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More than three in four US doctors will face a malpractice suit at some point in their careers, but cash is paid in only about 20 percent of cases, said a US study released Wednesday. The analysis by researchers at several major US medical schools and the RAND Corporation, a nonrofit research group, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "Naturally, physicians in each specialty believe...
August 25, 2011
More than three in four US doctors will face a malpractice suit at some point in their careers, but cash is paid in only about 20 percent of cases, said a US study released Wednesday. The analysis by researchers at several major US medical schools and the RAND Corporation, a nonrofit research group, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "Naturally, physicians in each specialty believe...
August 25, 2011
Sexual encounters with archaic humans like the Neanderthals produced children who inherited key genes that have helped modern humans fight illness and disease, said a US study published Thursday. "The cross-breeding wasn't just a random event that happened, it gave something useful to the gene pool of the modern human," said Stanford University's Peter Parham, senior author of the study in the journal...
August 25, 2011
SEATTLE - A high-powered scientific committee that examined the possible connection between vaccines and health problems found convincing evidence that some vaccines can cause rare adverse events in certain people, including seizures, brain inflammation and fainting. The committee also found the evidence doesn't support any connection between autism and the MMR vaccine for mumps, measles and rubella...
August 25, 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...
August 25, 2011
The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has dropped slightly to 5.38 million, and the number of AIDS deaths is finally starting to fall, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said Thursday. South Africa has more HIV infections than any country in the world, previously estimated at 5.6 million by the United Nations in its global report on HIV in 2009, released late last year. "South Africa...
August 25, 2011
Moscow (dpa) - Villagers living in the vicinity of a Russian rocket crash are complaining of ill health possibly caused by toxic space debris, officials in Russia's Altai Republic said Thursday. Eight residents of the remote central Asian Choisky district were found to have developed similar symptoms after a Progress rocket booster smashed into Taiga forest after a failed Wednesday space shot, staff...
August 25, 2011
Aug. 23 - As June's high school seniors soon transform into August's college freshmen, homes are buzzing. New classes, new teachers, new classmates, and, in many cases, new living quarters have students and their families preparing for the new phase in their lives. But are the students prepared for the stress? An annual survey of college freshmen, published this year, showed that the emotional health...
August 24, 2011
NEW YORK, N.Y. Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by mosquito bites. They've rapidly replaced mosquitoes in the wild with skeeters that don't spread the dengue virus. More than 50 million people a year get the dengue virus from being bitten by infected mosquitoes in tropical and subtropical areas, including Southeast Asia. It can cause debilitating...
August 24, 2011
Deer ticks know how to travel. The tiny hitchhikers have jumped aboard birds, rats, mice, humans and, of course, deer on their relentless 30-year journey north and east into every county in Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Now, bites from infected deer ticks are causing between 900 and 1,000 people in Maine to be diagnosed with Lyme disease every year. If youve got the ticks, the deer and the...
August 24, 2011
Researchers into HIV said they had identified 17 potent antibodies whose discovery opened up valuable pathways in the search for an AIDS vaccine. Antibodies are the foot soldiers in the immune system, latching onto viral or microbial intruders and tagging them for destruction by specialised "killer" cells. Priming antibodies to recognise pathogens is a textbook method in vaccines, although it has proven...
August 24, 2011
A breakthrough drug that could extend survival in some patients with advanced skin cancer was approved on Wednesday by US regulators, offering the first new treatment for melanoma in 13 years. Zelboraf was given the nod by the US Food and Drug Administration more than two months early, after a global clinical trial showed it could work better than chemotherapy by targeting a gene mutation found in...
August 24, 2011
Research has shown consuming too much salt and being inactive leads to heart disease, but now a new study shows the same combination also can be bad for brain health. Canadian researchers studied the salt intake and physical activity levels of 1,262 healthy men and women ages 67 to 84 over three years and found those with the highest levels of sodium (3,091 milligrams a day and greater) and the lowest...
August 24, 2011
Aug. 24 - Cereal bowl confrontations. Brown bag battles. Dinner table disputes. Sound familiar? For parents who want their kids to eat healthfully, mealtimes can become prolonged skirmishes, more about conflict than togetherness. That's no fun for anybody. So we asked some experts - dietitians and pediatricians - for tactics parents can use to win the nutrition wars on the home front. Think of it as...
August 24, 2011
Insecticide-treated bednets, whose use is being widely promoted in Africa to combat malaria, may paradoxically be linked to local resurgence of the disease, according to concerns raised by a study on Thursday. Based on observations in a village in Senegal, the study points to evidence that mosquitoes develop resistance to the insect-killing chemical that coats the nets. In addition, people may lose...
August 24, 2011
ISLESBORO Lyme disease rates have reached an epidemic level on a Maine island, so a local tick disease committee is asking to bring gun hunting to the island to reduce the deer herd. Islesboro voters will decide the issue on Aug. 24. It doesnt seem like a big deal to many people. You get [bitten] by a tick and then a bulls-eye rash no big deal, Sue Bolduc said. This disease can be devastating. Bolduc,...
August 24, 2011
Aug. 24 - Students returning to classrooms in coming days are strongly encouraged by health officials to get the newest round of required vaccinations completed. The state Department of Health is requiring seventh-graders to get a tetanus booster shot that includes protection from whooping cough, as well as a meningitis vaccine. Also, students in all grades will be required to get a second chicken...
August 24, 2011
More than three in four US doctors will face a malpractice suit at some point in their careers, but cash is paid in only about 20 percent of cases, said a US study released Wednesday. The analysis by researchers at several major US medical schools and the RAND Corporation, a nonrofit research group, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "Naturally, physicians in each specialty believe...
August 24, 2011
People may still be tightening their belts because of the economy, but too many continue to let them out because of weight gain. The percentage of obese adults increased in 16 states over past year and didn't decline in any state, a report says. In addition, the number of adults who say they don't do any physical activity increased in 14 states this past year. "The bad news is the obesity rates are...
August 23, 2011
Aug. 23 - PLATTSBURGH - CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh has begun using an advanced system to sterilize patient rooms and reduce the potential for spreading infections. The hospital recently purchased some state-of-the-art equipment that disperses high levels of hydrogen peroxide into recently vacated patient rooms. The equipment vaporizes the liquid chemical, which allows vapors to penetrate areas...
August 22, 2011
Aug. 23 - DENTON - Has meat met its match at Mean Greens, the new University of North Texas vegan dining hall? The 100 percent vegan eatery opened Monday - a day after students began moving back to the Denton campus. Organizers of Mean Greens aimed to create a vegan menu so colorful and mouth-watering that omnivorous students might even forget hamburger. Vegan food isn't just about carrots and peas,...
August 22, 2011
Dear Mr. Dad: My toddler used to eat pretty much everything. But recently she's become incredibly picky. It's gotten so bad that I can't get her to eat anything but mac and cheese, noodles, and rice. Is there anything I can do to get her back to a healthier diet? A: What you're describing is a completely normal phase for kids. And every parent has had plenty of experience with toddlers' dramatic pronouncements...
August 22, 2011
Aug. 23 - The Norwin School District is taking measures to prevent the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease after two football players contracted the virus, school officials said Monday. The school district is taking steps to reduce the risk of the virus being spread to their teammates and other athletes, according to a statement released by administrators yesterday afternoon. District officials,...
August 22, 2011
Aug. 23 - In 2008 in Tennessee, at least 965 people killed themselves. Each of those 965 deaths directly affected between six and 28 people, said Cynthia Lynn, assistant professor of nursing at Carson-Newman College's School of Nursing and Behavioral Health. Those survivors are left to puzzle over a mystery they in all likelihood will never solve - and far too many are left to do it all alone, Lynn...
August 22, 2011
Aug. 23 - Erie teenagers are giving birth at the lowest rate in more than 20 years, turning around one of the city's most pressing public-health concerns. A new study published Monday by the Erie County Department of Health showed that the city of Erie's teenage birthrate declined by almost 30 percent from 2007 to 2010. The drop was even greater among Erie girls ages 15 to 17, falling almost 50 percent...
August 22, 2011
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