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Exercise has given Lu-Ann Doria more energy, confidence and strength. It may also help her stay cancer-free, doctors say. Doria, 57, began working out for the first time three years ago, after recovering from breast cancer therapy. At first, she was so fatigued she had to nap before dance class. Now, Doria is exercising five days a week. She has tried step aerobics, a dance class called Zumba, even...
October 12, 2011
So should you or shouldn't you be taking a multivitamin or any other vitamin or mineral supplements? Research released Monday showed that older women who took a daily vitamin supplement, even just a multivitamin, had an increased risk of dying of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The link between supplement intake and risk of premature death was strongest with iron. Calcium supplements were associated...
October 12, 2011
Sept. 15 - BEIRUT - Growing up, Elie was never happy with his big nose, but at the time, most of the people he knew who were getting nose jobs were women. But by the time he was 19, he didn't think twice about getting the operation. "I thought, why not? Everyone in Lebanon does it. If you're not comfortable with yourself, then you won't be comfortable with others ... Before, it was considered a shame....
October 11, 2011
Oct. 11 - What do Julius Caesar, Leonardo da Vinci and Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill have in common? Caesar and da Vinci also suffered from seizures, but Kill's latest on game day against New Mexico State put the little understood neurological disorder back in the spotlight. "Nobody wants to have seizures, but what it did was raise the awareness; a lot of people with seizures don't know...
October 11, 2011
TORONTO - Researchers at a Toronto hospital have found that in the last decade, one-fifth of all doctor disciplinary cases involved repeat offenders. Dr. Chaim Bell at St. Michael's Hospital looked at the cases of doctors who were disciplined by their provincial medical licensing bodies between 2000 and 2009. There were 606 cases in total, and Bell found that 92 per cent of those doctors were men and...
October 11, 2011
TORONTO - A commonly used antibiotic can trigger a wide range of rare but potentially serious side-effects and doctors should be aware of those risks when prescribing it, a report published Tuesday warns. The drug, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, is the most commonly prescribed antibiotic in Canada for urinary tract infections. It also is used to treat a potentially fatal type of pneumonia in HIV patients....
October 11, 2011
Oct. 11 - Whatever you do, don't call Ruth Kerr a vegan. "I like to say I'm a nutritarian, or plant-based," said Kerr, who avoids animal products, including meat, eggs and dairy. "I don't want to label myself - 'I'm this, I'm that, I'm vegan, I can't eat that' - but from the research I've done, I do think mostly a plant-based diet is at least what I thrive on." A plant-based diet is central to Health...
October 11, 2011
Washington (dpa) - Fewer people are dying from tuberculosis and fewer people are falling ill, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. "For the first time we are reporting that the number of people falling ill with tuberculosis each year is declining," Mario Raviglione, director of WHO's effort to stop tuberculosis, said in Washington. "Also the number of people dying from TB fell to its lowest...
October 11, 2011
DAYTON, Ohio - Scientists know that a healthy diet and regular exercise are vital to maximize brain functioning. Regular aerobic exercise has been shown to improve reaction time, speed of processing information, memory and attention. Aerobic exercise has even been shown to reduce the symptoms of depression. Recommended levels of physical activity include at minimum three weekly sessions of 20 minutes...
October 11, 2011
Have a sweet tooth? It could protect you from a stroke, according to a large Swedish study published Tuesday on women chocolate-lovers. "We followed 33,000 women over the course of 10 years, and we found that those who ate most chocolate had a much lower risk - 20 percent lower - of suffering a stroke," said Susanna Larsson, one of three researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm who carried...
October 11, 2011
By Sarah Lundgren, The Brunswick News, Ga. (MCT) Oct. 11 - Arriving with the start of fall is cooler weather, beautiful colors, homey scents and an uninvited guest: influenza. Flu can be deadly, it is responsible for an average of 36,000 deaths per year. How active a flu season, ranging from October to March, will be is nearly impossible to predict, but there are ways to protect against the unpleasant...
October 11, 2011
Oct. 11 - It has long be a concern that a person can contract a staph infection in the hospital, but not so common is the knowledge that staph is prevalent in the community and a person can contract it anywhere. "A lot of people already have it. It's colonized but has not surfaced. They can still transfer it and it can still surface," said Donna Davis, director of the emergency room at Sierra View...
October 11, 2011
Oct. 10 - DALLAS, Tx - Caroline Hess isn't conflicted when it comes to the Gardasil vaccine to protect against cervical cancer. "I think it should be mandated," the TCU freshman, said. Hess says her mother made her get the shot when she was 14, but Hess says she supports minors being about to get the vaccination for HPV, with or without a parent's approval. "I don't believe in going behind a parent's...
October 11, 2011
Older women who took a daily vitamin supplement - even just a multivitamin - had an increased risk of dying of cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a study published Monday in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. The study highlights concerns about the long-term use of supplements and vitamins in people who do not have severe nutritional deficiencies, the authors say. An accompanying...
October 11, 2011
Oct. 11 - Broward Sheriff's Sgt. Giuseppe Weller, a supervisor with the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children task force, offers these tips for parents: "Don't allow a child to have a password-protected computer or phone. Get on there and look." "If you respect your child's privacy, one day law enforcement may be knocking on your door. If the child is upstairs in the bedroom with their phone,...
October 11, 2011
Texting to track your calories may help peel off pounds. Students who used cellphones to monitor calories and physical activity, and got personalized feedback, lost significantly more weight than those who didn't, a new study shows. "Cellphones are a powerful intervention tool for weight loss," says lead researcher Melissa Napolitano of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University...
October 10, 2011
At first glance, deciding whether to get the PSA screening test for prostate cancer seems pretty straightforward. It's a simple blood test, and it can pick up prostate cancer long before symptoms appear. After all, the earlier cancer is treated, the better, right? But studies have failed to find a lifesaving benefit of the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screening. Many of the cancers it detects are...
October 10, 2011
A Congress intent on slashing the budget has cut military research money for finding ways to treat damaged eyes, an injury that has affected about 50,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House reduced research funds from $4 million in 2011 to $3.2 million in 2012 for an injury that ranges from uncoordinated vision to blindness. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to include vision-trauma study...
October 10, 2011
California became the first state to make it illegal for teenagers under 18 to use tanning beds. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown said Sunday that he signed the bill into law. It will take effect Jan. 1. Texas banned the use of tanning beds for children younger than 16. California is the first state to set a higher age limit. Thirty other states have age restrictions, said the bill's author, Democratic...
October 10, 2011
For women today, turning 40 often brings birthday cake and candles. But it also brings a question: Should I get a mammogram? Until two years ago, medical groups largely agreed women should get annual mammograms beginning at age 40. In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of doctors who evaluate screening tests, broke ranks by encouraging women to talk to their doctors and make up...
October 10, 2011
Technology that allows investigators to quickly determine the genome sequence of the suspect microorganism is helping doctors pin down the sources and causes of infections and viruses. It was Tuesday evening, June 7. A frightening outbreak of food- borne bacteria was killing dozens of people in Germany and sickening hundreds. And the five doctors having dinner at Da Marco Cucina e Vino, a restaurant...
October 7, 2011
PSA blood tests that check for prostate cancer do more harm than good, and men should no longer get them as part of routine cancer screening, a government panel is recommending. The recommendation by the Preventive Services Task Force is being made public today. The panel's guidelines long advised men over 75 to forgo the test for PSA, or prostate-specific antigen. The new recommendation extends that...
October 7, 2011
Beginning today, consumers across the country can click their state on a federal Web page to see if a health insurer has raised its rates, as well as the company's reason for doing so. That information was mostly unavailable before, said Steve Larsen, the Department of Health and Human Services deputy director for oversight. Only a few states include rate raises on their websites. Now, however, all...
October 7, 2011
When the first edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves was published in 1971, the 193-page text was nothing short of revolutionary. It grew out of what became a radical women's liberation movement that changed society from a world that looked like Mad Men to one that looked like Ms. It not only challenged the medical establishment and its assumptions about women, it also encouraged women to explore their...
October 6, 2011
Consumers hearing that some U.S. communities will no longer add fluoride to their drinking water, such as Florida's Pinellas County, may wonder whether this cavity fighter is safe. The short answer: Most health professionals say yes, as long as people don't ingest too much of it. Studies in the 1930s found tooth decay was less severe in areas with more fluoride in drinking water, prompting U.S. communities...
October 6, 2011
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