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Mayo Clinic scientists will seek a better understanding of how the presence of immune cells in breast tissue can contribute to reducing breast cancer risk, with the ultimate goal of developing a breast cancer vaccine, with research funds announced by Susan G. Komen for the Cure??. The $600,000 grant is one of two Minneapolis-area grants totaling nearly $800,000, part of Komen for the Cure's $66 million...
September 29, 2011
Companies nationwide are looking to trim their health insurance costs by combating chronic diseases - such as diabetes, obesity and depression - in their employees, corporate and government officials say. The need for such steps was amplified again Tuesday as a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that health insurance premiums for families of four increased 9% this year. "Just in the...
September 29, 2011
Tobacco companies knew for decades that cigarette smoke was radioactive and potentially carcinogenic but kept the information from the public, according to a new study. The tobacco industry began investigations into the possible effects of radioactive particles, identified as polonium-210, as early as the 1960s, says the study by UCLA researchers who analyzed dozens of previously unexamined documents....
September 29, 2011
While high blood pressure is considered the most important risk factor for strokes, new findings target even slightly high blood pressure as a danger. People whose blood pressure was above normal - known as pre-hypertension - were 55% more likely to have a stroke compared with people with normal blood pressure, according to an analysis of 518,520 adults involved in 12 studies on blood pressure and...
September 29, 2011
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes) have shown that early treatment of HIV not only saves lives but is also cost-effective. Results are published in today's edition of PLoS Medicine (see also HIV/AIDS). Before 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended waiting to initiate antiretroviral therapy...
September 29, 2011
As the death toll from the listeria outbreak climbed, federal health officials issued new warnings Wednesday to consumers to dispose of any cantaloupe they have if they don't know where it's from. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 72 illnesses, including 13 deaths, from listeriosis linked to whole melons grown by Jensen Farms in Holly, Colo. Three other deaths are currently...
September 29, 2011
ROCKPORT It was a squash day. Every day this week likely will be a squash day for four teenagers working on a farm for the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. The land trust nonprofit is in its second year of its Teen Agriculture program, which grows new farmers on the old, conserved farm land, according to the programs coordinator, Heather Halsey. The program pays the young people to grow food from seed to...
September 28, 2011
Washington (dpa) - At least 13 people have died across the United States in a cantaloupe-linked outbreak of the bacterial disease listeriosis, according to government medical investigators. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday confirmed at least 13 deaths in eight states and 72 people sickened in 18 states in the outbreak, which was tied to a Colorado farm's now-recalled melons....
September 28, 2011
Sept. 27 - Now that fall has officially arrived, so has flu season. Local and state officials have one piece of advice: Get vaccinated. Last year there were 2,045 reported cases of influenza in North Dakota, according to Lindsey VanderBusch, influenza surveillance coordinator with the North Dakota Department of Health. "We know that's a gross underestimate of the people infected in this state," VanderBusch...
September 28, 2011
Nearly 1,400 U.S. troops were found to have concussions or mild brain injuries in Afghanistan and Iraq this year under a program that forces servicemembers to take a break from combat when exposed to a blast or other jarring incident. The military has pulled about 9,000 troops from combat for short periods of time to look for signs of brain injury after blasts that caused no obvious wounds, according...
September 28, 2011
Sept. 28 - A South Dakota health care system has partnered with a national health information network for a new initiative aimed at promoting health and wellness and preventing childhood obesity. Sanford Health and WebMD joined together on the "fit" initiative, which includes websites developed for children, parents and clinicians. Fit, found at http://www.fit.webmd.com, features content for all ages,...
September 28, 2011
Sept. 27 - Dr. James Loos turned on his laptop and opened a PowerPoint presentation given to him by GlaxoSmithKline to share with other doctors. A series of slides discussed the risks and benefits of Jalyn, a drug that combines two popular medicines into one for the treatment of enlarged prostate. Since 2009, Loos has accepted $11,313 to speak about GlaxoSmithKline drugs, according to a nationwide...
September 28, 2011
Sept. 28 - State health officials had some bad and good news for a crowd of around 120 that gathered Tuesday night at the Santo Community Center in Medford to hear about possible changes to the Oregon Health Plan coming next year. The bad news, they said, is the state's health care system is seriously ill and costing taxpayers millions in waste and ineffective treatment. Also, the state's revenue stream...
September 28, 2011
Sept. 28 - To a group of more than 75 volunteers and donors gathered Tuesday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, Rep. Bob Goodlatte issued a call to action. He urged those present to team up with other food banks across the state and country to help safeguard the Emergency Food Assistance Program, which helps supply food banks. As budgetary and deficit woes mount, small...
September 28, 2011
Sept. 28 - SMITHFIELD - Kyle Petty drove fast for a living, in a sport that takes distracted driving to a whole different level. But the former NASCAR star brought a different message to Johnston County teens on Tuesday: Ditch the cellphone, wear your seat belt, don't even think of drinking and driving and - oh yeah - slow down. "Speed has a place," said Petty, a North Carolina native and son of NASCAR...
September 28, 2011
Sept. 28 - Deb Lewis will model an animal print top beneath a flowing, pumpkin-colored cardigan in the American Cancer Society's "Survivor Runway" fall fashion show. Wearing matching brown slacks, the West Hazleton cancer survivor looked good - and said she was feeling great. Lewis said she wanted to model in the show to send a message. "It's to let people know that you can have a life after cancer,"...
September 28, 2011
Washington (dpa) - At least 13 people have died across the United States in a cantaloupe-linked outbreak of the bacterial disease listeriosis, according to government medical investigators. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday confirmed at least 13 deaths in eight states and 72 people sickened in 18 states in the outbreak, which was tied to a Colorado farm's now-recalled melons....
September 28, 2011
Sept. 28 - Hospitals need to do a better job of educating patients about their illnesses, making sure they understand new diets and prescriptions and getting them to see their family doctor two weeks after discharge, according to a national report today. Not doing those things could bring patients back to a hospital within 30 days. And starting next fall, Medicare will penalize hospitals for those...
September 28, 2011
Sept. 26 - CHEYENNE - A research scholar recently told employees at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center that hospitals should tell patients when workers make mistakes. Nancy Berlinger of The Hastings Center in Garrison, N.Y., also said that medical professionals should apologize to patients and families if harm occurs. They also should figure out ways to prevent it from happening again. The Hastings Center...
September 27, 2011
The ground-level fountains so popular with the grade-school set can be founts of a rather nasty diarrheal disease caused by the microscopic parasite cryptosporidium. That's one lesson from a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which found 134 disease outbreaks associated with recreational water in 2007-08, the most recent data available. That's a 72% increase from the previous...
September 27, 2011
If your knees start throbbing like those of post-game NFL players, remember all of your options - and not just the easy ones, health experts say. Knee replacement surgeries are expected to soar as Baby Boomers try to stay active longer, but self-care treatments can help with pain, restore mobility and delay or eliminate the need for surgery. "Total knee replacement is an epidemic in our country," says...
September 27, 2011
Johannesburg (dpa) - The Gavi Alliance, a public-private foundation based in Geneva, said Tuesday it planned to distribute vaccines worth more than 1 billion dollars to some of the world's poorest countries. Key in the plan are rotavirus vaccines, which will be given to 16 countries to help prevent children deaths from severe diarrhoea. A further 18 countries are to receive pneumococcal vaccines to...
September 27, 2011
Sept. 19 - WATERLOO, Iowa - Monthly insurance premiums and co-pays likely will continue to dominate the business of medicine in Iowa for the foreseeable future, although a changing compensation landscape could see fewer doctors and less one-on-one time between patient and provider, according to some in the profession. Changes brought on by last year's federal medical-insurance overhaul will lead to...
September 26, 2011
By Jim Hall, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. (MCT) Sept. 25 - Local health officials hope to better protect infants from whooping cough by vaccinating the adults around them. "We want to get all the teachers, teachers' aides, parents, day care workers and grandparents," said Alyce Finch, immunization coordinator for the Rappahannock Area Health District. The health district is now offering...
September 26, 2011
TORONTO - A new study suggests the combination of some blood thinners and some antidepressants might not be such a good idea for cardiac patients. The study says heart attack patients who are taking blood thinners plus selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors for depression appear to be at higher risk of experiencing bleeds. Blood thinners are generally prescribed to patients who have had heart attacks;...
September 26, 2011
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