
Nov. 01 - KINGSTON - Each parent buried a son lost to drugs. Each knows the pain. Each vowed to find a way to spare others the same loss. "What we try to do is to educate our young people," said Doug Jackson, whose son Josh died 10 years ago of an overdose at age 19. "Children are not supposed to die before their parents. There's a sense of shame, a sense of failure. You've got a lot to deal with,...
October 31, 2011
Nov. 01 - Oklahoma received a "D" on the just-released March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, but officials say there have been some significant improvements in key indicators in recent months. Most Oklahoma birthing hospitals are participating in "Every Week Counts," a collaborative effort to eliminate scheduling medically unnecessary Caesarean sections and inductions before 39 weeks. Since April,...
October 31, 2011
Nov. 01 - Nearly 1 million Ohioans say they don't have a family doctor or nurse practitioner who they can see about health problems. Of those, 43 percent say they don't need one because they're healthy, not because they don't have insurance, according to a recently released Ohio Family Health Survey. Researchers said this finding suggests that a mandate under federal health reform that everyone have...
October 31, 2011
Beijing (dpa) - Persistent thick smog in Beijing is causing cases of respiratory diseases and strokes to increase, media reports said Tuesday. "We saw a 13-per-cent rise in the patients who have respiratory problems from Saturday to Monday compared to the same time last week, as well as a 14-per-cent increase in people with strokes," Li Jianren, a spokesman for the 120 emergency medical centre, was...
October 31, 2011
Oct. 31 - Mangoes are Haiti's largest export, but the country imports mango juice. "It doesn't make sense," said Gergens Polynice, a UW-Madison research assistant from Haiti. "How can we process the foods in Haiti and take advantage of the local market?" Polynice and other campus researchers will explore that question in one of eight projects to win grants through the university's new Global Health...
October 31, 2011
Oct. 31 - COLUMBUS - The deadline for most students to get their second inoculation of the chicken pox vaccine has passed. But a few students at Lakeview Community Schools and Columbus Public Schools have yet to get their shots. A new law effective in July requires students in grades K-12 to get two doses of the chicken pox vaccine before being allowed in school. Several school districts extended the...
October 31, 2011
The last few decades have not been good for wheat. Some of the world's most popular diets (Atkins, South Beach and the Dukan Diet) have urged followers to ditch bread and other carbs to slim down, while a rising number of celiac and gluten sensitivity sufferers have dropped bread in the name of health. For cardiologist William Davis, this is no coincidence. The author of the new book "Wheat Belly"...
October 31, 2011
Oct. 31 - BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ANN) - The results of a recent poll released on Friday shows that although China's elite workforce has a good knowledge of health matters, most of them lead unhealthy lives. The Chinese Center for Health Education surveyed nearly 4,600 workers from 50 businesses nationwide listed on the China Fortune 500. The survey found that while the respondents have enough information...
October 31, 2011
Marondera, Zimbabwe (dpa) - A 400-million-dollar health fund was launched Monday in Zimbabwe to provide free health services for pregnant women and children under 5 years, with assistance from UNICEF, the European Union and other Western nations. The head of UNICEF in Zimbabwe, Peter Salama, said hospital fees were one of the biggest barriers to access to critical health care for poor women and children....
October 31, 2011
TORONTO - Hospitals across Canada have strict no-smoking policies, but how are patients addicted to nicotine faring in these circumstances? Researchers tried to find some answers by questioning patients, health-care professionals and other staff at two large acute-care hospitals ????? the University of Alberta Hospital and Winnipeg's Health Science Centre. Smoke-free policies often prohibit smoking...
October 31, 2011
Oct. 31 - Students at Prairie High School were faced with all sorts of medical ethics dilemmas last week. Forcibly treat a woman in respiratory distress or allow her to die comfortably? Respect the beliefs of a culture or treat a woman who has cancer? Make a woman with an abdominal aneurism have surgery or allow it to rupture and kill her? Luckily for the students, the life-or-death scenarios had already...
October 31, 2011
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Merck's cholesterol drug Vytorin helps reduce heart attack, stroke and related problems in patients with kidney disease, a potential new use for the blockbuster drug. The agency's review also found no new safety concerns with Vytorin, which came under scrutiny for potential cancer risks in 2009. Merck & Co. has asked the FDA to approve the drug...
October 31, 2011
Sept. 08 - Jimmy Amburgey didn't start to worry about his weight until something as routine as getting out of bed became too difficult. And his joints ached when he simply walked around the house. The 26-year-old man weighed about 600 pounds. Then, after prodding from friends and family who were concerned about his health, Amburgey decided to change his lifestyle in January. He joined South River Fitness...
October 29, 2011
Amid fresh evidence that warnings against distracted driving aren't sinking in, the USA's top road safety agency, states' attorneys general and the Ad Council are launching a campaign aimed at drivers 16-24 years old. The message is simple: When you text and drive, you're not multitasking - you're driving blind. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, state attorneys general and state consumer...
October 28, 2011
Oct. 28 - CARLSBAD - The weather outside is frightful, and a local veterinarian offered some tips to keep your pets safe in the colder temperatures, and with Halloween coming up on Monday. Dr. Robin Sankey from the Carlsbad Animal Care Center said animals should have adequate shelter as the temperature drops over the coming months. Animals should not be kept on chains, but if it is unavoidable, the...
October 28, 2011
Oct. 27 - BERLIN - Anyone who lives in a city would agree that urbanization has its dark side: Air pollution, the concrete jungle and climate change are among the things that add to the negative image of city life. It's also true that the one thing that's often missing in the urban landscape - greenery - can help people relieve tension and recover from illnesses better. These facts have combined to...
October 26, 2011
It's midnight. Do you know where your students are? Well, they're in class. A handful of U.S. colleges are offering "midnight classes" that cater to the schedules of students with children, inflexible jobs or just a yen to stay up all night. On overburdened campuses, such late-late classes expand the opportunities to use space that's booked during conventional hours. A relative rarity, midnight classes...
October 26, 2011
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