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Many procedures designed to make people look younger don't require cutting, hospitals or even doctors' offices, but should still be done by well-trained medical personnel. If you're squeamish about surgery, several less invasive - and less expensive - procedures can reduce the appearance of wrinkles and improve skin tone. But a botched procedure can still leave a patient permanently scarred, so patients...
September 15, 2011
When the government released the new MyPlate image this summer, the message seemed simple enough. Fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, make one-quarter of it grains such as rice or pasta, and the rest should be protein-rich foods such as lean meat, poultry, seafood or eggs. The main points are clear, but there's still a lot of confusion about some of the specifics, especially about how...
September 15, 2011
The government wants to ban electronic cigarettes on airline flights because of concerns about health risks from the vapors. The Transportation Department is proposing the ban in a rule being published today in the Federal Register, the first step in government regulation. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, don't burn tobacco. The battery-operated devices offer users a vapor of liquid ingredients,...
September 15, 2011
Video games - especially violent ones - are constantly under scrutiny from parents concerned about negative effects. Now, research suggests that those worries should focus more on the player's personality rather than the content of the games. "If you're worried about a video game turning your son or daughter into a killer, don't worry about that," says psychologist Patrick Markey of Villanova (Pa.)...
September 15, 2011
Elsie Soto says she couldn't move her legs after she had liposuction and fat-transfer surgery last year at a clinic near here. But instead of sending her to a hospital, a nurse took Soto to her own house. Soto says she has no memory of being taken to the hospital two days later - on her mother's insistence - and needed two blood transfusions when she got there. A 32-year-old single mother, Soto said...
September 15, 2011
An experimental malaria vaccine tested on children in Burkina Faso has shown "a high level of efficacy" in protecting against the disease, a study published in the United States said Wednesday. The study was initially planned to study the safety and immune response of the vaccine, known by the name MSP3. "However, as malaria attacks were documented as part of the safety follow-up, the investigators...
September 15, 2011
Sept. 15 - McDonald's Happy Meals are about to get a little healthier. Starting Friday, McDonald's restaurants throughout Southern California will include a quarter-cup serving of sliced apples in every Happy Meal, along with a 1.1-ounce order of fries that's about half the size of the current one. Both items will be included with each meal, along with the traditional choice of hamburger, cheeseburger...
September 15, 2011
Sept. 15 - When children with severe injuries and illnesses go home from the hospital, their parents and caregivers step into the role of doctors and nurses. At Ranken Jordan Pediatric Specialty Hospital in Maryland Heights, parents learn how to change and suction breathing and feeding tubes. They train in CPR. They know what to do if the power goes out and their child breathes through a ventilator....
September 15, 2011
As a delicious substitute to peanut butter, roasted walnut spread allows you to snack healthily and happily while indulging in the creamy taste of fresh, homemade nut butter. Spread on apples, celery or whole-grain toast for a nutritious breakfast, mid-morning or afternoon snack. Try adding cinnamon or vanilla flavouring for variation. Roasted Walnut Butter 500 ml (2 cups) walnuts, toasted 15 ml (1...
September 15, 2011
Sept. 15 - When Elian Hurtado found out she had breast cancer, she first thought of her children. She sat in the doctor's parking lot, called a friend of hers and asked if she knew an attorney. "I thought, 'I have to make an appointment because I need to do a will for my kids,' " she recalled. But Hurtado wasn't resigned to the worst-case scenario. Instead, she educated herself and, above all, stayed...
September 15, 2011
Sept. 15 - Little of the sprawling complex of Tripoli Central Hospital reminds its visitors of the hardships that took place there during the final months of Muammar Gaddafi's regime. As staff members slowly return to their normal routines, hair-raising stories are emerging of what the doctors of the hospital have endured since the start of Libya's uprising in February. Shortly after the first demonstrations...
September 15, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a leading doctor are disputing claims by television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in many apple juice products pose a health risk. Oz said on his show this week that testing by a New Jersey lab has found what he implied are concerning levels of arsenic in many juices. However, the FDA says the lab methods were not appropriate and that...
September 15, 2011
Sept. 14 - A therapeutic dose of methadone for one person can be a deadly dose for another. The number of deaths caused by a methadone poisoning continues to grow in this country, especially in North Carolina. It's why health officials urge people of all ages not to take medication that isn't prescribed for them. "It's unfortunately all too common an accident," said Spencer Clark, assistant chief of...
September 14, 2011
Berlin (dpa) - A mosquito-borne virus from Africa which causes fever and headaches has spread to Germany, possibly causing mass deaths of birds, tropical medicine scientists in Hamburg said Wednesday. The usutu virus was discovered in dead thrushes near the central city of Frankfurt, but has not been observed in humans in Germany yet. In Italy, humans caught the non-fatal virus in 2009 after being...
September 14, 2011
What's killing us? For decades, global health leaders have focused on diseases that can spread ????? AIDS, tuberculosis, new flu bugs. They pushed for vaccines, better treatments and other ways to control germs that were only a plane ride away from seeding outbreaks anywhere in the world. Now they are turning to a new set of culprits causing what United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls "a...
September 14, 2011
Benghazi hospitals face huge shortages as few antibiotics are left and cotton and gauze have run out, rattling the nerves of staff and patients alike. Many Libyan hospitals had long suffered from a chronic lack of basic medicines and equipment but the situation steadily deteriorated during the popular uprising that began in February and saw veteran leader Moamer Kadhafi ousted last month. In the eastern...
September 14, 2011
Under a rule to be announced today, any bacteria that sicken more than 100,000 Americans a year will no longer be allowed in raw ground beef. The Department of Agriculture plans this morning to begin the process of adding six deadly strains of E. coli to the list of things not allowed in raw ground beef for human consumption, according to the American Meat Institute and the National Cattlemen's Beef...
September 14, 2011
Sept. 14 - Half a million more young Americans signed up for health insurance between 2009 and 2010, leading high-ranking Democrats to conclude that President Barack Obama's health care reform bill is working. Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 were the only ones to experience a significant increase in health insurance coverage in that time, according to figures issued Tuesday by the U.S. Census...
September 14, 2011
Doctors have long promoted IUDs, or intrauterine devices, as an effective way to prevent pregnancy. Now, in a finding that has surprised even the experts, research suggests that IUDs have an unexpected benefit: preventing cervical cancer. According to research released Monday, women who had used an IUD had almost half the risk of cervical cancer as other women. The international analysis, published...
September 14, 2011
Sept. 14 - DECATUR - Illinois and national public health officials are working to get the word out about the fifth leading cause of cancer death. Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common type of cancer among women in the United States, according to a recent news release issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health. A woman's risk of getting the disease is one in 67, and one in 95 women with ovarian...
September 14, 2011
GENEVA - A human rights investigator for the United Nations says up to a quarter of the world's trash from hospitals, clinics, labs, blood banks and mortuaries is hazardous and much more needs to be done to regulate it. Calin Georgescu, a U.N. special rapporteur, says few nations are developing the rules needed to cope with the growing mountains of medical waste that pose a hidden risk of infection...
September 14, 2011
Sept. 14 - Many cigarette smokers start the habit early in life, but a new high school program aims to nip that trend in the bud. The Merced Union High School District received a $369,763 grant from the state Department of Education to begin a three-year program called Project Stomp Out Smoke. Several approaches will be taken to discourage youthful smoking and give those who smoke a structured way...
September 14, 2011
Those cute little roll-up ballet flats women carry in purses to slide on during foot-pain emergencies have rapidly achieved most-favored streetwear status among millions - and worst-footwear status among podiatrists. When used only for their intended purpose - worn just a few minutes as relief from aches, or while deskbound or on a plane - they're not terrible, foot specialists say. But it's a problem...
September 13, 2011
The array is dizzying. Dozens of face-washing "enhancers" are being touted in the fall fashion mags as vital for the nightly cleaning ritual: pre-wash makeup removers, post-wash scrubbing pads, exfoliating gels, toners to restore pH balance and on and on. What's a woman to do? Just find yourself a good gentle face soap, dermatologists say. If you have reasonably normal skin, use the product twice a...
September 13, 2011
Therese Marrs has learned the art of stretching a link of smoked sausage, a jar of cheese and box of macaroni into three meals every week. The 56-year-old mother struggles to make the meals come together for her husband and 16-year-old daughter each week since she was laid off from her job at a factory in February. She spends almost every day looking for work, but she fears the worst once her unemployment...
September 13, 2011
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